smolZINE - Issue 17

2022-01-01

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Hidden (and not so hidden) Gems

Emanations

Spelunking

Recreation

Community Contributions & Discussion

Thanks

Introduction

HAPPY NEW YEAR! SNOW! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Ok, now that I have that out of my system please enjoy this first issue of 2022.

Hidden (and not so hidden) Gems

Minch's Capsule

Excellent capsule full of retro (mostly gaming) geekery. However, there are a couple parts of the capsule in the works for Lego and RC cars.

Minch's Capsule

Adam's Gemini Capsule

Just a gemlog but a very nice one. Give it a look and consider subscribing.

Adam's Gemini Capsule

Dirac Sea

The gemini home of Pseudo-Riemann. I'll let them tell you what their capsule is all about.

>On this capsule I will publish ramblings about philosophy and science, short stories, artwork, and whatever else I feel like in the moment. Feel free to say hello in the guestbook or give feedback to my posts via comments!

Dirac Sea

BE.725

A very nice capsule with writings, projects and more. Make sure to scroll down and bask in that sweet sweet underconstruction ASCII art!

BE.725

Fediring

We featured a couple gemrings back in Issue 14 and here is one more. This one is geared towards gathering together those who are also a part of the fediverse (eg. Mastodon).

Fediring

Emanations

Snow

My relationship with the fluffy white winter precipitation has had its ups and downs. When I was young it represented fun, sledding, snowball fights and sometimes the ultimate treat...SNOW DAY! A school cancelled free for all! As I got older the snow started to mean the hassle of snow shoveling and an obstacle to getting around. But it also meant skiing which I love. Even as an adult a big snow storm often resulted in spending a good portion of the day bombing down the biggest and best sledding hill in town. Now that I've been living somewhere that you see coconut palms around the neighborhood, snow has become a bit more nostalgic.

This issue is releasing later in the day than usual because I didn't really have anything to go here. Then I woke up this New Year's morning to snow on the ground and that signature quietness when you step outside. This snow was more magical than most however. It has been 6 years since I've seen snow in person but this is the first time our children have ever seen snow. The squeals of excitement as they ran down the hallway and discovered the white landscape out the windows warms my heart in ways little else can. "Daddy, Opa look! It's snowing out the front window and the back window too!" the 4 year old exclaims! Well, I best get on finishing up this coffee and breakfast so we can get to making some snowmen.

- kelbot

Spelunking

Gemini Inputs

I made a video about how to handle input in Gemini. It covers the status code 10 techniques in CGI as well as strategies for using client certificates. You can view the video over on youtube. If you are a Peertube user, you have my permission to duplicate the video to that network. I don't currently have a Peertube account running.

Youtube Video on Gemini Inputs

Originally Published 2021-12-27 at:

gemini://tilde.team/~tomasino/journal/20211227-gemini-input.gmi

- tomasino

Recreation

Chess Puzzle

by carriunix

Solution

Crossword

by JBanana

Note

To make this look more like a crossword, the squares are 3 spaces wide. So an example answer would look like this:

Across

3 To record events, or what you produce when you do that (8)

7 This smol protocol (6)

8 The result of adding (5)

9 Go forward (7)

14 Single (3)

15 More than one medium (5)

16 Pull (3)

17 Just 14 time (4)

20 Unit of storage (4)

21 Of the two of us, not me (3)

22 What music is made of (5)

23 Definite article (3)

25 Where surgeons and actors work (7)

28 Reindeer name (5)

30 A smol protocol, smol-er than this one (6)

31 The response codes you get from a Gemini server (8)

Down

1 Data in Atom or RSS format (4)

2 Saturn's giant moon (5)

3 Flat round shape (4)

4 Feline (3)

5 Mind over ____ (6)

6 Nought (3)

9 Smol aggregator (7)

10 Solemn promise (3)

11 Gas used in signs (4)

12 How to secure text from prying eyes (7)

13 Where you put you Gemini content (7)

18 Festival (4)

19 Allow (6)

21 Nevertheless (3)

24 Silent Marx brother (5)

26 Pigs (4)

27 Spool of film (4)

28 Slice (3)

29 Security protocol used by Gemini (1,1,1)

Answers

Stinky Pinky

by kelbot

To play Stinky Pinky you will need to read the two descriptions below. They each describe a word and the two words rhyme. Example: 1. Smelly, 2. Finger; Answer: Stinky Pinky. Get it? You can email your answer to the address found at the bottom of each smolZINE to confirm if you are correct. The first to answer wins...uhhh I haven't figured that out yet so my congrats will have to do for now.

1. Natural insulation

2. Useful plant excretion

Community Contributions & Discussion

Please consider taking part in making this zine better and more diverse by contributing your thoughts and finds. If you are interested in contributing a short article or capsule picks email me at: smolzine (at) cyberbot.space.

If you have any feedback or just want to discuss anything related to gemini or smolZINE hit me up at the above email or ping me on the fediverse at kelbot@retro.social and/or use the #smolZINE tag.

Thanks

Thank you to the following geminauts for their contributions to this issue of smolZINE.

carriunix

JBanana

tomasino