April 2026

Announcing md2gem 0.1 -- a cross-platform, best-effort converter for Markdown to Gemini Gemtext (publ. Apr 2026, edit. Apr 2026)

There's something to be said for maintaining Gemini content in Markdown and converting it, rather than writing it directly in Gemtext.

Categories: small web

Self-hosting and steamrollers in the small net (Apr 2026)

The risks and benefits of hosting your own on-line services

Categories: degoogling, small web

Is Fahrenheit 451 becoming relevant again? (Apr 2026)

What goes around comes around. Could we be facing a new dystopia where retro-computers are proscribed by the state?

Categories: degoogling, online privacy, retrocomputing

Trying to live without a smartphone in 2026 (Apr 2026)

Is it even possible?

Categories: degoogling, online privacy

Age verification and privacy: let's try to be objective (Apr 2026)

We should at least try to be open-minded and responsive to the views of others. It's very difficult, though, because the issues are so complicated, and so emotionally charged.

Categories: law, online privacy

Why I de-Googled (Apr 2026)

I've written a lot on how to de-Google, and what to expect if you do. In this article I try to explain why.

Categories: degoogling

Announcing Caztor 1.0 -- a browser for small-net protocols like Gemini and Gopher (publ. Apr 2026, edit. Apr 2026)

The JGemini small-net browser is now Caztor, with a heap of new features.

Categories: small web, retrocomputing