Site Timeline
Author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
License: CC BY 4.0
Published on: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:01:49 +0200
Last updated: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:01:49 +0200
Robert Birming came up with the idea to create a continuous blogging timeline:
Robert Birming - blogging timeline
Because I really like the idea of a blogging timeline, here's mine. I have to admit that I regard my site more as a gemini/gopher/finger server, which you can see through the page layout. Nevertheless I'm trying to make this site as accessible for the WWW and the IndyWeb as possible.
2021
In september'21 I installed my first gemlog server which was then named "foobucket.xyz" and run on a Debian system. I believe short after setting it up and posting my first post (which was just an "about" page), I found out about kineto, a gemini-to-web proxy which then made my gemini content available on the www (behind a nginx proxy). I use kineto (by Drew Devault) to this day, although the system changed a lot since.
I used nytpu's gemlog.sh shell script to create my gemlog index page and my feeds right from the start, although I heavily modified them to my needs over time.
I made 5 posts in 2021, so not very much.
2022
The most remarkable change in '22 is the switch to a smaller VPS and in the same turn changing from Debian 11 to FreeBSD 13.1 which nobody should have noticed because the transition went very smooth.
2022-10-04 - A rare update
I made 8 posts in '22 so a little more than in '21 mostly about Linux and computer stuff.
2023
I made my first tinylog entries in January '23, but I think nobody reads them :)
fab's shorts (tinylog)
In August '23 the name of the site changed from "foobucket.xyz" to "redterminal.org" but I had a redirect in place for Gemini and the WWW to avoid broken links or at least give some time to update to the new domain until the old one expires in august 2024. This went more or less smoothly.
2023-08-16 - foobucket.xyz is now redterminal.org
I posted 7 articles in 2023.
2024
In 2024 there were by far the most changes to the site. In January I added support for the finger protocol:
2024-01-26 - Finger protocol support.
Shortly after that I set up a gopher hole on my server where I post longer form text documents more suitable for gopher:
gopher://redterminal.org/
Then I had a little server breakdown in February because I (stupidly) wanted to switch from the gmid gemini server by Omar Polo to gemserv by int80h, which ran very unstable so I had to revert back to gmid together with the certificates.
In March '24 I added Webmentions support for the pages that are reachable via https:
2024-03-07 - My Website now supports Webmentions
In August '24 I updated my feeds script for web links to contain the content of the latest 10 Gemini posts in plain text:
2024-08-10 - Updates to my Atom web feed
In 2024 I made 18 posts (with this one) so far. This year is by far the most active on my site. (2024-08-11).
This page will be updated regularly
I'll try to update this timeline page at least in a yearly period so all bigger (or smaller) changes will be logged and comprehensible.
All in all - have fun!
-fab-
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