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   1 # A Lack of Creativity
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   3 Over the last couple of days I've been playing around with Gemini[1]. I instantly fell in love with the concept of a small, more limited internet. The simplicity of the protocol, and the type of capsules[2] folks[3] have been creating[4] have given me motivation to publish again, to write new apps in the constraints given.
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   5 => gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/ [1] Project Gemini
   6 => gemini://ansi.hrtk.in/ [2] ANSI Art Collection
   7 => gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/smolzine/ [3] A Zine
   8 => gemini://astrobotany.mozz.us/ [4] Astrobotany
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  10 To get familiar with it, I started with a guestbook[5]. Drop by, say hi!
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  12 => gemini://gemini.unlimited.pizza/guestbook [5] Guestbook
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  14 For a while now I've been focused on ways in which I could reduce the internet, but my thoughts have been around ephemeral apps, or applications that are only available at certain times of the day[6], but now I see that as a lack of creativity from my part. By removing all of these capabilities we can have a web that's free of many of the insidious characteristics of the modern web. It doesn't solve every problem, and perhaps doesn't even solve the most important problems[7], but it's a breath of fresh air.
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  16 => https://git.sr.ht/~rbdr/ngx_http_office_hours_filter_module [6] ngx_http_office_hours_filter_module
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  18 I'm really looking forward to explore more, and get to meet the folks posting on this slice of the internet.