Dave Pearson

blog.davep.orgRogallo v3.3.0Rogallo v3.3.0 has been released. This update adds the ability to ignore some types of errors you may encounter when navigating Geminispace.

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I've made a new release of #Rogallo. v3.3.0 makes it easy to temporarily ignore some capsule security errors, for the lifetime of a session. blog.davep.org/2026/10/27/r... #GeminiProtocol #SmallWeb #smolweb #Python

blog.davep.orgWasat v1.10.0Since getting into Gemini, one of my daily rituals has been to tend to my plant in AstroBotany. This morning, when trying to visit there with Rogallo, I was greeted with this:

Wasat has been bumped to v1.10.0. This change breaks up the security error exceptions to make it easier for code to work out what is wrong: blog.davep.org/2026/10/26/w... #GeminiProtocol #Python

I almost didn’t watch series 3 of Silo. Having just finished it I’m really glad I took the time

store.steampowered.comSave 10% on Grease Trap '99 on SteamMystery Horror / Comedic Takeaway Simulator. Deep-fry pizzas and live the Scottish dream. Voice-acted in Scottish Gaelic; subtitles in English or Gaelic.

I finished it in 30 minutes, but Grease Trap ‘99 is some silly fun. Ran fine on the #SteamDeck too. store.steampowered.com/app/4509200/... #gaming #scotland

blog.davep.orgSteam Frame with Steam MachineBack when the whole new Steam hardware ecosystem was announced, I remember there being a fair bit of talk about how one of the benefits of having a Steam Frame and a Steam Machine would be that you co...

Finally got the chance to use the Steam Frame and Steam Machine together: blog.davep.org/2026/10/25/s... #vr #valve #SteamMachine #SteamFrame

youtube.comStill Wakes the DeepYouTube video by Dave Pearson

More rig-based horror: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYrf...

blog.davep.orgRogallo v3.2.0I've just bumped Rogallo to v3.2.0. This release has one small new feature and one wee bug fix.

I've just bumped #Rogallo to v3.2.0; this release includes a "copy link as #Gemtext" facility and also has a small bug fix to some MIME checking. blog.davep.org/2026/10/14/r... gemini://davep.gemcities.com/rogallo/changelog.gmi #Gemini #GeminiProtocol #SmallWeb #smolweb #python

youtube.comStill Wakes the DeepYouTube video by Dave Pearson

After finishing in the north of England, let's pop over the border. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8z-...

blog.davep.orgSteam Machine set upA couple of days ago, thanks to some free time on a Sunday afternoon, I got round to setting up my newly acquired Steam Machine. While I don't have a lot to say about it, I thought I'd note here that ...

The other day I finally had a moment to set up the new #SteamMachine blog.davep.org/2026/10/13/s...

Can we get close to the end? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyEP...

Chilling at Windscale www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWXV...

blog.davep.orgSteam Machine (and Steam Controller)Some might remember that, earlier this year, Valve made the Steam Machine available for purchase. I'd had my eye on one since they were first announced; I had it on my wishlist. Having had a lot of fu...

So I might have a second Steam Controller, and some sort of cube to go with it: blog.davep.org/2026/10/08/s... #SteamMachine

Doing something up t'north but I forget what now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fes...

blog.davep.orgRogallo v3.1.0Rogallo v3.1.0 is now available. This release is in response to a recent user request.

#Rogallo has been updated with a simple download facility: blog.davep.org/2026/10/05/r... #Gemini #Gopher #SmallWeb #smolweb #python #terminal

Time to go to church, I think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Phl...

Working on my communication skills: www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ie...

I just discovered House of the Dying Sun. It runs pretty well locally on the Steam Frame too. I especially love how it’s kind of a colonial Viper simulator; only you’re gleefully evil.

blog.davep.orgRogallo v3.0.0It's been a while since I last published an update to Rogallo. In part this is because I've had other distractions, but also in part because I've not had a huge need to add any new features of late. F...

#Rogallo v3.0.0 is available, which overhauls the way you configure the application. blog.davep.org/2026/10/02/r... #GeminiProtocol #Gopher #Finger #SmallWeb #smolweb #python

blog.davep.orgVirtual Fighter ManeuversI realise I've been a bit quiet on the blog front for a few days, in part because I've also been a bit quiet on the coding front too. Looking at my GitHub contribution graph, the previous three days w...

Been having fun with VFM: blog.davep.org/2026/10/01/v... #vr

Time to visit the cave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSVg...

This is kinda neat. #Gopher weather service. gopher://weather.orbitaloutpost.club:7070/1/u/metric

Buggering around in a castle, mostly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05A...

blog.davep.orgInitial Steam Frame impressionsYesterday evening I finally had the chance to unbox my Steam Frame and have an initial play with it. Here are my impressions of it after playing for a couple of hours. Note that this isn't intended to...

My initial impressions of the Steam Frame, after finally getting a moment to unbox and play with it: blog.davep.org/2026/09/26/i... #SteamFrame #Valve #VR #gaming

blog.davep.orgRecently I found - 8An occasional collection of things I've recently found on the Internet and added to my bookmarks.

Some recent links I've saved: blog.davep.org/2026/09/25/r...

blog.davep.orgSiri is brokenI think, in part, I regret upgrading any of my Apple devices to the 27 line of operating systems. While my experience as a whole has been pretty favourable, the one thing I was looking forward to is n...

I'm having a pretty bad time with Siri since *27. blog.davep.org/2026/09/24/s...

More mucking about in the Interchange: www.youtube.com/watch?v=93oQ...

blog.davep.orgSteam Frame is hereActually a little sooner than I was expecting -- look what turned up today!

Well look what turned up! blog.davep.org/2026/09/23/s... #SteamFrame #VR

22 Sept

Hunting for research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-Q...

blog.davep.orgGopherMap v1.1.0I've just made a small update to GopherMap. While doing some work on Rogallo I noticed that, somehow, I wasn't showing a type "badge" for PNG files (p). I spent a moment or two trying to figure out wh...

22 Sept

GopherMap v1.1.0, in which I add a couple of types I'd missed out: blog.davep.org/2026/09/22/g... #SmallWeb #smolweb #gopher #Python

21 Sept

Back to the woods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpm6...

20 Sept

Gonna go work for the man: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_a...

19 Sept

Back up t'north: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTP...

16 Sept

Wandering around t'village and stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuJp...

15 Sept

Gathering some messages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjW-...

14 Sept

Let's try and do some actual quests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2g...

13 Sept

From t'north and t'60s, just like me... www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdMJ...

blog.davep.orgGitHub PR reviews brokenLate on last week I was doing a PR review at work and noticed that, for some odd reason, the author of the PR seemed to have absolutely nuked all of the indentation in the code. While not a problem gi...

13 Sept

Looks like code reviews on #GitHub are screwed up now. blog.davep.org/2026/09/13/g...

12 Sept

I haven’t set up my PCVR rig since I moved about 10 or so months ago, so haven’t tried it in the intended VR yet. But DAMN Gunman Contracts is all kinds of fun flatscreen on the SteamDeck!

9 Sept

Time to try out Atomfall www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU8z...

blog.davep.orgRogallo v2.4.0I've released Rogallo v2.4.0, which contains two new features.

9 Sept

#Rogallo v2.4.0 is now available, which adds a trusted hosts browser/manager and also adds text search to the viewer. blog.davep.org/2026/09/09/r... #Gemini #GeminiPRotocol #SmallWeb #smolweb #terminal #Python

8 Sept

Three pears to go... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNqX...

7 Sept

Going for the last 4 pears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6v...

6 Sept

Working on the pears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRX0...

blog.davep.orgRogallo v2.3.0Rogallo v2.3.0 is now available. The main addition to this release is support for the Titan Protocol.

6 Sept

#Rogallo v2.3.0 has been released. This version adds support for the #TitanProtocol and also improves the #GeminiProtocol input dialog. blog.davep.org/2026/09/06/r... #SmallWeb #smolweb #terminal #python

Bigish Walk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxI...

Erm… but why though? It’s been fine for bloody ages.

Okay, I think I’ve figured out why. https is borked on davep.org vs www.davep.org

#Titan support in #Rogallo is *very* close to complete now. Text upload support done. File upload support done. Also added `;edit` support too. Some last tests and tweaks to faff with and I think it'll be good to go. #GeminiProtocol #gemini #SmallWeb #smolweb #terminal #python

blog.davep.orgWasat v1.9.0The work to add Titan support to Rogallo is going well, and I've been able to test it out fine on bbs, doing additions of "long text" and performing file uploads. In doing so, though, I was reminded t...

Wasat v1.9.0, which extends the #Titan support with the proposed edit extension. blog.davep.org/2026/09/05/w... #SmallWeb #smolweb #python