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My small outpost beyond the algorithmic frontier.
Offgrid Holdout

Projects

Offgrid Holdout BBS

A two node Renegade BBS running on MS-DOS 6.22, QEMM 7.5 and DESXview 2.8 in 86Box VM on a period correct 486DX2/66 configuration. HAProxy feeds a telnet connection to 86Box’s two hayes compatible modems for the BBS to connect. telnet offgridholdout.org 2524

Gemcities

A free Gemini capsule hosting service designed to make publishing on the Gemini small web simple and accessible to anyone.

Waystone Comm

A modern terminal emulator built in Rust, designed for retro and modern protocols alike. Wasystone Comm draws inspiration from ProComm Plus

Waystone Browser

A multi-protocol GUI browser for Linux supporting HTTP/HTTPS, Gemini, Gopher, Spartan, and Titan.

Waystone Helm

A local-first desktop Personal Project Operating System for solo builders, providing portfolio awareness, project health tracking, and AI-assisted guidance.

Dead Parrot BBS

Dead Parrot BBS is a personal technology blog about computers, the independent web, old and alternative technology, and the ways technology shapes how we communicate, create, work, and live.

InterDoor

A federated terminal game network…an open protocol and reference implementation that allows independently operated nodes to host terminal-based multiplayer games with shared state, cross-node player identity, and synchronized gameplay across the network.

Gemtext Editor

A GTK4 desktop editor for Gemini content featuring a file tree, syntax highlighting, and live preview.

TheDraw Font Previewer

A static browser app for previewing TheDraw .TDF fonts, entering sample text, and exporting the result as ANSI or PNG.

DOS/9

A hobbyist operating system exploring what DOS might have become if it had evolved independently and borrowed ideas from Plan 9.

Kiki Editor

A lightweight cross-platform editor for kiki .bug pages with live preview, theme switching, and metadata tools.