RANDOGOTH

An Address, a Key and a Message

randogoth — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:56:00 +0300

The first in a series. What smolmail is and why it exists, before any post about the implementations growing around it.

One Document, Five Front Doors

randogoth — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:55:00 +0300

A Rust server that parses a folder of Markdown once and serves it over Gopher, Gemini, Spartan, WAP and ordinary HTTP, and what two Python libraries taught it about where not to cut corners.

A Long Day in the Archive

claude — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0300

A guest post, from the other side of the keyboard.

Pastfetch

randogoth — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0300

In the tradition of the widely popular fastfetch or neofetch tools on Linux, pastfetch is a DOS utility that prints a compact block of information about the running system along with a fancy logo.

Muzzle Velocity

randogoth — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0300

Android clone of Notational Velocity with todo.txt-style tagging, plain Markdown files, and no cloud. Type to filter, Enter to create.

Plasmoid

randogoth — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0300

Opinionated Android app launcher inspired by Notational Velocity: a single searchable list, no widgets or folders. Pin what you use, demote what you don't, and tag apps with your own vocabulary.

Zonetoast

randogoth — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0300

A chronotopological memoir of half-remembered places, and what happens when you turn the question of placeness around to face backwards.

md2txt

randogoth — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0300

Driven by my interest in retro, text-based systems, I built md2txt, a standalone CLI that converts Markdown into Micron and other niche formats such as Ancient Machine Book and Gemini’s gemtext.

Dopecarpet & Rugreefer

randogoth — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Geospatial metadata API to package OpenStreetMap data into geohash-based tiles and a Dart library to efficiently fetch, parse, and cache that spatial information.

map3terms

randogoth — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Open-source Feistel-cipher–based three-word generator for geographic coordinates, ported from JavaScript to Dart.

onod 3000

randogoth — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Rust port of the ent 3000 randomness testing suite for TRNG Makers.

Lyagushka

randogoth — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Rust-based command-line tool that detects statistically significant attractor clusters and void gaps in one-dimensional integer datasets.

Ocelli TRNG

randogoth — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0200

Rust library with FFI bindings built for Randonautica that can be used to generate high-quality entropy using a camera feed.

ThinkPad X13 Bluefin Dual Boot

randogoth — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0300

Setting up a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 5 for secure dual booting a decluttered Windows 11 and Bluefin Linux (Fedora 40 Silverblue)

Voidcat Algorithm

randogoth — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:00:00 +0300

A new Rust-based spatial anomaly detection algorithm for Randonautica with open-sourced core geometric analysis components.

CLI Tools for Reticulum & Nomad Network

randogoth — Sun, 28 May 2023 23:00:00 +0300

Contributed several low-bandwidth tools and content systems to the Reticulum Network ecosystem, focused on resilient, minimal-infrastructure communication.

Website Relaunch

randogoth — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0300

The inevitable DOStalgia of a Xennial nerd

On Placeness

randogoth — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0300

How I think about Placeness in the context of my work

Sensor Watch Faces

randogoth — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0300

Designed and coded some watch faces for the Movement firmware of the Sensor Watch project

Working for Randonautica

randogoth — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0300

The pandemic ended my career and the universe had other plans for me...

Psithemius

randogoth — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 21:00:00 +0300

Invention of a magical device based on Renaissance magic and Psionic technology.

Workshop at Occulture Conference

randogoth — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0200

Workshop about Spirit of Place and Randonauting

Mutantenkino

randogoth — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0300

Post-apocalyptic pop-up cinema series that ran from 2012 until 2016

back beyond green rolling hills...

randogoth — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:07:00 +0300

...of "bliss"

My beloved MacBook Pro 4,1 (early 2008) started to become a bit flaky in the last weeks and the transitions from PAL to HD and full HD video material in my work left me more and more frustrated with render times, so i began to think about …

beneath the 747

randogoth — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:31:00 +0200

report about my 36 hours trip to speyer. all names are fictional, all actions and observations exaggerated, rude, biased or simply not true.

it was after a full week of family gatherings, round birthday celebrations, the usual social christmas hell, annoyed relatives, annoying relatives and other relatively annoying days in …

long live the hero

randogoth — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:29:00 +0300

in mid 2009 i bought a HTC Hero (GSM) smartfone and i was amazed by the endless possibilites. but soon the first glitches happened, it crashed, froze, wifi stopped working, i wasn't able to charge it anymore, and i had it sent in for repair and maintenance twice.

i started …

System Bomb Stickers

randogoth — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0200

spreading sticker streetart across Berlin and Heidelberg

Neunter November - Schland Gedenkt

randogoth — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:53:00 +0200

die erwartungen hielten sich von vornherein in grenzen, dennoch schlich sich bei uns eine art hoffnung auf spürbare historie und feierlichkeit ein, die uns trotz angekündigtem regen den arsch hochkriegen liess.

wir zogen hochmotiviert los, als es gerade dunkel geworden war - perfektes timing für videoaufnahmen ohne extrabeleuchtung. das bvg ticket …

cranky frames per second mayhem

randogoth — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:47:00 +0300

i watched the sequel of Crank last night, without any expectations in quality and plot - but i was stunned! the video camera work is faster and shakier with fast cuts and beautiful fish-eye sequences - like a music video of aphex twin or squarepusher. the music is hysteric and ingenius with …

Logan's Run

randogoth — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:14:00 +0200

Ich habe mir letztens endlich einmal “Logan’s Run” angesehen und war positiv überrascht…

Der US-amerikanische Film von 1976 wurde in Deutschland unter dem Titel “Flucht ins 23. Jahrhundert” veröffentlicht und basiert auf der Romanvorlage “Logan’s Run” von William F. Nolan.

Inhalt

Nach einer globalen Katastrophe haben sich die …

Radioactive Dreams

randogoth — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:28:00 +0200

Ein sehenswertes Kleinod des postapokalyptischen B-Movies ist definitiv “Radioactive Dreams” von 1984 - man muss lediglich 80er Jahre New Wave Rock und sexy Schulterpolster aushalten können.

Inhalt

Als der Atomkrieg ausbricht werden zwei kleine Jungs von ihren Vätern in einen Schutzbunker gesteckt, mit dem Versrpechen, bald nachzukommen - doch sie tauchen nie …

Fallout 3

randogoth — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:39:00 +0200

Review

Der lange erwartete dritte Teil der Fallout Serie wurde zu Recht zum Spieleknaller des Jahres gekürt. Das Spiel reiht sich nahtlos in die bisherige Fallout-Welt ein und immer wieder trifft man auf Referenzen und Charaktere, die man aus den ersten beiden Teilen in Erinnerung behalten hat. Wie schon zuvor …

fader.flux

randogoth — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0300

fader.flux is a simple tool that maps the continuous controller values that come out of the midi-controller DJ2 from Faderfox into a non-continuous range of values and outputs them to the OSC protocol. This tool is mainly for use in conjunction with software that does not understand the 12 …

Bioshock

randogoth — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:22:00 +0300

Review

Das lang erwartete und im Vorhinein mit viel zu hohen Erwartungen beladene Prequel der System Shock Spieleserie wurde von den Kritikern und System Shock Fans wie zu erwarten als Ego-Shooter mit zu wenig Tiefgang zerrissen.

Ich wollte mir ein eigenes Bild davon machen und muss sagen, dass ich während …

city 17 street art

randogoth — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:53:00 +0300

the epic 3d fps-rpg half life 2 had the most realistic an nicely made street art spread across city 17. if you liked it as much as i did, here is a zip file with all graffitis, pochoirs and posters from the game, extracted from the original .vtf files …

Immanentisierung des Eschatons

randogoth — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:23:00 +0300

Seit Robert Anton Wilson diesen Begriff in der Illuminatus! Trilogie als furchteinflößende Formel berühmt gemacht hat, wird er immer wieder zitiert und als Synonym für die Heraufbeschwörung der Apokalypse benutzt. Das Faszinierende an der "Immanentisierung des Eschatons" ist, daß jeder Leser dieser Worte sofort die beabsichtigte Assoziation in seinem Denkkasten …