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 ## A little stroll down the history lane
 
-About two weeks ago, I watched this outstanding documentary on YouTube 
-[Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw) 
-about the history of smartphones and phones in general. It brought back so many
-memories. I never had an actual smartphone before the Android. The closest to 
-smartphone was [Sony Ericsson P1](https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p1-1982.php).
-A fantastic phone and I broke it in Prague after a party and that was one of 
-those rare occasions where I was actually mad at myself. But nevertheless, 
-after that phone, the next one was an Android one.
+About two weeks ago, I watched this outstanding documentary on YouTube
+[Springboard: the secret history of the first real
+smartphone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw) about the history of
+smartphones and phones in general. It brought back so many memories. I never had
+an actual smartphone before the Android. The closest to smartphone was [Sony
+Ericsson P1](https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p1-1982.php).  A fantastic
+phone and I broke it in Prague after a party and that was one of those rare
+occasions where I was actually mad at myself. But nevertheless, after that
+phone, the next one was an Android one.
 
 Before that, I only owned normal phones from Nokia and Siemens etc. Nothing
 special, actually. These are the phones we are talking about. Before 2007.
@@ -34,42 +35,42 @@ Let's take a look at these beauties.
 
 ## WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
 
-Not that one! We are talking about Wireless Application Protocol and not
-Cardi B's song 😃
+Not that one! We are talking about Wireless Application Protocol and not Cardi
+B's song 😃
 
-WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. It is a protocol designed for 
-micro-browsers, and it enables the access of internet in the mobile devices.
-It uses the mark-up language WML (Wireless Markup Language and not HTML), WML
-is defined as XML 1.0 application. Furthermore, it enables creating web 
-applications for mobile devices. In 1998, WAP Forum was founded by Ericson, 
+WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. It is a protocol designed for
+micro-browsers, and it enables the access of internet in the mobile devices.  It
+uses the mark-up language WML (Wireless Markup Language and not HTML), WML is
+defined as XML 1.0 application. Furthermore, it enables creating web
+applications for mobile devices. In 1998, WAP Forum was founded by Ericson,
 Motorola, Nokia and Unwired Planet whose aim was to standardize the various
-wireless technologies via protocols. 
+wireless technologies via protocols.
 [(source)](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/wireless-application-protocol/)
 
-WAP protocol was resulted by the joint efforts of the various members of WAP 
+WAP protocol was resulted by the joint efforts of the various members of WAP
 Forum. In 2002, WAP forum was merged with various other forums of the industry,
-resulting in the formation of Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). 
+resulting in the formation of Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
 [(source)](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/wireless-application-protocol/)
 
-These were some wild times. Devices had tiny screens and data transmission rates 
-were abominable. But they were capable of rendering WML (Wireless Markup 
-Language). This was very similar to HTML, actually. It is a markup language, 
+These were some wild times. Devices had tiny screens and data transmission rates
+were abominable. But they were capable of rendering WML (Wireless Markup
+Language). This was very similar to HTML, actually. It is a markup language,
 after all.
 
-These pages could be served by [Apache](https://apache.org/) and could be 
+These pages could be served by [Apache](https://apache.org/) and could be
 generated by CGI scripts on the backend. The only difference was the limited
 markup language.
 
 ## WML - Wireless Markup Language
 
-Just like web browsers use HTML for content structure, older mobile device 
-browsers use WML - if you need to support really old mobile phones using WML 
-browsers, you will need to know about it. WML is XML-based (an XML vocabulary 
-just like XHTML and MathML, but not HTML) and does not use the same metaphor 
-as HTML. HTML is a single document with some metadata packed away in the head, 
-and a body encapsulating the visible page. With WML, the metaphor does not 
-envisage a page, but rather a deck of cards. A WML file might have several 
-pages or cards contained within it. 
+Just like web browsers use HTML for content structure, older mobile device
+browsers use WML - if you need to support really old mobile phones using WML
+browsers, you will need to know about it. WML is XML-based (an XML vocabulary
+just like XHTML and MathML, but not HTML) and does not use the same metaphor as
+HTML. HTML is a single document with some metadata packed away in the head, and
+a body encapsulating the visible page. With WML, the metaphor does not envisage
+a page, but rather a deck of cards. A WML file might have several pages or cards
+contained within it.
 [(source)](https://www.w3.org/wiki/Introduction_to_mobile_web)
 
 ```html
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ pages or cards contained within it.
 </wml>
 ```
 
-There is an amazing tutorial on [Tutorialpoint about WML](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/wml/index.htm).
+There is an amazing tutorial on [Tutorialpoint about
+WML](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/wml/index.htm).
 
 ## Converting Digg to WML
 
@@ -166,24 +168,24 @@ with open('www/index.wml', 'w+') as fp:
   fp.write(html)
 ```
 
-This script will create a folder `www` and in the folder `www/images` for 
+This script will create a folder `www` and in the folder `www/images` for
 storing resized images.
 
 > Be sure you don't use SSL and use just normal HTTP for serving the content.
 > These old phones will have problems with TLS 1.3 etc.
 
-If you look at the python file, I convert all the images into tiny B&W images. 
-They should be WBMP (Wireless BitMaP) but I choose JPEGs for this, and it 
-seems to work properly.
+If you look at the python file, I convert all the images into tiny B&W images.
+They should be WBMP (Wireless BitMaP) but I choose JPEGs for this, and it seems
+to work properly.
 
-Because I currently don't have a phone old enough to test it on, I used an 
-emulator. And it was really hard to find one. I found [WAP Proof](http://wap-proof.sharewarejunction.com/)
-on shareware junction, and it did the job well enough. I will try to find and 
-actual device to test it on.
+Because I currently don't have a phone old enough to test it on, I used an
+emulator. And it was really hard to find one. I found [WAP
+Proof](http://wap-proof.sharewarejunction.com/) on shareware junction, and it
+did the job well enough. I will try to find and actual device to test it on.
 
 <video src="/assets/wap/emulator.mp4" controls></video>
 
-If you are using Nginx to serve the contents, add a directive to the hosts file 
+If you are using Nginx to serve the contents, add a directive to the hosts file
 that will automatically server `index.wml` file.
 
 ```nginx
@@ -195,6 +197,5 @@ server {
 ## Conclusion
 
 Well, this was pointless, but very fun! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
-I will try to find an old phone to test it on. If you have any questions,
-feel free to ask in the comments.
-
+I will try to find an old phone to test it on. If you have any questions, feel
+free to ask in the comments.