DISKAWA

I just got home and had a quick dinner, checked some RSS feeds, went through my emails and decided write a little more about my idea i posted earlier today.

First of all, I can’t say too much about it, but I’ve been thinking about some other aspects of the Client, which would mean that a completely new type of tracker would be made. If not only that, maybe even a separate application for creating .torrent file. Maybe it sounds all messed up, but generally my idea is to have the exact same File as all others in this network. Normally we have a tracker show various versions of the same file (quality, codec, size, ripper, etc), but why not try to have the same file for all?
Alright, this can be hard for some file formats, but I think its a very interesting approach, and probably possible too. As of now this idea is about only one file format (category).

Secondly, privacy is an issue, and therefor a newer protocol would be essential to keep us away from those who wants to hurt us. I read an article on TorrentFreak about TiAMO (The Pirate Bay) and some other developers working on a new BitTorrent Tracker which is a Open Source project. Too bad that the site that holds more information about the tracker is down at the moment. [securep2p.net]

Maybe this is the kind of tracker I’m looking for, who knows.

I will stop posting things about this here, until I find more information for my researching, because I can feel that my technical knowledge about the behind-the-scenes of p2p software and trackers is limited, even though I’m a very technical guy, but I strongly believe that this type of thing that is going through my head is possible, question is just how.

Last week I had this great idea of a p2p filesharing application (client), and when I got home from work I started my research to see if there wasn’t one already out there. So after several hours I came to the conclusion that no-one had the same thing, or even a similar app I was brainstorming on.

I’ve spent several hours during the days adding functionalities and technology to it, but this is only on paper so far. The problem I got now is that I don’t know anyone that can code in C++, which is the desired programming language at this time. But at the same time I’m looking at other languages for Mac and Linux based systems too.. but I would rather start off with with a windows version to see if it goes smooth.

Basically, we got the normal BitTorrent clients and other filesharing applications out there, and I personally use µTorrent myself, but the one I want doesn’t exist, because no other client has those feature I’m looking for. And I really think that others would see this as a way forward in the p2p community. So many things to think about when it comes to the client, but at the same time I want to incorporate the whole idea into a website as well for extended functionalities. Although this idea will be a freeware type of client for all to enjoy, I also try to see if there would be a way to make this into a commercial product, but I rather see it work freely first and then later go down that path.

More on this later, I’m getting late for work.

The most troublesome part is that I don’t know where to start. I’m a bit worried that someone else would steal the idea, and therefor I need to find people that are locally based for further brainstorming.

“Graveyard Girl” - New M83 Video

Found this today, and it made me feel all fuzzy inside!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8iy8S0S4w

» Through Stereogum
Note that “Saturdays = Youth” is out 14 April through normal channels

I cut my hair shorter today..
Well, lets say its shorter then it have been the last 15 years and now I just have to get used it.
My mother is visiting for a few days, so there’s been a lot walks, coffee’s and life existential talks lately. We’ve been lucky with the weather though, so I have nothing to complain about. Time is running out, and I should really start to get ready for work.

As summer is getting closer my head starts to fill up with various old projects I’ve put on hold for a very long time. Right now I feel that some of them should be worked on, so I decided to gather all the data from all my old notes and bookmarks. Problem is that some of them are stored in some old moleskin’s which i can’t find, due to that I’ve been moving here and there the last year and a half.

There’s is a few web projects, photo projects and I think i will add a new one as well, but more on that later. Don’t want to spoil everything until it reaches some kind of milestones. A Project page will be added later on as well.

Also this personal space needs a face lift with more information, especially the About page, where I thought to add a brief story about me, but also a extended version of what I’ve been up to the last 15 years.

Dont expect everything to happen over night, this will surely take some time due to work and other things, but hopefully some of my projects will amuse you in the end.

Today I decided to move my existing Wordpress install back to the root of my domain, and at the same time I thought I would give Wordpress 2.5 RC1 a shot to see what it had to offer. So I started with cleaning up my whole database and space where I store my files, but before that I backed everything up in various ways just so that I wouldn’t loose anything.

So far I can say that I’m very impressed by the new features and changes, and everything seems to run smoother. Also the changes to the Admin area has been greatly improved, for example the Blogroll feature is now called Links, finally. But also Media file manager bit is very interesting as well.

Going to play around today and at the same time get everything back to normal, there’s still a few things I forgot to backup, but no big deal.