September 28, 2005

BitTorrent for Dummies Chapter 1 and Table of Contents Online and Available Comments Off

The BitTorrent book Susie and I wrote is done, printed and bound and ships to stores next week. You can pre-oder Bit Torrent for Dummies at Amazon now. The first chapter and the index and table of contents are available online now over at Wiley. Check it out and let me know what you think. If you want an advanced review copy drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do get something in your hands ASAP.

May 22, 2005

RSS + BitTorrent + Your TV = Torrentocracy Comments Off

This looks pretty interesting, going to play with it later today and will let you know how it goes. Thx for the link Alex

Torrentocracy (pronounced like the word democracy) is the combination of RSS, bit torrent, your television and your remote control. In effect, it is what gives any properly motivated person or entity the ability to have their own TV station. By running torrentocracy on a computer connected to your television, you not only become a viewer of any available content from the internet, but you also become a part of a vast grass roots media distribution network.

This is not about the illegal distribution of media, but rather it’s about enabling an entirely new way to receive the video which you watch on your TV. If you ever wondered how and when your computer, the internet and your television would merge into one seemless device with access to anything and everything, then at this very moment the theme song from 2001: A Space Odyssey (”Also Sprach Zarathustra”) should be resounding through your head..

The geekier part (this is where you find out that this software runs only on Linux and is not really intended for use by normal humans :( )…

So, not only is torrentocracy a way of rethinking how you get your media, but it’s also an actual (free) software product by the same name. It is written to be integrated within MythTV, the Linux based home media server project (think Tivo on steroids). It allows you to join bit torrent (p2p) sessions linked to from RSS feeds so that any person running a capable blog can automatically have many people sharing the media they are trying to distribute. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

March 21, 2005

BitTorrent for Dummies Comments Off

I have some big news that has been out in other places for a few days but that I have yet to post here. I’m going to be co-authoring the book “Bit Torrent for Dummies” with Susanah Gardner, author of 2 other “For Dummies” brand books. This is the first announced book in the whole world on bit torrent (says Amazon) and I’m really excited have the opportunity to work with Susie who has taken me under her wing and is showing me the “For Dummies” ropes.

I’ll be writing about installing and configuring bit torrent client software, finding torrents, creating content for distribution as a torrent, serving torrents, and other things related to the P2P filesharing protocol. If it’s a topic that interests you feel free to drop me a note. I’m doing some research this week before I start writing next. You’ll probably see a few more bit torrent related tips and tricks around here too as I’m following several new Technorati and Pubsub feeds via RSS to keep abreast of the latest developments and memes.

UPDATED: BitTorrent for Dummies listing on Amazon.com has been updated and now lists my name as well. :)

March 18, 2005

Use Blog Torrent to Setup Your Own Bit Torrent Tracker and Distribute Your Content Comments Off

Blog Torrent

Blog Torrent is a way to offer large files on your website without using any storage or bandwidth.

UPDATED: You really should check this software out. Erik and I both downloaded and installed it and had our own BitTorrent trackers/servers going on our sites within 5 minutes. I’ve uploaded a couple BeerCasts and couple Mobius Mixdown’s there… enjoy. If you get it installed and upload some stuff, drop a note in the comments with the URL.

Known Bittorrent Client Errors Explained And Fixed Comments Off

Known Bittorrent Client Errors Explained And Fixed

Bram Cohen Entry @ Wikipedia Comments Off

Bram Cohen Entry @ Wikipedia

Bram Cohen (1975 - ) is a computer programmer, best known as the author of BitTorrent. He is also the co-founder of CodeCon, organizer of the Bay Area p2p-hackers meeting and the author of Codeville.

The BitTorrent P2P File-Sharing System Comments Off

The BitTorrent P2P File-Sharing System

Even though many P2P file-sharing systems have been proposed and implemented, only very few have stood the test of intensive daily use by a very large user community. The BitTorrent file-sharing system is one of these systems.

Theory.org Search Results for “Bit Torrent” Comments Off

Theory.org Search Results for “Bit Torrent”

Good technical overviews.

BitTorrent Tutorial Comments Off

BitTorrent Tutorial

BitTorrent is a popular protocol for downloading various files ranging from pictures and research documents, to fansubbed anime, and much, much more. This is a tutorial written to guide users on the usage of this protocol and various programs that harness

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