Just wanted to give a quick update on where The Hydra Project stands.
I believe the code is most all there for the Federated Sites concept which is at the core of the Hydra Project.
I never sought out to operate a massive network of private trackers, and perhaps that has led to THP not being adopted [...]
Author Archive for Shanti Braford
Hydra Project: Complete in Theory, not Adopted in Practice
Published by July 2nd, 2008 in Hydra Project and Ruby on Rails. ClosedBlog Comment Autofill Is Back (Greasemonkey Script)
Published by January 31st, 2008 in Automation, Fun, Getting Things Done, Making Money Online, Tools of the Trade, Web Hacks and WordPress. 2 CommentsMy Blog Comment Autofill Greasemonkey script is back. (direct greasemonkey link)
In its first incarnation, you’d be on Digg, reddit, etc and the script would actually fill in your blog’s URL into the submission field!
Now, I check the meta generator tag, i.e. if you view source on this page you’ll see something like this in the [...]
39+ Photoshop (PSD) to XHTML / CSS Services
Published by January 7th, 2008 in Web 2.0 and Web Design. 29 CommentsThe following list comprises over 39 Photoshop to XHTML/CSS cutup services.
They charge anywhere from $297 or so to several thousands (for higher end sites / more pages / etc).
If you have any experience with any of the firms listed below, please drop a note in the comments (with your name & blog address to reduce [...]
How to Upgrade WordPress across Multiple Blogs
Published by January 4th, 2008 in Automation, Fun, Making Money Online, Tools of the Trade, Web 2.0, Web Apps, Web Hacks, WordPress and Wordpress Plugins. 9 CommentsFirst off, I keep my main WordPress installation in Subversion.
This does have the added drawback that all of my WP blogs will be out of date until I update my main WP Subversion trunk and svn up on the server(s). At the same time, updating X number of WordPress blogs by hand would be [...]
HOW TO: Encrypt Virtual Disks on External Drives
Published by January 3rd, 2008 in Fun and Tools of the Trade. ClosedLet’s say you’ve pulled down a copy of your application’s production database, or simply want to encrypt some personal files.
First, download TrueCrypt. PGPDisk should work similarly.
You’ve got a big fat 400+ GB external hard-drive that you can load up with both unencrypted data (mp3s, etc) as well as your sensitive, encrypted data.
First, make sure [...]
Can You Afford to Move Abroad? (Prerequisites)
* Ensure you have at least the first 3-5 months of living expenses ready (or in a very secure pipeline if you are a freelancer).
* If you’re a freelancer, make sure the market is healthy enough at the moment to sustain your current income levels for the length of [...]
5 Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln
Published by December 27th, 2007 in Entrepreneurship. 6 CommentsBeing a startup CEO is not unlike being a great political leader. The challenges you’ll face are different, but in both realms you’ll have the chance to rise above obstacles or crumble in the face of them. You’ll need to use everything you have in your repertoire as you’re the link - that stable [...]
AppJet is a new hosted application framework that’s part code editor, part persistent storage repository, part hosted application company. It roles all of these components into one, providing a complete end-to-end solution for would-be app developers.
Via the AppJet Introduction page:
An AppJet app is a server-side JavaScript program that runs when a request is made [...]
Here is the first peek of what we’re working on (click for a full-size screenshot):
mockup of the default theme for hydraproject
I’d like to give a special shoutout to a designer buddy for his work on this!
Google Group Discussion List
If you want to stay up to date with the latest Hydra Project news or just talk [...]
The Hydra Project received some major coverage today from TorrentFreak and via its page on Digg.
The Hydra Project is a distributed, private BitTorrent tracker framework with goals of user privacy, anonymity, survivability & distributed ratio maintainability.
The initial development of it was motivated, in part, by a high-profile takedown of a very well-known and beloved private [...]
