Random Bits

In the Fall 2008 IAP poster presentation contest I presented my on-going research on “Capacity proportional unstructured p2p networks”.

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This graph was generated using circo, a tool part of the graphviz package. The legend and the graph were generated separately and merged using paint. The graph represents simulation of a heterogeneous P2P network.

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This site now provides GWebCache service at http://gwc.chandanr.net/skulls.php. It can be used to bootstrap Gnutella (Limewire, Morpheus) and Gnutella2 (Shareaza) networks. I am using the Skulls Multi-Network Web cache system for this service.

Related Info:- Gnutella Web cache scan report

Found this interesting article on Justin Frankel - the man behind Winamp, Gnutella etc. It traces the events in Justin’s life around the invention of winamp, release of gnutella and the constant suppression of his ideas in AOL.

Ever wondered what inspired the name Gnutella?

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Video describing idea behind creative commons licensing.

The above link is a MagnetURI, which was listed in MagnetMix. You need to have a p2p client like LimeWire to download and view the video. MagnetURI is a nice way to publish content from your local machine. It is kind of similar to a torrent file, but works across different p2p clients and is convenient to handle URI strings when compared to meta-files.