Macintosh?!?! Thursday, November 17, 2005 [14:10 PM PST]

    As if strange couldn't get stranger, with an actual release after months of silence, there now appears to be a Macintosh version of BitPump available for people to beta test! It's still a work in progress, and is being converted by a friend of mine, Tom from Radius9, but you can grab a copy of it in all of its Mac glory here. Check out the readme for information on reporting any issues with it, and it's still catching up with the current version on the PC, but it's coming together very nicely and I think will be the cornerstone (in other words, the only stone) of the AnalogX suite of programs for the Mac.

BitPump released! Saturday, November 12, 2005 [15:39 PM PST]

    It's official, AnalogX BitPump is now release and ready to download! For those of you who didn't check out the beta, BitPump is basically a light weight, high performance BitTorrent download client. It supports many of the same features that other common clients do, such as multiple downloads at the same time, a single port for all transfer, etc. Unlike most of the others, you also can do some interesting things, such as switch between either a download manager type of GUI, or a dialog type of GUI (similar to the normal IE download dialog). If it sounds interesting to you, head on over to the Download/Network section and grab yourself a hot copy. I'd like to take a second to thank everyone who helped in the beta to track down problems, suggest improvements, and generally just use the app!

Release Candidate 1... Friday, September 30, 2005 [08:15 PM PST]

    Ok, what should be close to the release version of BitPump is now available for download... This new version has loads of new features, such as a manager-like interface (select it from the UI tab in the config), metafile explorer, download of only certain files from a multi-file torrent, hash accelerations, etc. You can download the release candidate here; once all the features are done being tweaked, then the documentation will be done, so it's still geared towards the more advanced BitTorrent user.
    The new version also includes auto-updating capabilities, as well as an XML-configurable client definitions file which also can be automatically updated as well (if you make any changes to this for the time being, make sure to email the changes to me in the address in the readme file). This version also supports filtering user connections based on ipfilter.dat files or antip2p.dat files (the two most common, if there is another format you would like supported, let me know). This version also fixes the performance issue that the previous version had with large numbers of peers - now you can have well over 100 or more without almost any impact on the CPU (if you want it even lower, you can reduce the refresh rate of the graphs, and get it to almost nothing).

Beta update... Wednesday, July 27, 2005 [11:35 PM PST]

    An updated version of the BitPump BitTorrent beta is up and available for download and playing around with. The new version has a couple of minor bug fixes, plus a variety of the more requested features such as minimizing to the tray, changing graphs to reflect lifetime peaks, detailed listings of files, etc. I should also point out that the next update should more than likely also include a download manager-like interface, with all the active downloads showing up in a listview (similar to some of the other download clients). Keep in mind though that even though BitPump currently opens up a window per download (similar to how the original BitTorrent client worked), it actually is only one instance of BitPump running, so there won't be any difference (apart from look) when using the manager interface. You can download the new version here; and simply install over the previous version. As I mentioned before, now is the time to make suggestions for features and improvements - not all of them will make it into the release, but they ALL go onto the todo list so should show up sooner or later.

New (beta) release... Tuesday, July 19, 2005 [10:14 PM PST]

    I don't think a woohoo is in order, considering that I haven't updated the site in oh, I don't know, perhaps a year? Pretty pathetic, if I do say so myself. On the bright side I have quite a few programs stockpiled to release - of course, I did a year ago as well, and I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist (or programmer, for that matter) to see how well that went.
    Of course, there must be a reason for this long deserved update, yes? That's right, something new, but not totally complete - it's the beta of a program I've been working on for the last couple months, and instead of just letting it sit idly on my hard drive, I'm doing a public beta. Let's cut to the chase, you're probably wondering what exactly the program does, so here it goes; it's a new BitTorrent client! So what makes it any better than one of the others out there? Simple; first off it's designed from the ground up to be fast (entirely written in C), lightweight, free of 3rd party junk (aka spyware), and as few dependencies as possible (heck, it might even run on Windows 3.1). So, if you're interested in checking it out then you can download the installer here. Make sure to actually read the readme file and send me any comments or suggestion you have about making it better!

ITR... Wednesday, June 09, 2004 [01:15 AM PST]

    Woohoo! An update! I know, it hardly seems possible, but your eyes do not deceive you and this really is an update - and what an update! A new program, new music, why I might even write a new ramble just to really shake things up.
    First off, there's a new program available in the Download/Network section called ITR Client. For those of you who haven't heard of ITR (that's Internet Traffic Report for short), it's a website that tracks how the performance is around the net. People have been asking for some tools to be able to perform similar tests on there machine (and no, commandline tools in most cases are not an option), so ITR Client was born. Basically it incorporates ping and traceroute with a few cool bells and whistles all wrapped up in a tray icon that shows the current numbers from ITR for either the entire Internet or whatever region you've specified. Overall it's a pretty cool app, and I'm sure people will find it very useful!
    On the music front, I've signed with a label called Viastar - a great group of people, which is the main reason I went with them (along with my strong desire to get consumed by the music industry meatwagon). To celebrate this most auspicious event, I've put up some MP3's from my upcoming CD - keep in mind that they're still rough mixes, but I must say that I think they sound great (and I'm certainly unbiased). So roll on over to the MP3 section and grab them before 'the man' makes me take them down.