the last days have been occupied by playing starcraft with some friends.
still one of the best strategy games.
now i am starting to do some work on the xots project
again. I am still trying to reserve two month of time
(beginning on february) to develop a scoop-like engine with
zope and python. The
sections will be called "channels" and arbitrary groups will be
able to create their own channel and organize their communication.
Also you can subscribe to several channels and get them all
on your personalized page.
Also i am going to programm some "agents" together with jum
to research the possibilities. Agent systems are networks
where small (scripted or compiled) programms can move like a
worm or virus and execute within the respective environments.
E.g. you could use an agent to look throughout your network
to find files including mime/type stuff. Program once/
run anywhere :-) this is going to be a very nice hacking session.
every language with bytecode like java and python should
be usable.