BlogTorrent | BitTorrent for the Masses
BitTorrent has already revolutionized the P2P world. Now anyone with access to a web server (aka bloggers) can host their own BitTorrent server with the amazing new free software called BlogTorrent.
If you don’t know what BitTorrent is yet, or if you think you know what it is, but haven’t yet tried it, TRY IT NOW! You’re being left behind.
For PC users, all you have to do is install this and then if you want to make your life easier, install this too. The first one is a juiced up version of the original bitTorrent client. The second one lets you download multiple torrents at once in ONE PROGRAM. You’ll eventually see what I mean. Note: You need both for the second one to work. Once installed, you can click on a .torrent file on any site, and you will start downloading the stuff.
BitTorrent only works if you continue to share the file you downloaded after you are finished with the download, so as they say, “Keep your window open” when you are finished. When you have 100% of the files in the torrent, you are then a “seed.” You’ll notice every bitTorrent file comes with statistics on how many seeds, and how many leeches there are. A “leech” is someone with less than 100% of the file. Once you are a seed, stay a seed (keep your program open so people can continue to download off you). Without seeds, no one else can download. I shouldn’t explain this because others have already done so. Try here for more info.
So as I was saying, BlogTorrent lets blogs be Torrent Trackers (servers basically). The other day we saw the launch of the More Cowbell BlogTorrent Tracker. Go there to download his Indie Christmas Mix (seen previously).
Today I present the BrooklynVegan BlogTorrent Tracker. I’m seeding a short video clip of the Arcade Fire at Bowery Ballroom to test it out. Let me know if you have any problems downloading. (by the way, you don’t actually need any other torrent software to get started downloading from BlogTorrent. They will install a basic BitTorrent client on your computer the first time you use it if you choose. Theres more explanation over there)
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Previously
The Arcade Fire @ Bowery Ballroom
