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bitlet – a very cool web browser based BitTorrent client, via java applet

Posted by John on 3rd September 2010

Can’t believe I didn’t see this gem sooner : this will be very handy for a number of projects in deploying legal content, in a shared / load balanced manner.

http://www.bitlet.org/ & their blog at  http://feeds.feedburner.com/bitlet

as well as a Facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/BitLetorg/18147948185

To steal a bit directly from their pages :

bitlet web browser based bittorrent client

Bitlet also appears to be used by several search engines, as well as famous legitimate torrent sites such as http://www.clearbits.net/ as one means of distribution.

Very impressive work, that also has streaming video as well as streaming music implications.  Another win for legal torrent distribution, as it sure helps share the bandwidth costs for small non-profit organizations trying to put documentaries out there !
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show your video card settings using your browser

Posted by John on 22nd August 2009

Handy bits below that can display quite a bit of info about your computer’s video card using just your browser, and Java.

Nothing to install, just click.

“Requires Java1.4 or higher. You may be asked to confirm a security dialog: The JOGL-API is signed by Sun Microsystems.”

Nifty stuff by others :)

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via Karma Implementor — Mr. MyOGL — online OpenGL extension lister

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