What is Up with BBot

BBot 6 has been waiting to be released for a long time now and it is widely known that this release hopes to be much faster than previous versions which tended to be somewhat of a drag. I am happy to say that Bikcmp and I have worked together on this yesterday and we rewrote 90% of the bot making it more compatible with other backends (like Twisted) and improving the API.
But don't forget speed, speed is always important to us and I must say that it is functioning quite well so far.

BBot 6 is almost done and hopefully it will be out before Monday. If you would like to follow the progress in real time, join #spam on irc.fossnet.info (port 6667 or 6670 for SSL) for live commit reports.

BBot 4.0 is Out!

This weekend I released BBot 4.0 with numerous improvements and fixes to the API and modules in general. Here is the quick list:
* Fixed Module Loading
* Fixed the API so that it calls the proper functions of the modules on a message
* Added the get_raw function to api.module to be overwritten by modules
* Added mass-hilight protection to BlockBot()
* Improved speed in BBot(), and BlockBot():
  * It is now recommended to use "if 'hi' in data" instead of "if data.find('hi')!=-1" as it is faster
*Added a new module, grepfwd, which needs to be loaded before use.

You can download the latest version of BBot on BBot's SourceForge Page or you can download an older version on the BBot Files Page.

Also, I setup the BBot forums on SourceForge, so you can get support for BBot or any modules there. You can also get support on irc.fossnet.info in the channels #bots and #bbot.

BBot and Blacklists

BBot, my IRC bot, is going well. I am currently working on the mathbot() module which will allow calculation of just about any python math statement including things like pi, mod (% in python), floor, ceiling and so on. I was just about to test this module out when my IP was added to the Tor proxy blacklist which the efnetrbl coppies. I will not link to them. They don't deserve the page-rank from google.
I have contacted both the blacklists and asked for my removal, but neither of them has complied and it has been over 13 hours. Meanwhile I am baned at my favorite IRC network, irc.fossnet.info as well as freenode and efnet not to mention everyone else who uses this blacklist. I tried resetting my IP overnight by unplugging my router, but no luck their either.

Welcome

Hello, I'm aj00200, a computer programmer from Kaukauna, WI. I'm making a blog that I will hopefully have enough content to update it with regularly.

I have a few projects going on, like BBot the IRC Bot, my website, and Sniper 3D. I have a bunch of other projects that I am also working on and may eventually finish.

As my first post, I will tell you a little bit about me. I know programming languages like Python, Javascript, PHP, and I'm working on C++. I also enjoy things such as Linux (currently running Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian Lenny), composing, remixing, and chatting on IRC networks. Make sure to checkout #beat-masters on irc.fossnet.info.

Also, I am the official web developer of the Hero of Wiek project on Github.