A list, updated

[swestrup]

Several ages ago, in this journal, I posted a master list of things that I've been meaning to get around to, but (mostly) haven't. This is a slightly revised exerpt from the list, namely the stuff that could arguably make some money, as opposed to things like, for instance remodelling the kitchen, which will cost money.

I'm vaguely pleased to note that I was actually able to delete 4 items, since they were projects that have, in one way or another, been obsoleted by advances in technology. What's sad is how many items on the list haven't suffered the same fate.  What's worse, this list is less than (I estimate) a quarter of the projects that I've thought up over the years. It seems far easier to invent good ideas, than to find the resources to make them real. I've made a token attempt to restructure and update it, but frankly many of the projects interconnect in surprising ways, and a set of nested lists is inadequate for showing the relationships. Anyway, it killed some time, and got me thinking about why I want to be my own boss now. If I manage to get my current secret project off the ground, and it makes any money, I may finally have the resources to tackle a few of the items on this list.

• Computer Work
• Programming Projects
• New Web Order
• Underlying VLE system
• QPP to replace TCP
• Piglet interpreter/compiler
• Data Importer
• Data Display System.
• Generalized data-object editing (like an Improved Hero Designer)
• QPP-based file transfer system.
  
• POOQ Watch Demo
• Graphics
• GUS - Graphica Universalis Stiae
• 3-D Quantum World Modeling
• Graphic Image Recognizer
• Simulation Engine
  
• Crystal City Simulator
• Historical reproductions
• Disaster planning
  
• Database Systems
• PassWorm
• Image Librarian
• Heraldic Artist
• Improved Make (upgrade)
• GM's Assistant
• Code Writing Assistant
• Random Note Organizer
• File Archive Librarian
• Physicians Personal Medical Info
• GUI-builder Look-and-feel database.
• Exemplar
• Computer Games
• Science Probe (Carmen Sandiego of Science)
• "You Could Be Rich" (Financial Management in a Simulated Economy).
• MicroMech (Control a remote micro-mech doing corp. espionage.)
• The Diary Game (social manipulation).
• Mutagents (Digmon-Like Game w/ Algorithmic Poweup 'Mutations')
• RPG world engine and story creator
• Web Page Stuff
• pooq.com website
  
• Face Builder Kit
• Automated Blackmail
• Internet Trading Cards
• Well-Designed World
• Technical Discussion Fora System
  
• Internet Forms Publishing
• Terrain-Maker Clone
  
• Montreal Onramp list.
• GrammaBot (The Pedantipede)
  
• Virtual Machines
  
• Software Reviews
  
• CompuRhythm (Biorhythm for your computer).
  
• Improved Purity Test
  
• The Westrup Sphere
  
• Sexual Situations Coding Language for Images
  
• Improved Geek Code
  
• The Web Clue Form Letter
  
• Hex War
  
• Resume, Biography, Photo
  
• Hierarchical List (Dag?) of Everything.
  
• Book Reprint Lobbying
  
• Web-on-Drugs Bot. (Page Distorter)
  
• Speculative Tech with Prerequisites
  
• TEL
  
• MIPsucking
  
• Esoteric Hazard Signs
  
• Found Your Own Religion
  
• First Church of Christ: Datastream.
• Active Heraldic Extensions
  
• RPG Stuff
• Rules
• Hierarchical RPG (The Great Game)
• Rolemaster Great Compendium
• Metahero
• Tech Hero
• Special Effect Mechanics
• Alien Builder
• Scenarios
• Freengrottle Game.
• Warehouse
• Rexpolo
• Khyberpunk
• Cthulhupunk
• Capt. Eldrich and the Cyberstar Rangers vs the Cthulhoid Master Race
• Writing
• Biospheres: Themes and Variations
• Technics: MetaTech
• Science-Fiction
• Guide to Aliens
• Alien Guide to Earth
• Bootstrapping Civilization -- A How-To Book.
• Brain Dump Books
• Montreal Architecture Done Right.
• Xenobiology

Comments

writing for money

[(Anonymous)]

I personally would buy a "Bootstrapping Civilization - A How-To Book"
Things like how to identify raw ores, maufacturing processes of making tools to make tools, basic medicines (oops, nothing BASIC there...) Taken to the steam era level of technology....
Ross

Re: writing for money

[swestrup]

Yeah. Actually the plan would assume you were alone on an island with natural resources, and you want to build a modern computer. It would probably be a large volume (or volumes) and would require enormous amounts of research, but I've got several schemes in mind about how to get the research done and started collecting information for it a number of years ago. I've found references for some parts of it, like how to build a modern metal-working shop from scratch, starting with refined metals, or how to perform emergency medical procedures if all alone.

Still, its the sort of project that I'll never have time for unless I can get myself self-sufficient money-wise.

[tjernobyl.livejournal.com]

QPP?

[swestrup]

QPP = Query Paralleling Protocol

Its a next-generation replacement for TCP with better support for features such as streaming and multicast support, interstellar-delay lags, easy hardware imbedding, response and query redistribution, etc. etc.

It was invented by _sps_ a few years ago and is both more versatile and simpler than TCP. He's asked me to help him write a reference implementation since up till now all we've have are parts of it in various stages of test. Its a fundamental part of our design for a New Web Order.

If I ever get my current project finished (now 4 months overdue) then my NEXT project is to take all of our various papers and scribbles for the NWO project and its adjucts and document them properly and put them up on a (new and revamped) www.pooq.com website.