Tuesday, December 22, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• RNA World (beta): RNA World (beta) is a distributed supercomputer that uses Internet-connected computers to advance RNA-related research. RNA World (beta) is based at the Rechenkraft.net e.V. research facility located in Germany. In: Beta

NOTE: Being that it is this close to the end of the year, I wasn't sure I would have the pleasure of adding any new BOINC projects or not. What a surprise I got this morning when I checked my e-mail.

I would like to take this time to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season, a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year. -- Siran

Wednesday, December 02, 2009:
I updated the downloads page with the newest version of the BOINC manager, v6.10.18 for the Windows platforms, v6.10.17 for the Mac platform and v6.10.17 for the Linux platforms. Also note that the Linux versions will not download to Windows, Mac or Linux machines from my website. They are only available for download on the BOINC website. The download button will take you to the BOINC websites downloads page. -- Siran

Saturday, November 28, 2009:
I have added 2 new BOINC project(s):

• Anansi: Anansi is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to explore web resources around the world. Basically we want to do an evaluation regarding accuracy and performance on a distributed web crawler, and BOINC is our final choice after consideration. Measurements in such a system including accuracy, robustness, flexibility and performance will be evaluated. In: Pre-Alpha
• PicEvolvr.com: Picevolvr is a project to use the power of the internet to generate art. It does this using Cartesian Genetic Programming and a combination of automatic and manual selection of the best pictures. In: Pre-Alpha

NOTE: I am not exactly sure what PicEvolvr.com does. The description I have above came from a different site linked to the project. I am not sure of the relationship between the 2 sites. -- Siran

Wednesday, November 25, 2009:
I have updated the URL for Docking@Home. It seems that projects will need to move to a new server or location at times, for whatever reason(s).

Well, after going through Dockings long list of news items, I found out why. They moved the project to a new university and got a new URL to boot. This was done almost 2 years ago, December 23, 2007! Why I only found out now is way beyond comprehension. I found out when I got an e-mail informing me that my BOINC Team was created on the project. Enjoy! -- Siran

Wednesday, October 07, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• EDGeS@Home: The project currently hosts the ISDEP - Integrator of Stochastic Differential Equations in Plasmas - application.
  
  ISDEP is a fusion plasma application programmed and highly optimized in C language which calculates the trajectories of the particles inside a fusion device in the presence of magnetic and electric fields and collisions with a background plasma of a given temperature and density. In: Beta

NOTE: For several months now, this project has been trying to get off the drawing board and into action. I would keep getting e-mails that our team had been created on the project, but there was no access to accounts or whatever. I am pleased they have succeeded! -- Siran

Monday, October 05, 2009:
Greetings everyone! It seems that the SETI project (Prime and Beta) is having some major server issues. Eric Korpela knows about the problem(s), but since this started on the weekend, he cannot get onto campus to work on the problem. Here's a quote from him that I picked up off the BOINC forum:

"Our database machine crashed. I can't get in to campus. Matt's nowhere to be found. Jeff's in Nepal. Dan's in South Africa. Please spread the word that we know that there's a problem."

At the time of this writing, it is only 3:20am in California. Since Berkeley is in California, it will be several hours before Erik can start working on the problem. So, we SETI-zins will need to make sure our PCs have other work they can do until SETI is back in full swing again. That is why we all run multiple projects, right? ;-) -- Siran

Friday, October 02, 2009:
I updated the downloads page with the newest version of the BOINC manager, v6.6.38, the Windows platforms only. The Mac platform has not been updated. The Linux platform versions have not been updated by BOINC. Also note that the Linux versions will not download to Windows, Mac or Linux machines from my website. They are also not available for download on the BOINC website. I received a "Not found..." error message for both files. -- Siran

Monday, September 14, 2009:
I have added 2 new BOINC project(s):

• NFS@Home: NFS@Home is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integers. In: Pre-Alpha
• Collatz Conjecture: Collatz Conjecture is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research in mathematics, specifically testing the Collatz Conjecture also known as 3x+1 or HOTPO (half or triple plus one).
  
  Collatz Conjecture is based in Wood Dale, Illinois, USA and continues the work of the previous 3x+1@home BOINC project which ended in 2008. In: Alpha

NOTE: The first listed is the newest project I have added. It just started this month. -- Siran

Wednesday, September 2, 2009:
I have added the Retired BOINC Projects page to the site. You can find the link in the Projects section of the menu, last item. The page will open in the same tab, unlike the project websites opening in a new tab. -- Siran

Tuesday, September 1, 2009:
I have just done a major update of this website. There are 24 retired BOINC projects, 13 that were still listed on the Projects section of the menu here. I have removed those projects from the menu. I will be adding a new page that will list all retired BOINC projects, sort of a history thing. Stay tuned for the announcement of this new page and its location on the menu. -- Siran

Wednesday, June 17, 2009:
I updated the downloads page with the newest version of the BOINC manager, v6.6.36, the Windows and Mac platforms only. The Linux platform versions have not been updated by BOINC. Also note that the Linux versions will not download to Windows, Mac or Linux machines. I have yet to figure this out. It has boggled my mind! -- Siran

Thursday, June 11, 2009:
Well, after some checking into the situation mentioned the other day, I found that I indeed have no account on BRaTS@Home. I thought for sure my team was on it which, in order to maintain the team, would require that I have an account. So, I'm stuck.

There is also a "Catch 22" connected to this project. The owner has removed his e-mail address from the main page of his website because he was getting too many e-mails asking about invitation codes. His message, on August 8, 2008, states that to get in contact with him, one needs to visit his message boards. Yeah right! To post on the message board, one needs to be logged into their account. To have an account, one needs an invitation code from the owner. To request the code, one needs to contact the owner.

My only suggestion, to resolve this dilemma, would be to scan the message boards to see if there are any users there that you know that are on other projects you may be running. If so, you can contact them on the other project to see what you would need to do to contact the owner of BRaTS@Home to request an invitation code. I don't have the time to do this and frankly, I'm not that interested in running the project anyway. My apologies! -- Siran

Tuesday, June 09, 2009:
I have moved 1 upgraded BOINC project(s):

• BRaTS@Home: Project is moved from: Beta to Production

NOTE: It is good to see projects succeed in getting better!

I was recently asked about the "Invitation only" status of this project and the invitation codes. I don't know anything about getting the invitation code, I do not personally run this project. Unless a project has very limited resources, I really do not see a logical reason for having a science project "Invitation only". I tried to find an explanation for the project being "Invitation only", I could find none.

I tried logging into my account and am running into a snag. I keep getting a "Secure Connection Failed" error message in Firefox; something about the certificate not being trusted. The project owner has also removed his e-mail address from the website's front page. He said he was getting too many e-mails asking about invitation codes. Go figure! I will do the best I can at finding some information on this and post it here. -- Siran

Friday, May 29, 2009:
I updated the downloads page with the newest version of the BOINC manager, v6.6.20, the Windows and Mac platforms only. The Linux platform versions have not been updated by BOINC. Also note that the Linux versions will not download to Windows, Mac or Linux machines. I have yet to figure this out. It has boggled my mind! -- Siran

Thursday, April 30, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• Open Rendering Environment (ORE): This project aims to bring the BOINC based BURP (Big and Ugly Rendering Project) distributed rendering service to wider use. In: Beta

NOTE: Account creation is through invitation only. -- Siran

Monday, April 27, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• BOINC alpha test: This project is for testing new versions of BOINC software, thereby increasing the reliability of software released to the public. In: Testing

NOTE: This is obviously not a BOINC "science" project, but they call it a "project" none-the-less. -- Siran

Saturday, April 25, 2009:
I have moved 1 upgraded BOINC project(s):

• Quake-Catcher Network (QNC): Project is moved from: Alpha to Production

NOTE: It is good to see projects succeed in getting better. I am assuming that what the project manager/owner means by "removing the 'alpha test' status" is that the project is now in Production Status, since there is no mention of the project upgrading to Beta phase. -- Siran

Thursday, April 23, 2009:
I have re-added an existing BOINC project(s):

• Ramsey@home: Ramsey@Home is a distributed computing project designed to find new lower bounds for various Ramsey Numbers using a host of different techniques. It was inspired by the research of Dr. David Furcy, Dr. Thomas Naps, Dr. Linda Eroh, and Nick Peterson during the 2008 spring and summer semester at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. In: Alpha

NOTE: The project owner had taken some time away (a few months) to hitchhike across the southern U.S. with his brother and could not have the server running while he was gone. -- Siran

Wednesday, April 22, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• DrugDiscovery@Home: DrugDiscovery@Home is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to model the behavor of lead compounds that could be developed into new medicines. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer. In: Alpha

NOTE: DrugDiscovery@Home is in an early alpha phase and does not have a formal relationship with academia or the pharmaceutical industry. -- Siran

Tuesday, April 21, 2009:
I have re-added an existing BOINC project(s):

• Volunteer Computing Platform: VCP is a project which uses internet-connected computers to do scientific researches based on volunteer computing concept. You can participate in our project by downloading BOINC and run it on your computer. In: Pre-Alpha

NOTE: I had assumed that since I could no longer get to the project website that the project was no longer running. My apologies to Hien Nguyen Xuan for this assumption. -- Siran

Tuesday, April 14, 2009:
I updated the downloads page with the newest version of the BOINC manager, v6.6.20, the Windows and Mac platforms only. The Linux platform versions have not been updated by BOINC. -- Siran

Monday, April 13, 2009:
I have removed 4 non-existent BOINC project(s):

• pPotTables No longer an active project. From: Pre-Alpha
• VCP Group No longer an active project. From: Pre-Alpha
• Cels@Home No longer an active project. From: Alpha
• Ramsey@Home No longer an active project. From: Alpha

NOTE: I don't like removing projects, only adding them. I have another 9 projects on my list that I need to look into. I haven't determined what their status is. -- Siran

Sunday, April 12, 2009:
I have moved 1 upgraded BOINC project(s):

• FreeHAL@home Project is in a new phase. From: Pre-Alpha To: Alpha

NOTE: It is good to see projects succeed in getting better. -- Siran

Saturday, April 11, 2009:
I have removed 2 non-existent BOINC project(s):

• Riesel Sieve No longer an active project. From: Beta
• Gridfinity No longer an active project. From: For Fun/Pay...

NOTE: I don't like removing projects, only adding them. -- Siran

Wednesday, April 08, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• QNC Alpha Test: The Quake Catcher Network (QCN) is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research, education, and outreach in seismology. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer. Currently only certain Mac (OS X) PPC and Intel laptops are supported -- recent ones which have a built-in accelerometer. In: Alpha

NOTE: I doubt my laptop has an "accelerometer". But then, I'm not even quite sure what an accelerometer is. I believe it has something to do with sensing movement/vibrations. -- Siran

Friday, March 27, 2009:
I removed the per project status links from the main menu. The website that privided that service no longer exists. I am really sorry to see that service go away. I used it quite often to check the status of any project that seemed to be having any problems. Maybe someone else, with the knowledge to do so, can carry on for them. Farewell BOINC Projects Status. -- Siran

Sunday, February 22, 2009:
I have fixed the broken link for Scarcrow's SETI statistics graphs website. While researching why I'm not able to upload WUs to SETI, I discovered the broken link. -- Siran

Saturday, February 21, 2009:
I have added 1 new BOINC project(s):

• MotherShip@Home: MotherShip@Home is a website for volunteer computing and thinking projects which allow you and your computer to contribute to the body of medical knowledge. In: Pre-Alpha

NOTE: Account creation is through invitation only. -- Siran

Sunday, January 18, 2009:
I have uploaded the latest Windows and Linux versions of the BOINC Manager to the downloads section and updated the download page accordingly. The Mac OS X platform version remained the same, there were no updates. I still have not figured out how to get the Linux versions to download without generating a server error. I will continue to work on it. -- Siran

Thursday, January 15, 2009:

• ENGLISH: VCP is a project which uses internet-connected computers to do scientific researches based on volunteer computing concept. You can participate in our project by downloading BOINC and run it on your computer.

I was recently sent the English translation, above, by the project owner of VCP Group. I have added it here at his request. Thank you Hein NX! -- Siran