Welcome to JanusNode!
JanusNode is an automated text-generator and text-morpher. It can create original texts using a rule-based system or can morph your texts using Markov chaining and various other techniques. It has been described (albeit generously) as 'Photoshop for text'.
JanusNode is the direct descendent of an old program called McPoet that I started writing in the mid-80s. Although I do not intend to definitively cease work on JanusNode in my lifetime, the program had not been substantially updated since about 2004.
JanusNode.com went off-line in December, 2008, when my ISP, Telus, deleted all of my web pages (several sites) without reason or recourse. After arguing with them for three months about their minimal responsibilities towards their customers, I fired Telus over this (which I urge all Telus customers to do) and did not get around to putting up any replacement web pages for over a year.
However, in January, 2010 I noticed that a small community of JanusNode users have kept the faith and continued to use JanusNode in the absence of any support or even an easy place to find the program. Thanks for your support! I have updated the program and released version 2.1.
JanusNode.com is back.
Download Mac version (NEW v2.11 Universal, 8.6 Mb .dmg file, released January 14, 2010). NOTE: JanusNode does not seem to run directly off the disk image. Drag the JanusNode folder from the disk image to your own disk to run it.
Download Windows version (NEW v2.11, 5.1 Mb zip file, released January 14, 2010)
Feel free to send your JanusNode resources (especially TextDNA files) and good JanusNode output. I will post any good stuff on this site.
JanusNodes are free but tips are always welcome!
You can also support JanusNode by trying not to do business with Telus. Tell them Janus sent you.