i got an email over the weekend from kailash nadh telling me about a new tool that he’s created called (quite appropriately) Krun.ch….from kailash, “Krun.ch is a simple tool that simplifies the process of compressing and sending your files online. Krun.ch isn’t a replacement for the traditional desktop compression tools, but its just a tool that makes things easier by cutting down all the ‘krunching’ hassles!”

the basic idea: you hit the krun.ch site, then upload a file to compress (through a browser interface) and specify a recipient address to download the compressed file, that’s about it…if you register, you can specify more than one recipient, but registration ain’t required…right now it handles zip, rar and gzip compression formats… the file stays up for 24 hours and then goes away, period…

cool idea? shit yeah, especially if you perhaps wish to use gmail for online backups but just want to compress and email over tons of stuff to archive without any sort of plugin or extension that turns gmail into a file server (particulary if you only use IE)…

if the name kailash sounds slightly familiar, it’s because he’s already developed several tools that kick ass and several of which have already been acquired…these include:

    pinggoat (the massive ping service that got equally massive coverage when it launched, acquired)
    newzpile (also acquired)
    splogspot (fucking brilliant, also acquired, and rather timely given the ridiculous number of spam blogs)
    boastmachine (an open source lightweight blogging application)

…kailash is in the UK for the next few years finishing up his undergrad in cs, and i suspect that with his caliber of inventiveness he won’t be looking long for a job…but if you want to hire him on contract, he’ll do work in between classes…

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