Transmission-daemon does not automatically remove completed torrents. I created a script to do so, and I run it via a cron job (under my own user ID) on my Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Server.
This script uses command line utility transmission-remote (which is installed when you install the transmission-daemon package) to check on the progress of [...]
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TVNamer is a Python application that will automatically renames TV episode files to a clean, consistent, and useful format. If you rip your DVDs, or download torrents (for shame!) on your server, you might find the “tvnamer” Python script very useful. I am running this on my Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx server right now, and [...]
When I read posts on LifeHacker and Gizmodo sometimes, I figure that everybody else in the world is downloading TV episodes via BitTorrent, and doing it using RSS feeds and an automated process. That can’t possibly be true, but I figured that if other people do this, I should be able to figure out how, [...]
MPlayerX, an OS X video player that I really like, just released an update a couple days ago. I noticed today, when I launched the app. The 0.9.8 update seems to fix a lot of MPlayerX’s stability problems, and introduces a more refined interface. I found that it starts even faster now, too! I’m very [...]
For The Love of VLC
For years now I’ve relied on VLC Player for video playback on all my computers, whether they ran Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux (primarily Ubuntu). VLC is a fantastic program: it can play nearly any audio or video format you come across, it has tons of audio and video playback [...]
Over the course of the year, I developed a serious podcast-listening habit at work. I find them useful for keeping abreast of my favorite topics of interest, including technology, the arts, and business, without taking my eyes off my work. I used iTunes as my podcatcher, mostly because it is my go-to media management app. [...]
WordPress is a fun, powerful, and free open-source blogging and content management platform. One of its nicest features is that it is easily extensible with plugins, and there are a multitude to choose from. My blog is pretty simple, but I nonetheless use over a dozen plugins to customize it and to fit my needs.
To [...]
After a long suspecting it was a total waste of time, I eventually grew to love Twitter. It’s a great way to share bits of information about yourself and your interests, and it’s a great way to market yourself to the world.
Though I’ve learned to love Twitter the service, as evidenced by my frequently-updated Twitter stream, [...]
