Note (10/04/2010): I updated these instructions as part of my media server rebuild project. The new version is clearer and provides a cleaner install.
This article explains how to install, configure, and run Transmission on a headless Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) server. Transmission, specifically transmission-daemon, is a BitTorrent client that can be accessed via a web [...]
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NewsRob is a paid app* that I use every day to access Google Reader. You might think that it is a mindless luxury, because Google Reader actually has a decent mobile site. That said, the Android Browser is pretty slow, and loading the content often took more time than was worthwhile.
NewsRob solves the loading time [...]
Verizon charges a monthly fee for Exchange access, which is exorbitant and ridiculous. For the first couple months I owned my Android phone, I didn’t have access to my company email or calendar, because I wasn’t willing to pay an additional monthly fee.
Later, a coworker recommended I try out Touchdown, a $20 app that integrates [...]
As a consultant, sometimes I have to take a plane or train to work and back each week. Last year I stayed in hotels almost 50 nights—and that was a pretty light year for travel. Traveling is stressful. Trains are late. Flights get cancelled—sometimes when I’m sitting on the plane. Gates get switched three or [...]
I’ve tried all the Twitter clients in the Android Market, and always return to Twidroid Pro. Twidroid is one of the earliest and most popular Twitter apps on the Android platform. I prefer the way it works to competing apps, mostly because of its interface. is superior for quick information consumption and action.
I think Twidroid [...]
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 [...]
I’ve kept a journal for about three years now. I love using it to write down my thoughts and feelings, to record the results of my latest cooking experiment, and to set and track personal and professional goals. I would be lying to say that I always look forward to writing in it (writing [...]
I don’t have anything to add that hasn’t already been said about Dropbox, but I have to say that it is great, and that I recommend it to everybody. Dropbox is the easiest way I’ve found to share files between my home computers (Mac and Linux) and my work PC (Windows XP).
Dropbox gives you a [...]
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. [...]
