January 11, 2009
Just like most of you (probably), I like to waste time. I do this by trying to bring the nerd in me to a higher level, discovering new things, and watching movies. Especially watching movies and series, actually. One thing that I’ve learned over the years, is that anime is heavily underrated. A lot of [...]
January 1, 2009
If you’ve been browsing MakeUseOf for a little while, you probably know how much we like torrents. The Bit Torrent distribution system allows for rapid dissemination of large files to thousands of people. It’s not the most user friendly system in the world, though. If torrents are relatively new to you, you’ve probably run into [...]
December 22, 2008
I don’t know about you guys, but I can never keep up with all the TV shows that I’d like to follow. I just can’t find the time to religiously watch a show week after week for months at a time. That and the fact that most shows running locally are a season or two [...]
December 7, 2008
BitRocket, Xtorrent, Tomato Torrent, BitTyrant, Bits on Wheels. These are some of the torrent clients for OS X. But let’s be honest, they probably don’t sound familiar to you because they’re outshone by the two gargantuas of the torrent world, Vuze (formerly known as Azureus) and Transmission, a lightweight but very capable torrent client. Prior [...]
December 6, 2008
OK so let’s start with a quiz – what happens when you combine the power of BitTorrent with the power of something like Greasemonkey (user) scripts? Yeah! I can feel some gloating right there and can bet you are already thinking of the possibilities. Let’s just unravel some of them here. Be warned though that [...]
December 3, 2008
Invites to private torrent sites are all but non-existent unless you know someone that knows someone. Yeah, they hold open registrations every once in a while, but it is usually only open for a couple of hours or a day if you’re lucky. Usually, you find out about the open registration once it’s over, and [...]
October 29, 2008
The internet allows for a huge increase in connection and community as well as media – more specifically, music. With such a demand, a wave of new file sharing was born that is now called called BitTorrent. This allows users to share files easily by storing separate files, not on one person’s computer, but multiple [...]
October 21, 2008
BitTorrent is great for sharing large files. If you have been using BitTorrent for some time you know the kind of stuff you can find out there. From movies to TV to games to Stanford lectures. Here is how you can manage and download your torrents remotely which means that you can start a torrent [...]
October 11, 2008
If you are a power downloader, who likes to download large files or download files via bittorrent, you should definately check out aria2. aria2 is an advanced utility for the ‘powerful geeky downloader’. Aria2 is for Linux, however Windows and Mac ports are available. It supports downloads in HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent/Metalink protocols. Although it is a command [...]
October 2, 2008
Downloading a movie is sometimes like heading into Oblivion. You have no certainty of exactly what you’ll end up with. Be it a crappy movie in great quality or (even worse) a great movie in crappy quality. For instance, you’ll never want to watch your favorite movie in cam format, which sounds as if you’re [...]
