sabnzbd

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what an awesome program on ubuntu 11.10.  i was using mac unison to manage my nzb files–and i had to shell out $30 for that. yea…that was back when i was drinking the apple koolaid and thought apple was somehow magical. the only thing magical was how i found money flying out of my wallet to buy apps and buy shows, etc.

sabnzbd is awesome. it has a cool web interface. it looks good and it works even better. and its open source.

what i like about it:

  • remote agent….so i can queue up downloads from anywhere with a simple cell phone.
  • great web interface–clear status, queue, etc
  • handy pause command with things like “pause for 5 minutes”
  • easy to get at custom speed limiting
  • downloaded and configured itself and was running in less than 10 seconds!!!
  • open source!!! yay!!!
what is this anyway?  nzb?!?  wha?!?  maybe its better if you just go back to facebooking.

what is this anyway? nzb?!? wha?!? maybe its better if you just go back to facebooking.

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Ubuntu and Linux Goodness January 21st 2012 12:26 pm

what is better than an ice cream sandwich tablet???

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two ice cream sandwich tablets.  and an ice cream sandwich phone.

yes!! my motorola xoom just got updated to ice cream sandwich.  this is an excellent tablet and its cool that motorola is supporting their legacy tablets with cool updates!!

my xoom and asus prime. now i have two ice cream sandwiches!!

my xoom and asus prime. now i have two ice cream sandwiches!!

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Smartphones & Tablets January 13th 2012 9:37 pm

2012 ice cream sandwich

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tonight is awesome.  not only did i get my asus transformer prime keyboard / dock, but i also got ice cream sandwich update.

and i’m writing this post with 100% android using a mouse and a keyboard.

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my sweet ass asus transformer prime with the keyboard/dock and ice cream sandwich.

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Smartphones & Tablets January 9th 2012 11:36 pm

asus transformer prime is here

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watch me enjoy popcorn while wasting your time showing off my new tablet.

yea. i have 3 tablets now. i’m obsessed and over the top. this is why i can’t drink anymore (or any less!!!)

 

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Smartphones & Tablets January 5th 2012 9:38 pm

year of garrett??

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i get this email.  the year of garrett?  really?

or maybe this is an idea for year of emery. we had summer of emery. fall of emery. even winter of emery.

i think its time for year of emery. 2012. the year of emery. stay tuned. oh you knew it was coming.

the year of garrett???

the year of garrett??? more powerful than ever.

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News January 5th 2012 5:29 pm

xoom ics

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yes!!  i just got email from motorola asking for my mac address of my xoom wifi to “beta test” a system software update.

while i’m not supposed to “talk about it” and nothing was said about it being “ice cream sandwich” …. what else could it be!!!

so i filled out their form and gave them my mac addess and also told them i did not root or modify the original system software. motorola’s final comment was make sure you leave your device on, charged and connected to the internet. so i’m doing just that and seeing what happens. this has happened to me before when i waited and waited for logitech revue to update me to honeycomb.

oh the excitement!!! if they brick it, i got a new asus prime coming this week anyway!!  happy 2012!!

hit me!!  lets have it!!

hit me!! lets have it!!

 

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Smartphones & Tablets January 2nd 2012 3:32 pm

building asop roms for verizon galaxy nexus

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so you want to build an asop rom for verizon galaxy nexus?? there are plenty of other guides out there but this one (mine) allows you to do it using latest ubuntu 11.10 64-bit (no need to install ubuntu 10) and also allows you to make it for toro (the lte verizon version).

check out my wiki at: http://futurecrue.wikispaces.com/Compile+Android+Sources+for+Verizon+Galaxy+Nexus

be advised that downloading android source code will take a few hours and compiling the entire tree will take from 30 minutes to several hours depending on your computer.

happy hunting!!

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Smartphones & Tablets January 2nd 2012 3:22 pm