Saturday, February 10, 2007

Torrents anyone?

For those of you that are using OS X and don't know how to download .torrent files, here's a basic tutorial. First of all, you need torrent client software. I recommend Azureus. After you download and install Azureus, you should add the Pirate Bay search engine to your Firefox browser. Then you simply do a search for the file you are legally allowed to download because you already own it. When you find the desired file, Firefox will ask you to pick a default action to choose when handling .torrent files. Go ahead and select "Always open with Azureus." And then wait. A long time. But it's sooooo worth it.

Why Toast when you can Burn?

For you OS X kiddies out there. I handle all of my disc burning needs with Burn. Open source, free, OS X only. It even handles some format conversions also. One of the best free apps I have ever used.

VLC

VLC is an amazing piece of software that will play just about any audio or video format I throw at it. I use it on both my iBook G4 and my Ubuntu box. I just gets better and better everytime. It's cross-platform, free, opensource, and it just works. Get it here now.