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ut-bridge: A Modular uTorrent Bridge

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 07/02/2009

I know the previous two posts are also about my (insert linux seedbox server) to uTorrent Bridge projects, but bear with me just one more!

In my last post I said, “Maybe, with some help, a universal bridge library could come from this?“. Well, this is my official call for help. I present to you…

ut-bridge: A Modular uTorrent Bridge – “ut-bridge allows you to perform native µTorrent WebUI requests on non-native servers. This enables the use of µTorrent remotes such as µRemote and Torrent-fu on non-µTorrent servers like rTorrent and Transmission.

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uTorrent To rTorrent Bridge

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 06/11/2009

I recently made the switch from TorrentFlux to rTorrent. So, my uTorrent to TorrentFlux bridge needed to be ported.

If you use rTorrent and would like to use uTorrent remotes with it. Check out ut-rt-bridge here.

Maybe, with some help, a universal bridge library could come from this?

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uTorrent To TorrentFlux Bridge

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 06/02/2009

uTorrent is to Windows users as TorrentFlux is to Linux users. They both have a convenient web interface equipped with transfer controls. TorrentFlux is a bit more extensive, but uTorrent has always had a big advantage in my opinion: Remotes. There’s a huge list of community projects built from the collective WebUI API.

Every time I’d see a fancy remote application for my phone like Torrent FU or for my work computer like uRemote I’d spend hours thinking of ways to copy them for TorrentFlux. Finally I realized a more effecient solution: A bridge to translate uTorrent request URIs into TorrentFlux URIs and vice-versa. (more…)

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Export World of Warcraft Calendar To iCal

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 05/21/2009

Late to raids? Miss your favorite Battleground weekend? Now you can receive alerts from your favorite calendar application by importing the iCal file created by my World of Warcraft Calendar Export Tool. (more…)

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MSSQL Extended Properties Library For CodeIgniter

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 05/10/2009

Microsoft SQL Server may not be the best of choice of database software but I’m required to use it at work. So, I make the best of things. Here I’ll show you a simple library for utilizing user-defined properties in your database. (more…)

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My Home Network Diagram

Posted in Linux by Ryon Sherman on 05/06/2009

I updated my server load-out post with a diagram of my current network layout. Complete with system specifications. Check it out here.

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FluxPhone – TorrentFlux Monitor for Smart Phones

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 04/23/2009

Torrentflux is a nice way to handle your torrents when you’re out and about, but the web interface is quite clumsy on my Android’s mobile browser. So, I created an interface loosely fashioned after the iPhone Web Interface for uTorrent. (more…)

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PHP Brainfuck Generator

Posted in Programming by Ryon Sherman on 04/22/2009

“The Brainfuck language is a programming language noted for its extreme minimalism. Designed to challenge and amuse programmers, it is not suitable for practical use.”… But it sure is fun!

After reading the article “How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot in Any Programming Language“, I was challenged to learn this language due to it’s confusing syntax. Turns out, it’s pretty simple. If you understand arrays and pointers then you’ve got it. I can definitely see how it can be a pain to use though. One misplaced “>” and you’re left searching through a maze of pointers. (more…)

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Completion of Symbolic Links to Directories

Posted in Linux by Ryon Sherman on 03/27/2009

By default Bash will not append a trailing forward-slash to sybolic links pointed at directories. This is because a symlink is seen as a file instead of a directory. Adding the following line to your ~/.inputrc will add this missing forward-slash and make your terminal use easier.


set mark-symlinked-directories on

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Command Line RSS Interface

Posted in Linux, Programming by Ryon Sherman on 03/13/2009

Everyday we follow the lives (nearly in real-time) of our family, friends, news, and favorite blogs using some type of ticker. Whether it be on the “wall” of a social networking site, on our phones, or on the television in our living rooms, we thrive on instantaneous notification of events we can’t be present to experience first hand.

So why not my server? It happens to be one of my closest friends, can’t I be informed of current events occurring in it’s life as well? With the help of an RSS feed interfaced by the command line, I now can. (more…)

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