Download Torrent while you at work with Deluge WebUI

Nov 20

wingloonTechnology 10 Comments

Do you want to download BitTorrent while you stuck at work? Would it be really nice if you could access your computer at home through your web browser to download BitTorrent from your office. This is simple. I am going to share this to you. You will need to install a Linux distribution on a spare computer you have. If you do not have a spare computer, don’t worry. Get VMware Server and simply install a Linux distribution as the VM guest. I am still using Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop Edition as the VM guest. Next, install the popular Deluge (a popular full-featured lightweight cross-platform BitTorrent client) in Ubuntu. You can use Deluge in your Windows PC but I would recommend you to use Deluge in Linux. The major changes for 0.5.6 version includes Web User Interface plugin which I have been waiting for. With this plugin, I can now download Torrent from a web browser. That’s cool. You need to configure a port-forwarding in your router. You may need a DynDNS service if your ISP is providing you a dynamic public ip addresses.

Enable and Configure Web User Interface plugin

  1. Run Deluge, click Edit then click Plugins, check on Web User Interface.
  2. Configure the port number, password, template and button style by clicking Preferences button for this plugin.
  3. Launch your favorite web browser (e.g. Firefox). In the address bar, type the following: -

    4. http://ip_address_of_your_deluge:8112

  4. Login with your configured password and start adding Torrent to download.

MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 Released

Nov 19

wingloonWindows 1 Comment

MediaPortal is an Open Source Software (OSS) that is designed to turn your personal computer (PC) into a very advanced home theater PC (HTPC). A HTPC also referred to a media center. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music and radio. You can watch and store your videos and DVDs. You can view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder. You can view digital photos, view weather information and much more. MediaPortal is built on the Microsoft .NET framework using C# and currently only available for Microsoft Windows.

Features:

  • Create your own skins, or choose one of the available skins
  • MediaPortal can easily be extended with extra plugins
  • You decide which keys you want to use for which actions
  • Internal support for several remote control (streamzap, MCE, redeye, winlirc, hauppauge, FireDTV)
  • Windowed and fullscreen support

So, do you have plan on building your own HTPC?

Source: MediaPortal

Mun Huen laugh loudly

Nov 19

wingloonFamily 5 Comments

She can really laugh loudly. My wife took this opportunity to capture the video shot below.


My baby girl is 3 months 2 weeks 4 days old

Nov 18

wingloonFamily 2 Comments

Today she is 3 months 2 weeks 4 days old. Sorry to keep you guys and gals waiting for these cute pictures of my daughter.

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Gmail storage increased to 5GB and increasing

Nov 18

wingloonNews 1 Comment

If you haven’t noticed, Gmail storage has increased to 5GB since yesterday. They started the “Infinity+1″ storage plan increased from 1GB on April 2005. This was made to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Gmail. They realized it will never reached infinity but they promised to give more free storage by speeding up the counter. But, do you know how does Gmail store all the emails?

Gmail has been the favorite free web-based email after Hotmail and Yahoo Mail for myself. Gmail has extensive features like conversation threading, search, tagging, keyboard shortcuts, email lables and email filters. It does not comes with cluttered interface.

The only concern I have while using Gmail is privacy. This is because Gmail will automatically scans your emails to display relevant ads to you. Currently, I am using 368MB (7%) of my 5000MB storage.

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