From Around the Web
10 Ways To Speed Up Torrent Downloads – This tutorial runs down the settings you should start out with when you turn to bittorrent to find your media. Most people just download a client and jump in, but a small bit of refinement goes a long way.
20 Best iPhone Photo & Video Applications – A directory of some great 3rd party apps that enhance iPhone photography by letting you edit and share your photos easily with friends.
Etherpad – This online collaboration tool is unique in that it allows multiple people work on the same document at the same time, in real time. For a cool demo, watch Paul Graham write a thread in real-time. It could be a tool for coming to a better understanding of your own writing process.
Jurassic Web – Slate Magazine takes a look at the Internet of 1996 through the eyes of the Internet Archive with more that a bit of nostalgia.
Programming Contests and Puzzles Online – GrokCode encourages users to practice their code-fu by participating in this directory of competitions, exercises, and puzzles.
OneSwarm Turns P2P into F2F – Oneswarm is an application that allows users to control how they share files, allowing them to limit transfers to a select group of friends, thus avoiding RIAA entanglements.
Tircd – Tircd presents twitter as an irc channel. You can connect to tircd and twitter through your irc client.
Turn a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook – Create a 9-inch, 3G-equipped, nearly pocket-sized computer to run OS X on a budget.
The Ultimate Guide to Kindle 2.0 – Online Degree World offers up a directory of hacks, support, tips, and news stories about the new Kindle.
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