I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.1. This release adds several new features, addresses some performance issues, and fixes several bugs that cropped up in the initial release.

Significant changes include:

- Growl notification support
- Option to queue all open nzb files for download
- Added Action pulldown menu to toolbar
- Allow greater customization of the toolbar
- Close menu command now works for all windows
- Fixed errors when restarting saved nzb files
- Reduced disk access while downloading
- Numerous bug fixes

The CafePress store is up and running. Here you’ll find a variety of t-shirts, coffee mugs, and other merchandise.

There are a lot of additional products I could make available. So if you’re dying for something that’s not up there, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

Better yet, if you have an idea for the ultimate Hogwasher t-shirt, or other hogware, please describe. I intend to have a graphic designer produce some snazzier graphics, and I’m looking for ideas.

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Asar’s latest software project. NZB Drop is a sophisticated Usenet downloading utility, specifically designed to work with .nzb files, a new file format used to identify binaries posted to Usenet newsgroups. Used in conjunction with a growing number of Usenet search engines, NZB Drop allows you to download the content you want directly, without having to wade through thousands of headers to find what you’re looking for.

Key features:

- Excellent multi-server support
- Blazing fast, with up to 100 connections
- Flexible download queue
- iTunes integration for audio/video downloads

To help find the content you want and generate NZB files, start here:

www.binsearch.info
www.binaries.nl
Newzbin.com

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of Hogwasher 4.3, a universal release of Asar’s flagship newsreader.

Prominent changes:

- Universal binary
- New Dock icon and badging
- Persistent search sets with XPAT support
- NZB support
- New option to open multiple connections automatically
- Many bug fixes

This release is a free upgrade for all customers.

Welcome to Asar’s new blog.

After being holed up coding for much too long, I’m pleased to put the tired old web pages to rest with the launch of this new site. I don’t claim to be much of a web designer, but hopefully this is a bit of an improvement. Please do let me know what you think.

As I’m still figuring out XHTML and CSS, not to mention Wordpress, you’ll have to bear with me as I work out all the kinks. If there are any glaring problems please let me know.