Asar Blog

NZB Drop 2.0

Kurt Spaker — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:56:39 +0000

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 2.0.

This release has been in the works for a very long time, and constitutes a dramatic improvement over version 1. NZB Drop is now a complete solution for locating, downloading, and processing content on Usenet newsgroups. From searching for files with any available Usenet search engine, all the way through par2 check and repair, and the unpacking of rar archives, NZB Drop handles it all. And with up to 100 simultaneous connections per server, a faster solution simply does not exist.

Significant changes include:

- New unified user interface with browser window
- Grouping of related files into collections
- Par2 check and repair, with automatic retrieval of recovery blocks
- Unrar, unzip, and split-file assembly
- Inline search using binsearch.info or other usenet search engine
- Support for up to 100 simultaneous connections per server
- Option to skip specified filetypes, e.g. nfo, log, txt, md5, cue, sample
- Option to clean up par2, rar, zip, and split files after successful processing

Learn more here.

NZB Drop 1.3

Kurt Spaker — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:13:24 +0000

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.3. This release offers significant performance improvements, bug fixes, and several highly requested new features.

This is a free upgrade. All registered users running Leopard are encouraged to upgrade to this new version.

Significant changes include:

- Reduced cpu usage and disk activity
- Watch folder for auto-loading nzb files
- Bandwidth limit scheduling
- Separate pref to auto-queue par checksum files
- New command to sort file list
- New “manual only” server setting
- Many other minor changes and bug fixes
- Requires X.5 Leopard

NZB Drop 1.2

Kurt Spaker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:01:02 +0000

I am pleased to announce the immediate availability of NZB Drop 1.2. This is a free upgrade for all registered users. This release offers several new features, along with performance improvements and numerous bug fixes. All customers are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this new version.

Significant changes include:

- Bandwidth limiting
- Time remaining indicator
- Separate directory for storing parts
- Optional suppression of Errors window
- Error details for corrupt nzb files
- Files remaining indicator in dock icon
- Fixed problem decoding binhex files
- Numerous bug fixes

Usenet search engines with nzb support

Kurt Spaker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:54:58 +0000

There are many Usenet search engines w/ nzb support to choose from. To help find the content you want and generate NZB files, start here:

binsearch.info
NzbNation
Mega NZB
NZB Matrix
MerlinsPortal.net
NZB MovieSeeker
NZB TVSeeker

NZB Drop 1.1

Kurt Spaker — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:38:00 +0000

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

Dry Goods

Kurt Spaker — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:21:28 +0000

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.

NZB Drop 1.0

Kurt Spaker — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:15:35 +0000

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

Hogwasher 4.3

Kurt Spaker — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:13:38 +0000

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.

Back in black.

Kurt Spaker — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:07:46 +0000

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.