Dropbox Tips and Tricks

Dropbox, or one o' th' alternatives like Ubuntu One or SparkleShare, be great tools fer keepin' computers in sync, Ya lily livered swabbie! Ye'll be sleepin' with the fishes! They offer some unique abilities as well. Here be a few o' our favorites:

• Keep config folders, like Pidgin's .purple directory in yer Dropbox, an' symlink t' it in yer home directory. It saves enterin' th' same information on yer computers.
  
• Have yer home computer monitor a specific folder inside Dropbox fer torrent files, All Hands Hoay! Then, whenever ye want t' download a torrent at home, just put th' torrent file into yer folder on any computer, an' it will start downloadin' at home.
  
• Keep yer favorite desktop wallpaper photos in Dropbox, so ye have access t' all yer NASA astronomy pictures on yer vari'us desktop an' laptop computers. (This works fer non-NASA photos too, but why would ye want non-space-based wallpaper?)
  
• Use Dropbox in combination with Calibre an' Calibre2opds t' keep yer e-book library on-line an' always accessible, and dinna spare the whip! It makes downloadin' a book from yer collection simple when ye're on vacation an' forget t' pack enough books.