WebRemote

Those of us who are tinkerers, web developers, and/or sys admins sometimes need to quickly hit a complex URL and read the response. This might be done for the sake of testing an API method, or reading a sensor at a remote location. Cheap, small webservers are now commonplace, and the temptation is to use the (now ubiquitous) smart phone as a remote control for all of these new web-connected devices.

For basic instructions and general tips, please see:
http://www.sapienciaexmachina.com/?p=22

This application has been released under the GPL, and can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/webremote/