User:Woozle

Woozle (known to a few select relatives as "Nick Staddon") is approximately half of The Hypertwins and has contact information here and a more substantial/general homepage here.

Reviews

 * /email clients: brief comparison of a handful on Linux
 * /LunchWorks: web site critique

Current Interests

 * Metacurrency Project
 * Diaspora

Hardware

 * 2006-02-16 Woozle's new HP 4370 - a review
 * Insignia IN-MP101
 * to be reviewed
 * Kenmore 44102 -- works as well as the old unit did
 * Dual XDM6400 -- restarts tracks from beginning when playing from USB; 382-track limit
 * Dual XDM6820 -- no inter-track gap on audio CDs (good); haven't tried MP3s yet
 * AcerScan 620UT -- still using this in 2009
 * Sansa Fuze by SanDisk (manual (PDF))
 * 2008-05-21 Sandisk Sansa View on Ubuntu Linux: don't let go of the "left" button too soon or it won't work...
 * stuff I use and may eventually review
 * Schumacher 75/20/10/2 Amp Car Battery Charger

Homes

 * 2002-present: Durham, NC
 * 1992-2002: Athens, GA
 * 1990-1991: Durham, NC
 * 1985-1989: Providence, RI
 * 1985 (summer): Ann Arbor, MI
 * 1967-1985: Durham, NC
 * 1973-1974: Oxford, England
 * 1965-1967: Toronto

Visited

 * 1973-1974: Oxford, England
 * 1991:
 * Vienna, Austria
 * Szombathely, Hungary
 * Paris, France
 * 1994: Yorkshire, England
 * 2000(?): Hereford, AZ

Software problems

 * /2013/10/26/network printing problem: Samba not playing well with printers

Software written

 * working demos:
 * AudioFerret: distributed jukebox
 * SpamFerret: spam filter plug-in for MediaWiki
 * VbzCart: shopping cart and order management web software
 * W3TPL: scripting extension for MediaWiki
 * WorkFerret: time-and-billing web app
 * need reworking:
 * FinanceFerret: a sensible personal money manager
 * in design phase
 * InstaGov: collaborative decisionmaking for large groups
 * /UserNuke: MW extension to wipe out spam-user data
 * /StockFerret: attempt to simplify part of VbzCart for inventory management
 * back burner:
 * FeedFerret: social RSS aggregation
 * MailFerret: a better email program
 * /TaskFerret: I don't know if this is going to be useful or not
 * Libraries:
 * PHP:
 * /data.php
 * /DataScript
 * /datamgr.php
 * /events.php
 * /libmgr.php
 * /menu.php
 * /StringTemplate.php
 * /trickyq.php: CAPTCHA stuff
 * MediaWiki extension libs:
 * /admin.php
 * /mw-base.php
 * /smw-base.php
 * /VB libraries: libraries for Visual Basic 5.0
 * Debugging code:
 * /port listener: listens to a given port, reports connections, and displays received data.
 * /kscope, a screensaver that works in everything from Windows 3.x to WinXP
 * Bug comments:
 * MediaWiki: Bug 39507 - Upload by URL fails without giving any error

Configuration
Configuration files and log excerpts:
 * /files/dovecot/dovecot.conf
 * /files/dovecot/auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth
 * /log dumps/2011/06/08/0743

Trying to fix things:
 * /nginx

Bug Reports

 * 500 error in db upgrade stage due to output buffer reset in stdout (MediaWiki 1.17 installer)

Vehicles

 * 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 station wagon (stolen mid-1990s)
 * 1983 Mercedes Benz 380 SEL
 * 1987 Nissan Maxima

Non-Technical Projects

 * /Josh

to be filed

 * micro-blogging:
 * identi.ca: software is open-source
 * Twitter
 * Maker Faire North Carolina: file under issuepedia:citizen empowerment and something like home manufacturing here
 * Demand Studios: We're hiring freelance writers
 * crowdsourcing:
 * Aardvark
 * PredictionBook (also file under prediction registries)
 * Wikimedia Strategic Planning
 * WebCalendar:
 * WebCalendar wiki
 * WebCalendar Downloads
 * WebCalendar Upgrading Notes
 * Cambrian: part of San Jose, CA

KDE development
Anonymous (read-only) svn access to KDE:
 * svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/trunk/KDE/kdevelop

Relevant web pages:
 * kde.techbase:Welcome to KDE TechBase
 * kde.techbase:Getting Started/Sources/Using Subversion with KDE
 * kde.techbase:Getting Started/Build/KDE4
 * kde.techbase:Development/Tutorials/Plasma/WallpaperHelloWorld
 * source code for slideshow wallpaper on KDE 4
 * Plasma (KDE): an explanation of what it is