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Woozle (known to a few select relatives as "Nick Staddon") is approximately half of [[Htwiki:The Hypertwins|The Hypertwins]] and has contact information [[Htwiki:Contact|here]] and a more substantial/general homepage [[Htwiki:User:Woozle|here]].
==About==
==Reviews==
I host, operate, and do most of the editing here on HTYP, though I welcome other contributors. I have other more substantial home pages:
* [[/email clients]]: brief comparison of a handful on Linux
* [[Htwiki:Woozle|the HypertWiki]]: family site homepage
* [[/LunchWorks]]: web site critique
* [https://woozalia.com woozalia.com]: creative site
==Current Interests==
* [[wooz:Main Page|wooz.dev]]: coding / software development
* [[Metacurrency Project]]
* [[software/Diaspora|Diaspora]]
==Hardware==
* [[/HP 4370]] - a review in some depth
* [[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 ([http://www.sandisk.com/media/343157/fuze_um_0809_eng.pdf manual] (PDF))
*** '''2008-05-21''' [http://www.micahcarrick.com/05-21-2008/sansa-view-ubuntu.html 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'''
** [http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories?itemIdentifier=58755_0_0_ Schumacher 75/20/10/2 Amp Car Battery Charger]


==Homes==
HTYP was one of about three wiki projects I started at about the same time, in 2005 (the other two being [[issuepedia:Main Page|Issuepedia]] and our family site, [[htwiki:Main Page|The HypertWiki]]).
* 2002-present: [[Durham, NC]]
==Current==
* 1992-2002: [[Athens, GA]]
* [https://toot.cat toot.cat]: I inherited hosting & adminship on 2017-12-30 (see https://mew.toot.cat)
* 1990-1991: [[Durham, NC]]
===SSFCBO Ideas===
* 1985-1989: [[Providence, RI]]
SSFCBO = sustainably self-funding collective benefit organization
* 1985 (summer): [[Ann Arbor, MI]]
* [[vbzwiki:The Virtual Bazaar Manifesto]]
* 1967-1985: [[Durham, NC]]
* {{l/sub|Unnamed Money Thing}}
** 1973-1974: [[Oxford, England]]
* 1965-1967: [[Toronto]]


==Visited==
==Reference==
* 1973-1974: [[Oxford, England]]
* [[/planning]]: my to-do stack; eventually, longer-term stuff
* 1991:
* [[/hardware]]: specific product models/years
** [[Vienna, Austria]]
* [[/places]]: where I've lived, where I've been
** [[Szombathely, Hungary]]
* [[/services]] I've interacted with
** [[Paris, France]]
* [[/software]]: tech notes
* 1994: [[Yorkshire, England]]
* [[/setups/vdomain]]: virtual domain setup structure
* 2000(?): [[Hereford, AZ]]
==Software problems==
* [[/2013/10/26/network printing problem]]: Samba not playing well with printers
==Software written==
* '''working''' to various extents:
** [[VbzCart]]: shopping cart and order management web software
** [[W3TPL]]: scripting extension for [[MediaWiki]]
** [[WorkFerret]]: time-and-billing web app
* '''under construction'''
** [[/PostFerret]]
** [[/Snorp]]
* '''need reworking''':
** [[AudioFerret]]: client-server jukebox
** [[FinanceFerret]]: a sensible personal money manager
** [[SpamFerret]]: spam filter plug-in for [[MediaWiki]]
* '''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''':
** [[/Ferreteria]]
** PHP:
*** [[/ModLoader]]: code inclusion management
*** [[/trickyq.php]]: CAPTCHA stuff
** [[/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: [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39507 Bug 39507 - Upload by URL fails without giving any error]


==Configuration==
==Older==
Configuration files and log excerpts:
* [[/archive]]: stuff that's probably outdated
* [[/files/dovecot/dovecot.conf]]
* [[/limbo]]: stuff that may be outdated or irrelevant
* [[/files/dovecot/auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth]]
* [[/log dumps/2011/06/08/0743]]


Trying to fix things:
* [[/nginx]]
==Bug Reports==
* [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31822 500 error in db upgrade stage due to output buffer reset in stdout] ([[MediaWiki]] 1.17 installer)
==Vehicles==
* [[htwiki:Category:Dodge|1967 Dodge Coronet 440 station wagon]] (stolen mid-1990s)
* [[htwiki:Janis Jalopy|1983 Mercedes Benz 380 SEL]]
* [[/1987 Nissan Maxima|1987 Nissan Maxima]]
==Non-Technical Projects==
==Non-Technical Projects==
* [[/Josh]]
* [[/Josh]]
==Notes==
==Notes==
* [[/copypasta]]
* [[/linkdump]]
* [[/linkdump]]
===to be filed===
* [[micro-blogging]]:
** [http://identi.ca/ identi.ca]: software is open-source
** [[Twitter]]
* [http://makerfairenc.com/ Maker Faire North Carolina]: file under [[issuepedia:citizen empowerment]] and something like [[home manufacturing]] here
* [http://www.demandstudios.com/freelance-work/writers.html Demand Studios: We're hiring freelance writers]
* [[crowdsourcing]]:
** [http://vark.com/ Aardvark]
** [http://predictionbook.com/ PredictionBook] (also file under [[prediction registries]])
* [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Strategic Planning]
* [[WebCalendar]]:
** [http://www.k5n.us/ WebCalendar wiki]
** [http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php?topic=Download WebCalendar Downloads]
** [http://webcalendar.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/webcalendar/webcalendar/UPGRADING.html WebCalendar Upgrading Notes]
* [http://www.steverumberg.com/wiki/index.php?title=Area_info 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]]
* [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/generic/wallpapers/image/ source code] for slideshow wallpaper on KDE 4
* [[wikipedia:Plasma (KDE)]]: an explanation of what it is

Latest revision as of 20:14, 20 November 2022

About

I host, operate, and do most of the editing here on HTYP, though I welcome other contributors. I have other more substantial home pages:

HTYP was one of about three wiki projects I started at about the same time, in 2005 (the other two being Issuepedia and our family site, The HypertWiki).

Current

SSFCBO Ideas

SSFCBO = sustainably self-funding collective benefit organization

Reference

Older

  • /archive: stuff that's probably outdated
  • /limbo: stuff that may be outdated or irrelevant

Non-Technical Projects

Notes