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

Active Interests

• better /development tools, especially if they're libre/open

Miscellaneous

• Metacurrency Project
• Diaspora

Shelved Investigations

• /two-way http

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 (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

• /PHP multi-select bug
• /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: 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

Notes

• /linkdump

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
• wikipedia:Plasma (KDE): an explanation of what it is