User:Woozle

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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

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

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
- /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