Quozl's Open Source

VK2LQZ

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Quozl has upgraded his amateur radio license after passing an exam, and is now able to use more power and exotic modulation methods.

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Netrek Client COW 3.2.4 released

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A new version of the Linux Netrek Client, with many changes. Never played Netrek? Now's the time to learn, given the active development team.

netrek-client-cow-3.2.4.tar.gz

debian style package repository

darcs source repository

an alternate higher resolution client built with Python, Pygame, and SDL

Some of the changes are:

play, fixed inability to fire a stream of eight torps when in TCP mode,
play, fixed a delay in responding to keyboard and mouse events,
clue play, display mid-galactic messages relating to INL mode games, including pregame, pause, and time left in game.
metaserver list window, changed default metaserver mode to UDP,
graphics, menu styles adjusted to remove thick white lines,
graphics, finished full screen and camera support,
login, fixed delay,

Copy In Place

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Frustrated by not finding the right program to complete a partial copy of a file over NFS, Quozl writes something to do it.

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Xtank 1.3f for 800x600

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

package, source, patches

darcs repository of source

Human Interrupt Request Lines

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +1000

As a software engineer, Quozl often sees himself as part of one great big system, in which he is a component subsystem, along with whatever computer he is using.

But in a reactive role, where most of the time is spent responding to one interrupt after another, one needs a way to service these human interrupts. Most people seem to do it with telephone ringers, text message alert tones, pagers, or popup windows. Focus stealing is annoying. Lose of concentration more so.

Hence the TCP/IP Distributed LED Mimic Panel, consisting of an array of eight LEDs driven from a parallel port that sits on the desk, and a set of spare computers around the house with displays that show a graphical version of the same panel.

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Telstra ZTE F165 HSDPA Mobile Phone on Linux

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

Quozl upgraded from a CDMA mobile phone to an HSDPA one, and plays with it on Linux. It has a USB interface, and bluetooth.

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Netrek - Vanilla 2.14.0 released

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

New version of the Netrek Vanilla Server, with many changes.

more information, sources, packages

Newspaper

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100

Quozl was in the Sydney Morning Herald on page 3 on 2008-02-12, and the article was fairly accurate, but some editorial practices may have changed the story ... the corrections are:

certainly not a farmer, though living on a farm,
it is not currently dusty, though it was during the tests last year,
it is not currently locust-plagued, though it was during one test,
the 45 degree charging limitation was inherent in the NiMH chemistry, what was really discovered were 45 degree environmental conditions.

DVB-T on Linux in Australia

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100

Quozl began watching television in the past few years, mainly because Doctor Who had returned ... the first "television" was a junk box VHS VCR attached to an LCD monitor via composite video, ... the second was a borrowed DVD+RW DVR to replace the VHS VCR, ... and the third just completed is a $AUD45 DVB-T PCI card in a Linux system acting as a video streaming server and digital recorder.

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Delta

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100

Quozl is directing a programming camp in Brisbane, Australia. If you are in year 11 or year 12 at school, and want to learn how to program computers and join the open source community, please think about joining us. The camp is in January 2008, and has strictly limited places.

camp web site