Localization help requested

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I'm a collaborator on a WiFi Heatmap project (see https://github.com/hnykda/wifi-heatmapper). It lets you measure the wifi signal strength at various points around your house to see where it's weak.

The problem: Windows localizes the "netsh wlan show interfaces" output that displays the wifi signal strength (and other information). wifi-heatmapper has a set of localization files that map those strings back to a canonical name (like rssi, txRate, etc.)

My request: Please consider executing the "netsh wlan show interfaces" command on your non-English system and following the instructions at: https://github.com/hnykda/wifi-heatmapper/issues/26 (We already have a few other languages, but having duplicate information is always better.) You can post the info to the issue in Github or send the data directly back to me.

Many thanks.

wordland.social: Trouble uploading larger images

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I solved the earlier problem with uploading images. It is now working exactly as intended for small to medium size images.

I went to upload a larger image to a blog and instead of the expected "link" to paste in, I received the following error (see screenshot below). Several observations:

1. The image was 4.8MBytes
2. The image actually was uploaded to the WordPress site. (In fact, I tried it three times, and there were actually three copies of the image in the Media section.)
3. I was using wordland.social 0.5.7, and the WordLand Baseline theme 0.0.6 with WordPress 6.8.1.

I was expecting wordland.social to provide a link to paste into the post, or to receive a relevant error message.

What other information could I provide? Thanks.

Enable Jetpack JSON API

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I solved a problem posting images using wordland.social. To do so, I used a kind of "random walk" to get there, so I didn't remember which of several things I did that made it work. I subsequently went back and found how to do it "officially".

To enable the JSON API within Jetpack:

  1. Go to Jetpack > Settings
  2. Scroll to the bottom to find the Modules link in the footer
  3. Scroll through the list to find the JSON API
  4. Activate it

This is described here: https://jetpack.com/support/control-jetpack-features-on-one-page/

Crusader Documentation Updated

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I am pleased to note that my PR for updated documentation for the Crusader network throughput and latency tester has been merged.

Crusader makes fine-grained tests of network performance, either on a local network, or the wide Internet. For more details, see the Crusader repo.

Dave Täht for Postel Service Award

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I posted this nomination for the John B. Postel Service Award today…

I strongly recommend Dave Täht for the Postel Service Award. Regrettably, this must be posthumous.

I first learned about Dave when I stumbled on his post talking about experiments with the CeroWRT software to decrease latency in home routers. This must have been in late 2011. At the time I had 7mbps/768kbps DSL connection. I was happy to have that connection since it was much better than dialup.

But I had also noticed that it would sometimes get REALLY SLOW when multiple people at my house were using the connection. This phenomenon came to be known as Bufferbloat. Since I was already familiar with flashing home routers, I tried CeroWRT and worked with Dave to test it. When fq_codel arrived in May 2012, it provided the first solid fix to the problem.

Over the years, I worked with Dave and others on the Bufferbloat team to refine the instructions and other content on the original Redmine site and later the bufferbloat.net site. As a side result, Dave crowned me the “Chief Doc Guy”, a title I proudly accepted.

Dave worked tirelessly over the years, first to identify the problem of latency, to make improvements, and then collaborate with anyone who was willing to help address it. His impatience with the pace of its rollout helped him goad many people into finding ways to incorporate the solution into a wider and wider set of implementations.

Dave Täht is truly an Internet Hero, and deserves the Postel award.