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Homer v1.0 - beta 4 is ready for testing:

Additions:

-Log directly to file, opens in notepad when turning off logging (like screen logging).

-Server info at a glance area.

Changes:

-No more thumbnail of the image being served. More on that in a bit.

-Give me a gif - .gifs are supported.

-New icon, you’ll have to guess.

-Many tweaks to improve memory usage.

Show me the goods:

Regarding lack of imageviewer:

-It seems Internet Explorer chokes on Icon files, so Gifs needed to be included here. Not only did that mean handling gifs, but also handling LZW image compression. The overhead in displaying gifs (if it’s even legal according to Compuserve (gif) and Unisys (LZW comp) was far too much for what I’m trying to do here. Thusly, thumbnail thingy had to go.

-One last note: Pick your poison on logging. Logging to screen, then saving the log will use more RAM, logging directly to file much less. However, Logging to screen is faster. I’m not suggesting you’ll be able to tell, but its faster.

Download beta 4: http://www.funkytoad.com/download/Homer-beta4.zip

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Homer beta 3 ready for download

-Fixed “content type” error, which caused havoc for Opera and IE.

(interesting that firefox didn’t seem to be affected ?)

–> Download Homer beta 3 < --

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Homer v1.0 - ß2 is ready for testing!

Changes/Additions:

1. Images are served via a memory stream as opposed to a file stream. So much less Harddrive activity, less cpu usage.
2. Exporting Hit log to a text file. This is a new menu (not via the systray icon) - It exports the hitlog to a file called HitLog.txt in The homer directory. Homer then Opens the text file in Notepad. To save resources, Homer will always overwrite Hitlog.txt - so if you want to keep the log, do a save-as from within NotePad.exe.
3. Transparent.ico, a transparent 1×1 pixel icon image file is included in the images sub directory.

Enjoy - Download Homer beta 2

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Homer v1.0 - ß1 is ready for testing!

What is Homer? Homer is a Localhost webserver. Homer listens to IP 127.0.0.1 for connections on port 80 - Logs requests, and serves up a picture of your choosing.

Huh? If you use an Ad-Blocking HOSTS file - Such as HPGuru’s or Bluetack’s - you may see alot of “cannot connect” type messages and missing graphics. Running Homer will change that by serving an image of your choice. Doing so will make pages load faster as a consequence.

What does Homer look like?

What we have here: A list of available images, and a thumbnail of the currently selected image. If logging is turned on, you see the list of blocked sites - and highlighting a “hit” will display the requested document at said blocked site, and the referring URL i.e. Who sent you looking for the blocked site.

What’s Bob’s Head? That’s Bob, CEO of Funkytoad.com

License? http://www.funkytoad.com/license.htm

How do I work this puppy? The only requirement for Homer is you leave it in the Directory format that you download it in. That is to say that homer needs a subdirectory called images, which is where it will look for your pictures. If you’d like to add pictures, simply put them in the”images” subdirectory and run homer, or use the “refresh imagelist” command in the File menu. Images need to be jpeg format.   Note: Homer minimizes to the systray, and a menu is available there as well.

Will Homer work on My Computer? I have no idea. Homer has been tested on Win2000 and WinXP. Different software may cause problems for Homer. Homer however is designed to exit relatively gracefully in times of woe. Most likely a conflict will occur if you are already running a program that is bound to 127.0.0.1

Yes you have to give it access through your firewall.

There is no registry file writing, or ini file settings saved by Homer. This is by design, the old KISS principle. There is no install or uninstall. To uninstall simply delete the Homer directory.

Help, comments, Suggestions email inquiries@funkytoad.com

Download approx. 350kb - Give Me Homer

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