diff --git a/docs/available-packages.md b/docs/available-packages.md
index d1e27535..c074844b 100644
--- a/docs/available-packages.md
+++ b/docs/available-packages.md
@@ -1,32 +1,78 @@
+
+Available Packages
+==================
+
+You can download and install packages using the `tusk` application that comes with Narwhal.  Check out `tusk help` for details.  These are some of the packages:
+
 * `activejs`: The Cross Platform JavaScript MVC, http://activejs.org/
+* `appengine`: A port of the Python Google App Engine SDK to JavaScript
 * `appengine-java-sdk`: Java components necessary for deploying applications on Google's App Engine.
-* `appengine`: A port of the Python AppEngine API to JavaScript
+* `barista`: An automated user interface testing framework.
+* `bogart`: A simple web framework
 * `browserjs`: A simulated web browser environment, includes XMLHttpRequest, timeouts, console, a DOM, etc
+* `cappruby`: Experimental Ruby implementation on top of the Objective-J runtime / JavaScript
+* `cappuccino`: Cappuccino module
+* `CappuccinoResource`: Cappuccino on Rails
 * `chiron`: A system of interoperable JavaScript modules, including a Pythonic type system and types
+* `closure-compiler`: Closure Compiler
+* `coffee-script`: Unfancy JavaScript
+* `commonjs-utils`
+* `couchdb`: API to access CouchDB servers, a schema-free database of JSON documents
 * `creolejs`: A JavaScript implementation of the CreoleWiki language, for browsers.
-* `env`: 
-* `inspec`: 
+* `ejs`: Embedded JavaScript templating framework
+* `env`
+* `haml-js`: Haml ported to server-side Javascript. This is a traditional server-side templating language.
+* `htmlparser`: An HTML parser
+* `inspec`: BDD test framwork inspired by rspec
+* `jack`
 * `jack-dav`: A JSGI compatible WebDAV server, based on RackDAV
 * `jack-servlet`: A Java servlet for running JSGI applications
-* `jack`: A library of JSGI middleware, handlers, and utilities, based on Rack
-* `jake`: A build system for ServerJS, inspired by Rake
-* `jsdocs`: Tool for generating template-formatted, multi-page HTML (or XML, JSON, or any other text-based) documentation from commented JavaScript source code.
+* `jake`: A build system for CommonJS, lifted from Rake
+* `jaml`: A library of JSGI middleware, handlers, and utilities, based on Rack
+* `jdbc`
+* `jscrypto`: Fast symmetric cryptography in Javascript
+* `jsdocs`: JavaScript documentation generator. Tool for generating template-formatted, multi-page HTML (or XML, JSON, or any other text-based) documentation from commented JavaScript source code.
 * `json-rpc`: An implementation of JSON-RPC for CommonJS, include a JSGI appliance
+* `json-template`: Minimal but powerful templating language implemented in multiple languages.
 * `jsont`: JSON transforms, akin to XSLT but for JSON: http://goessner.net/articles/jsont/
-* `kupo`: 
+* `kupo`
 * `markdown`: A port of markdown to JavaScript
+* `mustache`: {{mustaches}} in JavaScript — shameless port from @defunkt
+* `mysql-jdbc`
 * `narcissus`: JavaScript implemented in JavaScript
-* `narwhal-jaxer`: 
+* `narwhal`: A general purpose JavaScript platform
+* `narwhal-jaxer`
 * `narwhal-johnson`: Johnson (Ruby-JavaScript bridge, using SpiderMonkey) engine support for Narwhal
 * `narwhal-jsc`: JavaScriptCore engine support for Narwhal
+* `narwhal-moar-monkeys`
 * `narwhal-v8`: V8 engine support for Narwhal
-* `narwhal-xulrunner`: 
-* `narwhal`: A general purpose JavaScript platform
+* `narwhal-v8cgi`: v8cgi engine support for Narwhal
+* `narwhal-xulrunner`: XULRunner engine support for Narwhal
 * `nitro`: A Web Application Framework
-* `objj`: Objective-J and Cappuccino tools
+* `normal-template`: A simple, powerful and safe templating engine
+* `oauth`: OAuth Library
+* `objective-j`: Objective-J and Cappuccino module
+* `observable`: JavaScript framework for Observable mixins with plugin support
+* `ojmoq`: A mocking library for Objective-J that is inspired by the Moq project.
+* `ojunit`: A simple Objective-J unit test framework.
+* `ometa-highlighter`: Code highlighter based on Ometa/JS (little inspired by Pygments)
+* `ometajs`: A object-oriented language for pattern matching
+* `parenscript`: Parenscript is a small Lispy language that compiles to JavaScript. This is the Narwhal module that integrates ParenScript with Narwhal.
+* `prototype`: Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. This package implements a subset of Prototype
+* `qunit`: An easy-to-use JavaScript Unit Testing framework.
+* `qxoo`
+* `reform`: A Narwhal module for working with HTML forms, similar to Django's forms.
 * `seethrough`: Seethrough is a simple XML/XHTML template engine for JavaScript based on E4X. It’s a port of a former project for Erlang.
+* `shmakowiki`: Yet another wiki dialect, inspired by WackoWiki and WikiCreole
+* `shrinksafe`: ShrinkSafe
+* `silk`: A comprehensive set of 16x16px icons.
+* `sizzle`: A sizzlin' hot selector engine
 * `speller`: A JavaScript spell-checker
+* `sqlite-jdbc`
 * `syntax-stroop`: A syntax highlighter based on Google-code-prettify.
 * `template`: A simple templating engine
+* `underscore`: Functional programming aid for JavaScript. Works well with jQuery.
 * `wiky`: A bidirectional Wiki markup to and from HTML converter written in JavaScript.
 * `xbin`: A suite of Unix command line tools for enlightened pipelines.
+* `yuicompressor`: YUI Compressor
+* `zipjs`: An implementation of zip for JavaScript
diff --git a/docs/download.md b/docs/download.md
index af18a1dd..cc826c5a 100644
--- a/docs/download.md
+++ b/docs/download.md
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Download a version of Narwhal then follow the [quick start guide](http://narwhal
 Bleeding Edge
 -------------
 
-* [Download zip](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/zipball/master)
-* [Download tar](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/tarball/master)
+* [Download zip](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/zipball/master)
+* [Download tar](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/tarball/master)
 
-* Git: `git clone git://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal.git`
+* Git: `git clone git://github.com/280north/narwhal.git`
 
-* [View tree](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/tree/master)
-* [View commit](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/commit/master)
+* [View tree](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/tree/master)
+* [View commit](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/commit/master)
 
 
 Releases
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ Releases
 
 <div id="releases-list">Loading...</div>
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/releases.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://github.com/api/v2/json/repos/show/tlrobinson/narwhal/tags?callback=showreleases"></script>
-
+<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://github.com/api/v2/json/repos/show/280north/narwhal/tags?callback=showreleases"></script>
diff --git a/docs/posts/2009-07-29-hello-0.1.md b/docs/posts/2009-07-29-hello-0.1.md
index 81ef5cc9..e83f6261 100644
--- a/docs/posts/2009-07-29-hello-0.1.md
+++ b/docs/posts/2009-07-29-hello-0.1.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Today we're announcing [Narwhal](http://narwhaljs.org/) 0.1 and [Jack](http://ja
 
 ### Download
 
-* Narwhal 0.1: [tar](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/tarball/0.1), [zip](http://github.com/tlrobinson/narwhal/zipball/0.1)
-* Jack 0.1: [tar](http://github.com/tlrobinson/jack/tarball/0.1), [zip](http://github.com/tlrobinson/jack/zipball/0.1)
+* Narwhal 0.1: [tar](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/tarball/v0.1), [zip](http://github.com/280north/narwhal/zipball/v0.1)
+* Jack 0.1: [tar](http://github.com/280north/jack/tarball/v0.1), [zip](http://github.com/280north/jack/zipball/v0.1)
 
 Check out the [quick start guide](http://narwhaljs.org/quick-start.html) for instructions on getting up and running with Narwhal and Jack.
 
diff --git a/engines/rhino/lib/http.js b/engines/rhino/lib/http.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a76ad7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engines/rhino/lib/http.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+
+// -- tlrobinson Tom Robinson
+
+var FILE = require("file");
+var IO = require("io").IO;
+
+exports.open = function(url, mode, options) {
+    mode = mode || "b";
+    options = options || {};
+
+    options.method = options.method || "GET";
+    options.headers = options.headers || {};
+
+    var connection = new java.net.URL(url).openConnection();
+    connection.setDoInput(true);
+    connection.setDoOutput(true);
+    connection.setRequestMethod(options.method);
+
+    for (var name in options.headers){
+        connection.addRequestProperty(String(name), String(options.headers[name]));
+    }
+
+    connection.connect();
+
+    var output = new IO(null, connection.getOutputStream());
+    var input = null;
+
+    var request = {
+        status : null,
+        headers : {},
+        read : function() {
+            if (!input) {
+                output.close();
+                input = new IO(connection.getInputStream(), null);
+                this.status = Number(connection.getResponseCode());
+                this.statusText = String(connection.getResponseMessage() || "");
+                for (var i = 0; ; i++) {
+                    var key = connection.getHeaderFieldKey(i), value = connection.getHeaderField(i)
+                    if (! key && ! value)
+                        break;
+                    if (key)
+                        this.headers[String(key)] = String(value);
+                }
+            }
+            return input.read.apply(input, arguments);
+        },
+        write : function() {
+            output.write.apply(output, arguments);
+            return this;
+        },
+        flush : function() {
+            output.flush.apply(output, arguments);
+            return this;
+        },
+        close : function() {
+            if (output)
+                output.close();
+            if (input)
+                input.close();
+            return this;
+        },
+        copy : IO.prototype.copy
+    }
+    return request
+};
+
+exports.read = function(url) {
+    var stream = exports.open(url);
+    try {
+        return stream.read();
+    } finally {
+        stream.close();
+    }
+};
+
+exports.copy = function(source, target, mode) {
+    mode = mode || "b";
+    return FILE.path(target).write(exports.read(source, mode), mode);
+};
diff --git a/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/narwhal/util.js b/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/narwhal/util.js
index 5b441349..2c5f6c84 100644
--- a/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/narwhal/util.js
+++ b/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/narwhal/util.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // that is, that return a function that can be tested
 // against various objects if they're only "partially
 // completed", or fewer arguments than needed are used.
-// 
+//
 // this enables the idioms:
 //      [1, 2, 3].every(lt(4)) eq true
 //      [1, 2, 3].map(add(1)) eq [2, 3, 4]
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ exports.isArguments = function (object) {
     if (
         !typeof object == "object" ||
         !Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(object, 'callee') ||
-        !object.callee || 
+        !object.callee ||
         // It should be a Function object ([[Class]] === 'Function')
         Object.prototype.toString.call(object.callee) !== '[object Function]' ||
         typeof object.length != 'number'
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ exports.get = exports.operator('get', 2, function (object, key, value) {
             throw new Error("KeyError: " + exports.repr(key));
         }
         return object[key];
-    } 
+    }
     throw new Error("Object does not have keys: " + exports.repr(object));
 });
 
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ exports.all = exports.operator('all', 1, function (array) {
     return true;
 });
 
-exports.any = exports.operator('all', 1, function (array) {
+exports.any = exports.operator('any', 1, function (array) {
     array = exports.array.coerce(array);
     for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
         if (array[i])
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ exports.eq = exports.operator('eq', 2, function (a, b, stack) {
             a.global === b.global &&
             a.ignoreCase === b.ignoreCase &&
             a.multiline === b.multiline;
-    if (typeof a === "function") { 
+    if (typeof a === "function") {
         var caller = stack[stack.length - 1];
         // XXX what is this for?  can it be axed?
         // it comes from the "equiv" project code
@@ -709,15 +709,15 @@ exports.gt = exports.operator('gt', 2, function (a, b) {
     return !(exports.lt(a, b) || exports.eq(a, b));
 });
 
-exports.le = exports.operator(2, 'le', function (a, b) {
+exports.le = exports.operator('le', 2, function (a, b) {
     return exports.lt(a, b) || exports.eq(a, b);
 });
 
-exports.ge = exports.operator(2, 'ge', function (a, b) {
+exports.ge = exports.operator('ge', 2, function (a, b) {
     return !exports.lt(a, b);
 });
 
-exports.mul = exports.operator(2, 'mul', function (a, b) {
+exports.mul = exports.operator('mul', 2, function (a, b) {
     if (typeof a == "string")
         return exports.string.mul(a, b);
     return a * b;
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ exports.by = function (relation) {
     return comparator;
 };
 
-exports.compare = exports.operator(2, 'compare', function (a, b) {
+exports.compare = exports.operator('compare', 2, function (a, b) {
     if (exports.no(a) !== exports.no(b))
         return exports.no(b) - exports.no(a);
     if (typeof a === "number" && typeof b === "number")
@@ -813,11 +813,11 @@ exports.reversed = function (array) {
     return exports.reverse(exports.array.copy(array));
 };
 
-exports.hash = exports.operator(1, 'hash', function (object) {
+exports.hash = exports.operator('hash', 1, function (object) {
     return '' + object;
 });
 
-exports.unique = exports.operator(1, 'unique', function (array, eq, hash) {
+exports.unique = exports.operator('unique', 1, function (array, eq, hash) {
     var visited = {};
     if (!eq) eq = exports.eq;
     if (!hash) hash = exports.hash;
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ exports.unique = exports.operator(1, 'unique', function (array, eq, hash) {
 
 // string
 
-exports.string = exports.operator(1, 'toString', function (object) {
+exports.string = exports.operator('toString', 1, function (object) {
     return '' + object;
 });
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ exports.escape = function (value, strictJson) {
             exports.repr(value)
         );
     return value.replace(
-        escapeExpression, 
+        escapeExpression,
         function (match) {
             if (escapePatterns[match])
                 return escapePatterns[match];
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ exports.enquote = function (value, strictJson) {
     return '"' + exports.escape(value, strictJson) + '"';
 };
 
+/**
+ * remove adjacent characters
+ * todo: i'm not sure if this works correctly without the second argument
+ */
+exports.squeeze = function (s) {
+    var set = arguments.length > 0 ? "["+Array.prototype.join.call(arguments.slice(1), '')+"]" : ".|\\n",
+        regex = new RegExp("("+set+")\\1+", "g");
+
+    return s.replace(regex, "$1");
+};
+
 /*** expand
     transforms tabs to an equivalent number of spaces.
 */
@@ -941,12 +952,12 @@ exports.expand = function (str, tabLength) {
 
 var trimBeginExpression = /^\s\s*/g;
 exports.trimBegin = function (value) {
-    return String(value).replace(trimBeginExpression, "");  
+    return String(value).replace(trimBeginExpression, "");
 };
 
 var trimEndExpression = /\s\s*$/g;
 exports.trimEnd = function (value) {
-    return String(value).replace(trimEndExpression, "");    
+    return String(value).replace(trimEndExpression, "");
 };
 
 exports.trim = function (value) {
diff --git a/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/uri.js b/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/uri.js
index b836531a..3e1e8544 100644
--- a/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/uri.js
+++ b/packages/narwhal-lib/lib/uri.js
@@ -71,20 +71,20 @@ URI.prototype.from = function (other) {
  */
 URI.prototype.toString = function () {
     return exports.format(this);
-}
+};
 
 URI.parse = function(uri) {
     require("narwhal/deprecated").deprecated("URI.parse is deprecated, use require('uri').parse");
     return new URI(uri);
-}
+};
 
 exports.unescape = URI.unescape = function(uri, plus) {
     return decodeURI(uri).replace(/\+/g, " ");
-}
+};
 
 exports.unescapeComponent = URI.unescapeComponent = function(uri, plus) {
     return decodeURIComponent(uri).replace(/\+/g, " ");
-}
+};
 
 // from Chiron's HTTP module:
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ exports.strictExpression = new RegExp( /* url */
 
 /**** Parser
     returns a URI parser function given
-    a regular expression that renders 
+    a regular expression that renders
     `expressionKeys` and returns an `Object`
     mapping all `keys` to values.
 */
@@ -179,8 +179,9 @@ exports.Parser = function (expression) {
 
         var items = this instanceof URI ? this : Object.create(URI.prototype);
         var parts = expression.exec(url);
+        var i;
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
             items[exports.expressionKeys[i]] = parts[i] ? parts[i] : "";
         }
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ exports.Parser = function (expression) {
 
         /* normalize */
         var directories = [];
-        for (var i = 0; i < items.directories.length; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < items.directories.length; i++) {
             var directory = items.directories[i];
             if (directory == '.') {
             } else if (directory == '..') {
@@ -233,11 +234,11 @@ exports.format = function (object) {
         object.domain;
     var userInfo = (
             object.user ||
-            object.password 
+            object.password
         ) ?
         (
-            (object.user || "") + 
-            (object.password ? ":" + object.password : "") 
+            (object.user || "") +
+            (object.password ? ":" + object.password : "")
         ) :
         object.userInfo;
     var authority = (
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ exports.format = function (object) {
             object.port
         ) ? (
             (userInfo ? userInfo + "@" : "") +
-            (domain || "") + 
+            (domain || "") +
             (object.port ? ":" + object.port : "")
         ) :
         object.authority;
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ exports.format = function (object) {
     a relative location and a source location.
 */
 exports.resolveObject = function (source, relative) {
-    if (!source) 
+    if (!source)
         return relative;
 
     source = exports.parse(source);
diff --git a/tests/util/string.js b/tests/util/string.js
index 5cb4d568..f1862e40 100644
--- a/tests/util/string.js
+++ b/tests/util/string.js
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ exports.testPadEnd = function () {
 };
 */
 
+exports.testSqueeze = function () {
+    assert.isEqual("http://imperium.gov/",
+                   util.squeeze("http://imperium.gov/"));
+    assert.isEqual("http:/imperium.gov/",
+                   util.squeeze("http://imperium.gov/", "/"));
+    assert.isEqual("htp://imperium.gov/",
+                   util.squeeze("http://imperium.gov/", "t"));
+    assert.isEqual("",
+                   util.squeeze(""));
+    assert.isEqual(" ",
+                   util.squeeze(" ", " "));
+    assert.isEqual("o",
+                   util.squeeze("ooo", "o"));
+};
+
+
 if (require.main == module.id)
     require("os").exit(require("test/runner").run(exports));