Rooter: Web-Based Compact Disc Cataloger, the open source PHP/MySQL project that has set the Internet ablaze [more info here], has not been mentioned much lately at CCROW Networks. I released the project on SourceForge.net when the code reached a stable point and haven’t touched it since. According to SF.net, 146 have downloaded the software (that’s right, SF has deposited 146 X $0 dollars directly into my off-shore bank account). In other words, it’s ridiculously popular – almost as popular as MS Office Suite, if my math is correct.

Every so often, I get ideas on how I might improve Rooter. I just checked the Rooter project page and saw that “duologic” created, Mooter: Web-Based Movie Cataloger. Get it? Mooter instead of Rooter? AWESOME.

Mooter’s minimal and direct project description reads:

Same as Rooter(http://rooter.sourceforge.net/), but than for Movies.

DuoLogic goes on to explain his intentions within the blazing hot Rooter forums:

Hello.
I like Rooter very much, nice clean code.
But I accualy was looking for aan movie cataloger.
So I made one with the source code from Rooter.

And just like that, Mooter was born and the rest is history.