The entire body of Mr. Butler's work appears to be 3 days old (as of today, 25DEC2002); perhaps he's following the mantra of release early, release often? If this is the case, I'd take issue with a potential beta release being number 1.anything, but perhaps you're seeing a rough draft of what's to come.
It would have been nicer to see you review a module you found useful.
Will you be sending your list of complaints to him?