OK, I has not looked at your code yet, but there are ways to get around the external-dependencey-on-wget. And while said solutions would present the same problem (a separate file for the cookie jar), it would kill off some linux-centricism. (He says while posting from one of 4 [in some way shape or form] *nix boxes in his home)

I'll take a look at code later and see what would work best, should you like?