DanRasmussen - Personal Telco Project

Sections on this page: #about, #projects, #writtenbyme, #macros

About Me

Joined PTP in 2011. On the BoardOfAdvisors. Personal website: http://danrasmussen.org/ .

Expended lots of effort with the goal of getting the word out about the Personal Telco Project. First, lots of work on the PTP wiki. Then re-wrote the homepage so outsiders could understand what Personal Telco was about. I made Dashboard so that I, and others could more effectively keep the wiki up-to-date and relevant/interesting. I rewrote PTP's listing for Calagator and for a while took it on myself to submit PTP events to Calagator in an attempt to seek new volunteers. I tried to visit all of the Personal Telco nodes in Portland, and eventually did visit most of them. Here's a map of the results: http://pdxwifimap.com/ptp_audit_2012 . That project became http://pdxwifimap.com/, another attempt of mine to draw attention to the Personal Telco Project. It's also a learning project. PDX Wifi Map is based on OpenStreetMap and does things I haven't seen on any other wifi map.

Projects

(in no particular order)

SplashPageRedesign - PTP's splash pages need some help!
Make homepage awesome. On both mobile (still sucks - sidebar causes unpleasant scrolling experience, but at least text explains what PTP is about) and immobile (fairly satisfied with how it looks with Firefox on netbook screen, haven't tried any others yet).
- Introduction - Like PersonalTelco, but works well on small screens. Learned: Russell and Jason apparently fond of sidebar on homepage, DanRasmussen dislikes sidebar - see Dashboard section below). Replaced OldHomepage text with Introduction text on 25. April 2012 and trimmed down OldHomepage's sidebar. Visit PersonalTelco with a small-screen-having device to see why I hate the sidebar.
- Possible solutions:
  1. From WikiTipOfTheDay: "You can set other pages than the FrontPage as your personal start page, e.g. RecentChanges or your own homepage." NeedsUpdate Some way to make Dashboard personal start page?
  2. Bookmark Dashboard page with small-screen devices, volunteers use as startup page. Easiest short-term solution until/unless one of the following items happens:
  3. Somebody who enjoys HTML/CSS formatting ("NOT IT!") gets sidebar to load *after* main page text
  4. Detect small screen devices, send them to Dashboard if logged in or PersonalTelco page minus sidebar if not logged in? (Probably also a "NOT IT!" item)
  5. Your solution here
- IntroductionNextGen - DRAFT of next-gen homepage. Contains ideas for improvements to Introduction.
- Dashboard - PTP entry page for volunteers. Goal: show every homepage visitor what they need, and no more! See UsingDashboard for details.
  - 4 - Number of print pages required to print OldHomepage. Note how awkward this looks in printed form, and how much of the information is quickly dated, or does not make sense in non-hyperlink form.
  - 2 - Number of print pages required to print current homepage (Introduction).
  - 1 - Number of print pages required to print current homepage without sidebar - default as of May 1st, 2012!
  - 1.5 - Number of print pages required to print Dashboard. No real reason to print this page.
Add sponsor links to nodes (ongoing, but started 22. Feb 2012 and essentially finished 28. Feb 2012) - working through NodesByAge
Delete, or add to DeleteMe, appropriate pages from AbandonedPages and OrphanedPages - WARNING: both of these links could take a long time to load!
Create pages the wiki says ought to exist, where beneficial. See WantedPages, and be aware that it could take forever to load
Create a NetbookHotspot (a type of BackPackAp).
Using Android, find offline way to GPS navigate to nearest PTP node.

Pages I've Created

NeedsUpdate - list of pages containing useful, but partly outdated, information. Skills required: wiki editing, and maybe research or subject knowledge.
NeedsCoded - list of areas in which PTP could use a little coding work, or advanced wiki skills
HistoricalInterest - list of interesting historical information, and/or mostly/completely outdated stuff, superseded by CategoryHistorical
PersonalTelcoMetrics - list of interesting ways to measure the growth, utility, and benefits of the project
PersonalTelcoExports - useful documents for those who would emulate Personal Telco.
DanRasmussen/Questions - Personal Telco topics I'm interested in that don't appear to be documented in the written language
PhilosophyOnePage - Everything in CategoryPhilosophy, on one page for easy reading. Personal experiment.
Calagator - My attempt to get Portland's geek community interested in Personal Telco.
NeighborhoodNodes - Printable list of PTP nodes, pulled from the database, with some address standardization. I feel the naming of this page leaves something to be desired (in particular: it's a little long, and requires good spelling/typo-avoidance to type), but NodeList is taken, and Nodes (another badly-named node list page) is a page I feel I shouldn't edit. Random node news:
- http://pdxwifimap.com/portland-wifi-list Printable list of Personal Telco hotspots that links to a map.
SplashPage - explanation of how PTP's splash page works. Didn't create the page, but rewrote everything that was there...

Macro Test Bed

Macro: RecentChangesList / RecentChanges()

RecentChanges takes up a lot of space! Possible to limit output? See Dashboard for RecentChangesList.

Macro: RandomPage(integer) , RandomPage, PageCount

Several random pages, (out of 3282 total) :

Random page, twice: PersonalTelco/2009-10-21 / NodeBasementPub

Macro: FullSearch() / FullSearchCached()

Pages where DanRasmussen appears in text. Is there some way to show most recent pages edited by DanRasmussen, vs. being in the page text? FullSearchCached is for searches that don't change much. I don't know how often the cache is refreshed, but would like to figure that out. "Clear Cache" is one of the Page Actions.

Macro: EditedSystemPages

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Macro: TitleIndex, WordIndex, WantedPages, OrphanedPages

WordIndex: index of all words in page titles. WordIndex system page disabled on PTP wiki, but macro is embeddable in any page. WantedPages: list links to non-existent pages OrphanedPages: list pages no other page links to

<<TitleIndex>>: an index of all page titles. TitleIndex system page disabled on PTP wiki, but macro is embeddable in any page.

Macro: AbandonedPages

See AbandonedPages Quite a long list! Many PTP wiki pages haven't been edited forever - e.g. historical meeting notes. Wonder what the cut-off date is for this function...

Macro: SystemInfo

See SystemInformation

Macro: NewsResults(term1+term2+...)

NewsResults(portland+wifi):
JSX Springs Into Portland This April With Daily Flights To Seattle-Boeing Field - PRNewswire
Man takes over airport monitor to play video game - Outlook India
Apex Legends Player Takes Over Airport Screen With PS4 While Waiting - Screen Rant
Boingo Launches Neutral Host Cellular DAS at Portland International Airport - The Fast Mode
5 reasons Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan should move to Oregon after quitting the royal game - oregonlive.com
Decade of dramatic change leaves Portland facing challenges - Press Herald
Huawei Offers WiFi 6 Solution with Cloud Management Architecture to Switzerland's Largest Stadium - The Fast Mode
WCSO: ‘Active search’ for Allyson Watterson suspended - KOIN.com
With 5G comes great potential and great fear as Spokane is among the first to get the new technology - Pacific Northwest Inlander
How to stream the 2020 Rose Bowl game online if you don't have cable - Cordcutters
Despite Mockery, Oregon Officials Are Poised to Investigate the Health Effects of WiFi on Schoolkids - Willamette Week
The FBI Is Warning That Your Smart Home Devices Aren't Secure. Here's What You Should Do About It - Inc.
Tech Tuesday—Holiday Travels - Federal Bureau of Investigation
WiFi Modules Market Growth Study by Top Key Players Murata... - Hitech News Daily.
Unplug and Plan a Getaway at McMenamins Edgefield Historic Hotel - That Oregon Life
Boingo Launches Cellular DAS Network at Portland International Airport - Yahoo Finance
Cheeky passenger hijacks airport monitor screens to play his PS4 while waiting for his flight - The Irish Sun
Eldorado to Sell Shreveport Resort for $230M; More Hotel Sales - Hotel Business
Cut down summer landscape water use with these tips: Ask an expert - oregonlive.com
Oregon FBI's Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Using Virtual Private Networks - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Portland quietly launches mobile location data project with Alphabet’s controversial Sidewalk Labs - GeekWire
FBI Warns of Risks Behind Using Free WiFi While Traveling - BleepingComputer
Hackers Are Coming for the 2020 Election — And We’re Not Ready - Rolling Stone
The Five Best Music Events in Portland This Spring - Willamette Week
10 years in, WES ridership proving to be a 'big, serious problem' for TriMet - KATU
FBI recommends that you keep your IoT devices on a separate network - ZDNet
WiFi passwords hacked at local coffee shop, security compromised - KPTV.com
Phoenix's new Lyft and Uber airport fees likely illegal, attorney general says - AZCentral
Apex Legends Player takes over the airport screen with PS4 while waiting - NewsDio
Killing with laughter: 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' opens at ACT - Albany Democrat Herald
With Municipal Broadband, Cities Are Taking Back the Internet—and Making It Faster and Cheaper. Can Portland Do the Same? - The Portland Mercury
Deb Mayer’s full responses to the Portland school board candidate survey - OregonLive
Free downtown wifi 'no longer a luxury' in places like Waterville, Millinocket - Mainebiz
5G Is Here – but Portland Lawmakers are Concerned - 750 KXL
Free Wi-Fi is dicey: how to safely access the Internet when traveling - Fox News
Google brings high-speed wifi to the remote community of Celilo Village - News Maven
Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Securing Smart TVs - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wireless Communication Technologies Market Status By 2024 | Softbank, Telstra, Telefonica, America Movil And More - Hitech News Daily.
PDX to Demolish Concourse A as Plans Continue for Expansions at Concourses B and E - Engineering News-Record
The Race to Make Airplane Wi-Fi Less Terrible - The Wall Street Journal
Planned Parenthood building health center on Division - Pamplin Media Group
Is 5G in Portland Yet? - 750 KXL
Dozens scour Portland for missing UP student Owen Klinger - KOIN.com
Kids getting too much screen time? Bills focus on safety - Pamplin Media Group
Portland family Internet monitor lands $20M - Portland Business Journal
Thai Airways Appoints New Chairman - ASIATravelTips.com
Portland WiFi networking company acquired - Portland Business Journal
Green Light for Garmin G5000 Avionics Upgrade on Learjet Aircraft - ASIATravelTips.com
Hong Kong Int. Airport Handled 71.5 Million Passengers in 2019 - ASIATravelTips.com
Outstanding Portland Coffee Shops With Free Wi-Fi - Eater PDX
Get Connected With Razorback Football in 2019 - Arkansas Razorbacks
I spent two weeks travelling in and around Seattle without a car. Here's what happened - CityMetric
The coziest coffee shop in every state - INSIDER
A hotel called police on a black guest for ‘loitering.’ He’s suing for $10 million. - Washington Post
Lyft to offer free charging to Portland Green Mode EV drivers - Electrek
Cheaper in-flight Wi-Fi is coming - The Week
Daimler to make all-electric Freightliner trucks at converted Portland factory - Electrek
What's that about cops? Wi-Fi network label stirs Portland Twitter pot - OregonLive.com
20 top Black Friday-Cyber Monday deals sure to appeal to Oregonians - OregonLive.com
BurgerFi Opens First Restaurant in Portland - Restaurant News - QSR magazine
Public help asked for missing UO student - Pamplin Media Group
13 Stellar Beer Bars to Hit in Portland - Eater Portland
Who's Buying, Selling and Financing? - Hotel Business
Amtrak Flash Sale - Portland To Boston $17 - b985.fm
WiFi-enabled smart kiosks with touch screens could be coming to Portland, mayor says - GeekWire
Portland’s new electric buses run on wind energy, a first in US transit - Electrek
Luxury tiny home hotel Slabtown Village preserves Portland history - KATU
Where to Eat, Drink, and File Taxes This Weekend - Eater Portland
How to watch ESPN Plus on your TV: What is it, what does it cost and what does it include? - OregonLive
The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t - The New York Times
Futel Phones: Free Calling For All is Reshaping the Vehicle For Reaching Out - The Bridge
Why the Toyota RAV4 is the best hybrid for the US market - Green Car Reports
Looking For a Place to Toke Up in Portland? Here Are Your (Few) Options - Willamette Week
Boingo Wins Record 10th Global Traveler Award for 'Best WiFi Service' - Business Wire
Winter Escapes - Willamette Week
Fare Capping: How it works in Portland - MassTransitMag.com
A first look at the new-and-improved Providence Park for Portland Timbers and Thorns - Pro Soccer USA
Alaska Lounges In Portland & Anchorage Leaving Priority Pass - One Mile at a Time
Frontier internet and landline outage hits Gales Creek - Gales Creek Journal
Ian Ward '20 and Kate Lusignan '21 Revel in Local Journalism at Portland Paper - Bowdoin News
Vietjet Launches Flights Between Dalat and Seoul, South Korea - ASIATravelTips.com
Rush Bowls Opens in Portland, Oregon - Restaurant News - QSR magazine
Former JonBenet Ramsey Photographer Accused Of Child Sex Abuse In Oregon - 750 KXL
Tigard telecom inks 'transformational' deals with the U.S. military - Portland Business Journal
Assistance Requests for Airline Passengers with Intellectual Disabilities up 762% in Asia - ASIATravelTips.com
This map has WiFi passwords for airports around the world - Considerable
Portland, Maine, considers ban on face recognition technology - SecurityInfoWatch
Coffee Shop Working Etiquette: Laptops, Ordering, When to Leave - Eater
Charlotte Svensson to Join SAS as EVP and CIO - ASIATravelTips.com
Maine's rural libraries will continue to allow patrons to check out mobile wi-fi devices - Press Herald
Concerned Parents Press On Against Verizon Tower | Local News | Bend - The Source Weekly
Pettengill Farm Day celebrates rustic land's 200-year legacy in Freeport - Press Herald
Your video can ID you through walls with help of WiFi - EurekAlert
Turmoil for the ILWU over law suit - WorldCargo News
Portland-Vancouver ferry could become a reality - KOIN.com
Joseph Rose: Why stealing WiFi from a Bolt Bus on the highway is lame - OregonLive.com
This app gives you quick and easy access to airport WiFi around the world - Lonely Planet Travel News
MEMS & Sensors Summit WiFi & LoRa Make Nice How to Blow A Recovery - EETimes - EE Times
Got WiFi? The FBI would like you to reboot your router - OregonLive.com
Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - Courier Journal

Macro: Hits

All hits ever? Since when?

Simple <<Hits>>: 4797. Same as <<Hits(all=False,event_type=VIEWPAGE)>>: 4797...
Page revisions <<Hits(all=False,event_type=SAVEPAGE)>>: 32
Page revisions <<Hits(all=True,event_type=VIEWPAGE)>>: 14412377

Macro: RandomQuote

<<RandomQuote()>> uses FortuneCookies, unless you specify a page in the quotes. From FortuneCookies, by using <<RandomQuote()>>:

Hint: Edit the FortuneCookies page to display randomly selected wisdom here.

From NeedsUpdate, by using <<RandomQuote(NeedsUpdate)>>:

ActivePortal - somebody please explain on this page how an Active Portal is different from a captive one!

From NeedsCoded, by using <<RandomQuote(NeedsCoded)>>:

No quotes on NeedsCoded.

From WikiTipOfTheDay, by using <<RandomQuote(WikiTipOfTheDay)>>:

Write the WikiName ALWAYS in singular. Otherwise several pages to one topic will be created!

Macro: PageCount

<<PageCount>>: 28828
<<PageCount(exists)>>: 3282

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