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

About Me

My personal website is http://danrasmussen.org/. You can sometimes find me on PTP's IrcChannel.

Projects

(in no particular order)

• Make homepage awesome. On both mobile and immobile.

  • Introduction - READY-TO-GO draft of replacement homepage. Russell and Jason really like the current sidebar, DanRasmussen weary of fiddling with formatting issues related to sidebar. So here it sits! Renamed from PersonalTelcoConstructed.

  • PersonalTelcoUnderConstruction - draft of next-gen homepage. Not ready, but contains ideas for improvements over Introduction.

  • Dashboard - PTP entry page for volunteers. Goal: show every homepage visitor what they need, and no more! See DashboardIntro for details. Tried to include this page as a sidebar on Introduction page but failed (wasted too much time trying to get it right, and gave up).

• Add sponsor links to nodes (ongoing, but started 22. Feb 2012 and essentially finished 28. Feb 2012) - working through NodesByAge

• Add maps to node pages lacking them (pending determining how that works)

• 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 something similar to BackPackAp.

• Using Android, find offline way to GPS navigate to nearest PTP node. Maybe using custom POIs for OsmAnd?

Pages I've Created

• NeedsUpdate - list of pages containing useful, but partly outdated, information

• HistoricalInterest - list of interesting historical information, and/or mostly/completely outdated stuff, superseded by CategoryHistorical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 - documents that may be useful to others 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.

Macro Test Bed

Macro: RecentChangesList / RecentChanges()

RecentChanges takes up a lot of space! Possible to limit output? Here's RecentChangesList:

Macro: RandomPage(integer) , RandomPage, PageCount

Several random pages, (out of 29108 total) :

• ForFree
• MeetingAugust2004
• NodeCedarHillsCrossing
• PersonalTelco/2011-11-16
• WeeklyMeeting20181017

Random page, twice: PersonalTelco/2014-12-03 / MediaContacts

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 probably for searches that don't change much. I don't know how often the cache is refreshed, but would like to figure that out.

Macro: TitleIndex

an index of all page titles. Disabled on PTP wiki (why?), but embeddable in any page.

Macro: WordIndex, WantedPages, OrphanedPages

• WordIndex: index of all words in page titles. Disabled on PTP wiki (why?), but embeddable in any page. WantedPages: list links to non-existent pages OrphanedPages: list pages no other page links to

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):
Tour Oregon's 'People's Coast' Right From Portland With No Parking Stresses On Buses With Wi-Fi And Bathrooms - islands.com
Portland park receives free public Wi-Fi through Cumberland Connect - WKRN News 2
Police Commander Suggests Installing Metal Detectors and Weakening Wi-Fi Signal at Central Library - Willamette Week
Top internet providers in Portland, OR: Compare plans and prices - USA Today
Comcast Launches Simpler, Transparent Internet Plans—What It Means for Oregon Households - The Portland Tribune
Blazers' Jrue Holiday Ended His Intro Press Conference With Funny Line About His Wifi - Sports Illustrated
Maine state lawmaker claims Spectrum internet violated law in overcharging him - WMTW
Comfortable Portland Cafes That Are Ideal for Remote Work - Eater Portland
News Release: Xfinity Store Opens in Portland’s West Side - Comcast Corporation
Map shows which internet provider is fastest in Portland - KOIN.com
Damian Lillard says Jrue Holiday's home had poor Wi-Fi signal - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Multnomah County will ping up to 1 million cellphones - opb.org
I Was On The First Frontier Airlines Flight to Portland, Maine from Tampa - Q105
Dispute between internet companies leaves rural Mainers offline for over a week - The Portland Press Herald
Man who killed son over WiFi dispute in SE Portland dies in prison - oregonlive.com
Blazers' Damian Lillard reveals how WiFi has kept him close to new teammate Jrue Holiday - sportingnews.com
Residents of Portland Invited to Wi-Fi Watch Party of USF - Jamaica Information Service
Multnomah County to test alert system to 1 million phones - KGW
Xfinity Internet Customers in Oregon Get Speed Upgrade and More at No Additional Cost - The Portland Tribune
Damian Lillard Had Funny Issue With Jrue Holiday During Time With Bucks - Sports Illustrated
We tried the comfiest coworking cafes in Portland. Here are our favorites - oregonlive.com
Alex Kerai: The Rise of Digital Nomads Highlights Fast Broadband Needs - Broadband Breakfast
Students in need get help to access internet for distance learning - KGW
Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity - Electronic Frontier Foundation
Global CrowdStrike outage affects Portland tech systems - opb.org
Heading to the Oregon Coast? New bus service will take you to Astoria, Cannon Beach, more - Statesman Journal
2025 global network outage report and internet health check - Network World
Rural Mainers lose internet for weeks as companies fight over billing - bangordailynews.com
How to Simplify Your Video Viewing Experience and Save Big in Portland - The Portland Tribune
Maine internet options: How to find the best provider for you - WMTW
Portland’s ongoing response to the digital divide - opb.org
Xfinity internet services have been down all week for some Portlanders - oregonlive.com
Verizon just had a big outage. Here’s what we know - NPR
Parent Files Complaint Over Comcast Service for Portland’s Low-Income Families - Willamette Week
FBI warning: 13 internet routers are vulnerable to attacks; Is yours on the list? - AL.com
A fearful flyer’s guide to train travel on the Coast Starlight - Here is Oregon
Veneta man charged with internet crimes against children - KVAL
Alaska Airlines’ service and soft product pull through again - Runway Girl
New KLM Nonstop from Portland(PDX) to Amsterdam - TravelMole
North Portland Library reopens after two years of renovations - oregonlive.com
Swedish company to relocate operations to Portland - Tennessee Municipal League
Flying on a Classic Grumman Albatross in Portland – With Wifi - AirlineReporter
Internet speeds up in Oregon cities, but rural areas still lag - oregonlive.com
Top cheap internet providers in Oregon: Compare plans and prices in 2025 - USA Today
Residents of 2 Casco Bay islands band together to bring high-speed internet to their homes - The Portland Press Herald
Best cheap internet service providers of 2025 - USA Today
Multnomah County Closes Libraries To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus - opb.org
6 Cafés in Portland, Maine That Are Perfect for Working Remotely - 94.3 WCYY
Damian Lillard Rented Jrue Holiday’s House, Then Gave Him Crucial Advice After Trade To Portland - fadeawayworld.net
These Towns in Maine Have the Fastest Internet Speeds - 94.3 WCYY
Conservative firebrand Nick Sortor arrested outside ICE in Portland - MSN
Citywide Wi-Fi: IT Leaders Create an Affordable Reality - StateTech Magazine
Wi-Fi Hot Spots Are Getting the Homeless Back on Their Feet - U.S. News & World Report
RIP XOXO - The Verge
Portland's Best Coffee Shops With WiFi - Thrillist
Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - The Courier-Journal
Path to the presidency: From Uganda to Portland - upbeacon.com
Ready to lowercase ‘internet’ and ‘web’ - ap.org
"We were literally talking about the wifi in his house" – Damian Lillard says he won't have any chemistry issues when he plays with Jrue Holiday in Portland - Basketball Network
Open Mesh shuns VC for success in measured growth - The Business Journals
The connected sports fan: Testing out speedy WiFi, ticket upgrade feature at a Portland Trail Blazers game - GeekWire
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern - Jamaica Information Service
PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Launches Skibo Community Wi-Fi Service in Portland - Jamaica Information Service
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map - Flightradar24
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launched in Cornwall Barracks, Portland - Jamaica Information Service
Portland’s Mullet Hall logs on to free Wi-Fi pilot - PressReader
These Dreamy Retro Campers Will Make You Think You’re Adventuring in the '60s—But with Wi-Fi - Portland Monthly
Amtrak Plans To Have Free WiFi On All Of Its Trains - The Next Web
Comcast Extreme 105 serves up 105Mbps internet speeds for home users with deep pockets - Engadget
Milwaukie child porn case provides cautionary tale for Internet users - oregonlive.com
Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers (Published 2007) - The New York Times
Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Established In Port Antonio - Jamaica Information Service
63 More Wi-Fi Hotspots Coming - Jamaica Information Service
Who Still Uses London's Internet Cafés? - Londonist

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