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 apparently fond of sidebar on OldHomepage, DanRasmussen not certain sidebar is a good idea - see Dashboard section below). Replaced OldHomepage text with Introduction text on 25. April 2012 and trimmed down OldHomepage's sidebar.

  • 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. 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).

    • 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). Leave out the footer if you're going to print this - causes to run into a whole extra page!

    • 1.5 - Number of print pages required to print Dashboard. No real reason to print this page, just measuring how much space it takes 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• NeedsUpdate - list of pages containing useful, but partly outdated, information

• HistoricalInterest - list of interesting historical information, and/or mostly/completely outdated stuff, superseded by CategoryHistorical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 11711 total) :

• HardwareAndSoftwareCombination
• Node375
• NodeLuckyLabNW
• PersonalTelco/2006-02-01
• PersonalTelco/2012-05-30

Random page, twice: NodeBuffaloGap / HelpOnSlideShows/900 Last but not least: Running your presentation

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):
Portland park receives free public Wi-Fi through Cumberland Connect - WKRN News 2
Top internet providers in Portland, OR: Compare plans and prices - USA Today
Police Commander Suggests Installing Metal Detectors and Weakening Wi-Fi Signal at Central Library - Willamette Week
Comcast Launches Simpler, Transparent Internet Plans—What It Means for Oregon Households - The Portland Tribune
Multnomah County to test alert system to 1 million phones - KGW
Blazers' Jrue Holiday Ended His Intro Press Conference With Funny Line About His Wifi - Sports Illustrated
Tour Oregon's 'People's Coast' Right From Portland With No Parking Stresses On Buses With Wi-Fi And Bathrooms - islands.com
Comfortable Portland Cafes That Are Ideal for Remote Work - Eater Portland
Residents of Portland Invited to Wi-Fi Watch Party of USF - Jamaica Information Service
Conservative firebrand Nick Sortor arrested outside ICE in Portland - MSN
Blazers' Damian Lillard reveals how WiFi has kept him close to new teammate Jrue Holiday - sportingnews.com
Map shows which internet provider is fastest in Portland - KOIN.com
News Release: Xfinity Store Opens in Portland’s West Side - Comcast Corporation
I Was On The First Frontier Airlines Flight to Portland, Maine from Tampa - Q105
Damian Lillard Had Funny Issue With Jrue Holiday During Time With Bucks - Sports Illustrated
Man who killed son over WiFi dispute in SE Portland dies in prison - OregonLive.com
Alex Kerai: The Rise of Digital Nomads Highlights Fast Broadband Needs - Broadband Breakfast
Maine internet options: How to find the best provider for you - WMTW
Xfinity Internet Customers in Oregon Get Speed Upgrade and More at No Additional Cost - The Portland Tribune
How to Simplify Your Video Viewing Experience and Save Big in Portland - The Portland Tribune
Dispute between internet companies leaves rural Mainers offline for over a week - The Portland Press Herald
Rural Mainers lose internet for weeks as companies fight over billing - Bangor Daily News
Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity - Electronic Frontier Foundation
Fidium Introduces Maine’s Fastest and Most Widely Available 8 Gig Fiber Internet Speeds - Business Wire
Verizon just had a big outage. Here’s what we know - NPR
If your phone is on SOS (and you can see this), yes, Verizon is having a major outage across the U.S. - Fortune
Cumberland Connect unveils free Wi-Fi at Tennessee public park - Broadband Communities
Cumberland Connect sponsors public wi-fi at Meadowbrook Park - Main Street Media of Tennessee
Best cheap internet service providers of 2025 - USA Today
A fearful flyer’s guide to train travel on the Coast Starlight - Here is Oregon
Greater Portland METRO unveils new buses, logo - WMTW
2025 global network outage report and internet health check - Network World
Multnomah County Closes Libraries To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
Portland takes on Philadelphia in non-conference matchup - MSN
Maine Internet Speed Ranked Worst in New England, Study Shows - WBLM
Portland’s New LED Street Lights with Public Wi-Fi Are Showing Up - WJBQ
Damian Lillard says Jrue Holiday's home had poor Wi-Fi signal - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Top cheap internet providers in Oregon: Compare plans and prices in 2025 - USA Today
New KLM Nonstop from Portland(PDX) to Amsterdam - TravelMole
Maine’s Internet is Shamefully One of the Slowest in the Country - 94.3 WCYY
Portland puts home win streak on the line against Denver - MSN
6 Cafés in Portland, Maine That Are Perfect for Working Remotely - 94.3 WCYY
Residents of 2 Casco Bay islands band together to bring high-speed internet to their homes - The Portland Press Herald
Flying on a Classic Grumman Albatross in Portland – With Wifi - AirlineReporter
Citywide Wi-Fi: IT Leaders Create an Affordable Reality - StateTech Magazine
Internet speeds up in Oregon cities, but rural areas still lag - OregonLive.com
Portland's Best Coffee Shops With WiFi - Thrillist
Indiana faces Portland, aims to break home skid - MSN
Atlanta faces Portland, aims for 4th straight home win - MSN
NBA: Portland Trail Blazers reportedly find buyer - MSN
Philadelphia takes home win streak into matchup with Portland - MSN
These Towns in Maine Have the Fastest Internet Speeds - 94.3 WCYY
Portland communities benefit from free Wi-Fi hotspots - Jamaica Gleaner
Wi-Fi Hot Spots Are Getting the Homeless Back on Their Feet - U.S. News & World Report
"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
Pagdanganan, Ardina make cut in Portland - MSN
Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - The Courier-Journal
Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon in crackdown on immigration protests - MSN
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launched in Cornwall Barracks, Portland - Jamaica Information Service
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern - Jamaica Information Service
NBA legend and Portland head coach Chauncey Billups arrested in FBI gambling probe - MSN
Man stole Wi-Fi for child porn 12 years after same crime: Court docs - KOIN.com
Portland’s Mullet Hall logs on to free Wi-Fi pilot - Jamaica Gleaner
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
Path to the presidency: From Uganda to Portland - upbeacon.com
Damian Lillard Rented Jrue Holiday’s House, Then Gave Him Crucial Advice After Trade To Portland - Fadeaway World
PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Launches Skibo Community Wi-Fi Service in Portland - Jamaica Information Service
Ready to lowercase ‘internet’ and ‘web’ - ap.org
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map - Flightradar24
These Dreamy Retro Campers Will Make You Think You’re Adventuring in the '60s—But with Wi-Fi - Portland Monthly
Milwaukie child porn case provides cautionary tale for Internet users - OregonLive.com
Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Established In Port Antonio - Jamaica Information Service
NAD says T-Mobile ad misled on free in-flight Wi-Fi claim - MSN
Who Still Uses London's Internet Cafés? - Londonist

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