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

About Me

Joined PTP in 2011. On the BoardOfAdvisors. Personal website: http://danrasmussen.org/. You can sometimes find me on PTP's IrcChannel.

Projects

(in no particular order)

• 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 - READY-TO-GO draft of replacement homepage. Russell and Jason apparently fond of sidebar on OldHomepage, 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. Bookmark Dashboard page with small-screen devices, volunteers use as startup page. Easiest short-term solution until/unless one of the following items happens:

      2. Somebody who enjoys HTML/CSS formatting ("NOT IT!") gets sidebar to load *after* main page text

      3. 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)

      4. 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. 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).

    • 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 14001 total) :

• MachNodeSlum
• PersonalTelco/2018-07-18
• PersonalTelco/2025-07-02
• TheSign
• WeeklyMeeting20170315

Random page, twice: GettingStarted / PersonalTelcoUniversity

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
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
Fidium Introduces Maine’s Fastest and Most Widely Available 8 Gig Fiber Internet Speeds - Business Wire
Multnomah County to test alert system to 1 million phones - KGW
Tour Oregon's 'People's Coast' Right From Portland With No Parking Stresses On Buses With Wi-Fi And Bathrooms - islands.com
Blazers' Jrue Holiday Ended His Intro Press Conference With Funny Line About His Wifi - Sports Illustrated
Comfortable Portland Cafes That Are Ideal for Remote Work - Eater Portland
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
Residents of Portland Invited to Wi-Fi Watch Party of USF - Jamaica Information Service
News Release: Xfinity Store Opens in Portland’s West Side - Comcast Corporation
Map shows which internet provider is fastest in Portland - KOIN.com
Multnomah County will ping up to 1 million cellphones - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
We tried the comfiest coworking cafes in Portland. Here are our favorites - OregonLive.com
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
Xfinity Internet Customers in Oregon Get Speed Upgrade and More at No Additional Cost - The Portland Tribune
Man who killed son over WiFi dispute in SE Portland dies in prison - OregonLive.com
Three Portland Metro Mayors Unite to Support Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program - Comcast Corporation
How to Simplify Your Video Viewing Experience and Save Big in Portland - The Portland Tribune
Students in need get help to access internet for distance learning - KGW
Rural Mainers lose internet for weeks as companies fight over billing - Bangor Daily News
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
Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity - Electronic Frontier Foundation
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
A fearful flyer’s guide to train travel on the Coast Starlight - Here is Oregon
Cumberland Connect sponsors public wi-fi at Meadowbrook Park - Main Street Media of Tennessee
FBI warning: 13 internet routers are vulnerable to attacks; Is yours on the list? - AL.com
2025 global network outage report and internet health check - Network World
Top cheap internet providers in Oregon: Compare plans and prices in 2025 - USA Today
Best cheap internet service providers of 2025 - USA Today
Multnomah County Closes Libraries To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
6 Cafés in Portland, Maine That Are Perfect for Working Remotely - 94.3 WCYY
Maine Internet Speed Ranked Worst in New England, Study Shows - WBLM
Portland takes on Philadelphia in non-conference matchup - MSN
Internet speeds up in Oregon cities, but rural areas still lag - OregonLive.com
Citywide Wi-Fi: IT Leaders Create an Affordable Reality - StateTech Magazine
Portland’s New LED Street Lights with Public Wi-Fi Are Showing Up - WJBQ
Indiana faces Portland on 8-game skid - MSN
Flying on a Classic Grumman Albatross in Portland – With Wifi - AirlineReporter
These Towns in Maine Have the Fastest Internet Speeds - 94.3 WCYY
5 reasons PDX is still the best - oregonbusiness.com
Philadelphia takes home win streak into matchup with Portland - MSN
Portland faces Toronto, looks for 5th straight win - MSN
Wi-Fi Hot Spots Are Getting the Homeless Back on Their Feet - U.S. News & World Report
Portland communities benefit from free Wi-Fi hotspots - Jamaica Gleaner
Pagdanganan, Ardina make cut in Portland - MSN
"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
Phoenix hosts Portland after overtime win against Orlando - MSN
NBA: Portland Trail Blazers reportedly find buyer - MSN
Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon in crackdown on immigration protests - MSN
Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - The Courier-Journal
Damian Lillard reveals biggest complaint about Jrue Holiday the landlord - USA Today
Path to the presidency: From Uganda to Portland - upbeacon.com
Trump’s attempt to send troops into Portland blocked - MSN
Portland Nightlife: Nightclub information by 10Best - USA TODAY 10BEST
Portland's Best Coffee Shops With WiFi - Thrillist
NBA legend and Portland head coach Chauncey Billups arrested in FBI gambling probe - MSN
Open Mesh shuns VC for success in measured growth - The Business Journals
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern - Jamaica Information Service
PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launched in Cornwall Barracks, Portland - Jamaica Information Service
The connected sports fan: Testing out speedy WiFi, ticket upgrade feature at a Portland Trail Blazers game - GeekWire
Portland’s Mullet Hall logs on to free Wi-Fi pilot - Jamaica Gleaner
PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Launches Skibo Community Wi-Fi Service in Portland - Jamaica Information Service
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map - Flightradar24
Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Established In Port Antonio - Jamaica Information Service
Milwaukie child porn case provides cautionary tale for Internet users - OregonLive.com
Free Public WiFi Coming to These Locations in Jamaica - Jamaicans.com
63 More Wi-Fi Hotspots Coming - Jamaica Information Service
Who Still Uses London's Internet Cafés? - Londonist

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