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 * '''March 04''' - More fun with working up a more generic QC card taht [http://www.online1.sh.cn/ Open][http://www.newline.sh.cn/ WiKi]says who we are, how to connect and where to go for more information. Not wanting to overload the reader its a good thing to get them connected, read a little about the PTP and then give them the url to find out more on thier own pace. The InstallFestMarch2004 was a nice low key sort of thing that helped not only get some press done up but helped get more knowing into my head on all manner of issues. More of these are goingto be key to keeping the group growing.  * '''March 04''' - More fun with working up a more generic QC card that [http://www.online1.sh.cn/ Open][http://www.newline.sh.cn/ WiKi]says who we are, how to connect and where to go for more information. Not wanting to overload the reader its a good thing to get them connected, read a little about the PTP and then give them the url to find out more on thier own pace. The InstallFestMarch2004 was a nice low key sort of thing that helped not only get some press done up but helped get more knowing into my head on all manner of issues. More of these are goingto be key to keeping the group growing.

Tom Higgins and Family

PTP Related Files Created

PTP Projects


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  • March 04 - More fun with working up a more generic QC card that [http://www.online1.sh.cn/ Open][http://www.newline.sh.cn/ WiKi]says who we are, how to connect and where to go for more information. Not wanting to overload the reader its a good thing to get them connected, read a little about the PTP and then give them the url to find out more on thier own pace. The InstallFestMarch2004 was a nice low key sort of thing that helped not only get some press done up but helped get more knowing into my head on all manner of issues. More of these are goingto be key to keeping the group growing.

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  • February 04 - More nodes than you can shake a stick at. Worked thru getting ["Node573"] at the Red and Black Cafe a real thing. The backstory on this node gets all hot and heavy with community politics and real honest to goodness grassrootsisms. The area of Division this cafe is on is a hot spot of community projects so of course some one thinks a Starbucks would be just the thing to put in. Yea, nice planning. So the idea hits me and several other folks that a free wireless cafe there would be just the ticket to show folks what the alternatives are to 4$ mochcrapochinos and pay/hour net access. Red and Black is a lynch pin of sorts for many of the grassroots activities in the area, it was a real natural fit. We made some good links with FreeGeek's Richard who is the Red and Blacks Tech person. Along the way I picked up more learning on how wireless works, the best practices for the network so we can someday string em togther and some hands on installation experience. Some rough spots with interpersonalfu but nothing calm heads cant route around.

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  • January 04 - InstallFestWinter2004 went off great even with a decades worst snowstorm a few days before. 15 or so NewCloneArmyBox es are humming now. New Year, New roles and so it is that I find myself the Captian of the South East area of Portland. CapitalFund drive is one and as part of the leadership crew Im putting the mola where the talk is..PTP is a great thing that deserves support. More NuCab fun as th new nodes keep poping up across Portland. The rate of new nodes is amazing.

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  • December 03 - Busy month..the PTP scored a major haul of gear from CTI..added to the NuCAB boxes there is an impressive amount of resources to build the PTPnet up with. Of the NuCabs Keegan is perfecting an install method by which folks will be able to get a NuCab up and part of the PTPnet with out much fuss. InstallFestWinter2004 has been scheduled to do some of that installation and education. The WeeklyMeetings are picking back up and lots of stuff is swirling from them. I purchased a wrt54g and am learning all the fun that can be had with it. It really does look like a simple solution to setting up some types of nodes, being on the edge though means stability is still a feature in the works.

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  • August 03 - The first ["PTProactivism"] Lunchbreak..hand out flyers to the populace around the PSCarea and educate justplainfolks about the PTP and hte wifi services they are walking through.

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  • May 03 - Short intro to BootableOS such as Knoppix at PlayDayFour.

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  • April 03 - FundRaising ideas for PTP. Simple grassroots ideas for raising the nickles and dimes that could build up to cashito to grow the network.

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  • March 03 - NewbieWorkshop03 was a hoot. The house was full of gears and good times. The back deck finaly got some good use.

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  • Februrary 03 - NewbieWorkshop02 went off amazingly well. 5+ hours of tech, wireless and getting to know each other. Grassroots all the way. Check out the link for some pictures.

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  • January 03 - NewbieWorkshop01 (yes this means there will be others). The outcome, a group of folks got to know one another and help each other out with wireless tech and other needed to know info. Read NewbieWorkshop01 for all the deatials

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  • December 02 - QuarterlyZine time, wifi style. PTP has enough action packed stuff going on to not only warrant a zine, it will be a great way to show off other talents as well. WarStrollering -The act of searching for hotspots via a wifi rig mounted,howerver flimsily, atop an infant stroller. Great for nieghborhood walk about, nights out on the town with the family and as yet another excuse to go out with the younguns.

[http://www.personaltelco.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album07 Examples can be viewed in the PTP Gallery]

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  • Novemeber 02 - ["Node236"] - The WSMF Compound

Having found ptp about a month or two ago I have spent much of that time reading up on the particulars and moving into my new house. The new house has, of course, a new roof from which many of the ideas I have read up on will be put to use.

(the following was written in novemeber 02) Some of the things I find most interesting about wireless community networks so far...

  • Network clouds - The idea of a mesh or cloud type network seems to be the best fit for forming community networks. They allow growth from small beginings and scale up nicely.
  • Internet independence - Not everything need go thru, on or into the internet. I think community networkclouds can, and should, be used to house lots of the infromation and resources folks are currently paying usage fees to get to or to make avialble.
  • Clouds merging with clouds - Connecting the various community networks togther , at first over the internet and over time thru non internet connectivity, seems the best way to utilize the power of localized netowrking over a global scale
  • Using gnutella / freenet over the clouds - These apps have proved themselves viable methods to both offer up and retrive items across a dynamic network structure. Its a damn near perfect fit for the clouds.


PTP activities I have stuck my nose in..

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