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:
Bookmark Dashboard page with small-screen devices, volunteers use as startup page. Easiest short-term solution until/unless one of the following items happens:
- Somebody who enjoys HTML/CSS formatting ("NOT IT!") gets sidebar to load *after* main page text
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)
Your solution here
- Possible solutions:
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 13216 total) :
Random page, twice: WeeklyMeeting20031007 / PersonalTelco/2016-07-20
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.
- AccessPoint
- AnnualMembersMeeting2012
- BackPackAp
- BetaSite
- BitTorrent
- Calagator
- CategoryBeWitched
- CategoryCategory
- CategoryDunWireless
- CategoryEmpty
- CategoryExample
- CategoryHistorical
- CategoryNetwork
- CategoryNodeBehindNat
- CategoryNodeDetails
- CategoryPhilosophy
- DAAP
- DanRasmussen
- DanRasmussen/PrivateTestPage
- DanRasmussen/Questions
- Dashboard
- DeleteMe
- ElectronicFrontierFoundation
- EthernetPlugnPlay
- FindNearestNode
- FrequentlyAskedQuestions
- Introduction
- IntroductionNextGen
- IrcChannel
- JenSedell
- KarmaNode
- MailingLists
- MeetingApril2012
- MeetingJune2011
- MeetingMarch2012
- MeetingSeptember2011
- MississippiNetworkNews
- MobileSplash
- NeedsCoded
- NeedsUpdate
- NeighborhoodNodes
- NetbookHotspot
- NewUsersGuide
- NoTextChasGroup
- NodeFaq
- NodeGuide
- NodeOwnerHelp
- NodeUpaTree
- OSCON2012
- OpenAp
- OrphanedPages
- OtherPublicAccessPoints
- OurLogo
- PersonalTelco
- PersonalTelcoExports
- PersonalTelcoHandbook
- PersonalTelcoHandbookTodo
- PersonalTelcoMetrics
- PlacesToUnwire
- PlayDayJuly2012
- PortalSoftware
- PortlandWirelessCommunities
- PotentialNodeOwnerFaq
- PowellsBooks
- PreviousMeeting
- PublicNodes
- Publications
- QuarterlyZine
- RealBrowser
- SkyPilotPlayDay20120204
- SloganIdeas
- SnmpHelp
- SocialNetworks
- SplashPageRedesign
- StateOfTheCategory
- TheSign
- UsingBuilderHowTo
- UsingDashboard
- WarDriving
- WeeklyMeeting20110511
- WeeklyMeeting20120201
- WeeklyMeeting20120215
- WeeklyMeeting20120222
- WeeklyMeeting20120307
- WeeklyMeeting20120321
- WeeklyMeeting20120404
- WeeklyMeeting20120411
- WeeklyMeeting20120418
- WeeklyMeeting20120502
- WeeklyMeeting20120801
- WeeklyMeeting20140409
- WeeklyMeetingNotesHowto
- WikiMaintenance
- WikiTour
- WirelessPowerMeter
- loraksus
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
Macro: NewsResults(term1+term2+...)
NewsResults(portland+wifi):
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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 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 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 Map shows which internet provider is fastest in Portland - KOIN.com News Release: Xfinity Store Opens in Portland’s West Side - Comcast Corporation Man who killed son over WiFi dispute in SE Portland dies in prison - OregonLive.com I Was On The First Frontier Airlines Flight to Portland, Maine from Tampa - Q105 Multnomah County to test alert system to 1 million phones - KGW 10 Cozy Coffee Shops in Greater Portland, Maine, to Caffeinate While You Work - WJBQ 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 Xfinity Internet Customers in Oregon Get Speed Upgrade and More at No Additional Cost - The Portland Tribune Students in need get help to access internet for distance learning - KGW Alex Kerai: The Rise of Digital Nomads Highlights Fast Broadband Needs - Broadband Breakfast Personal Telco Project: A Case Study in Community Connectivity - Electronic Frontier Foundation Maine internet options: How to find the best provider for you - WMTW 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 Fidium Introduces Maine’s Fastest and Most Widely Available 8 Gig Fiber Internet Speeds - Business Wire A fearful flyer’s guide to train travel on the Coast Starlight - Here is Oregon Damian Lillard says Jrue Holiday's home had poor Wi-Fi signal - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2025 global network outage report and internet health check - Network World Protests in Portland after federal agents shoot two during ICE operation - MSN Maine’s Internet is Shamefully One of the Slowest in the Country - 94.3 WCYY New KLM Nonstop from Portland(PDX) to Amsterdam - TravelMole Multnomah County Closes Libraries To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB Top cheap internet providers in Oregon: Compare plans and prices in 2025 - USA Today Greater Portland METRO unveils new buses, logo - WMTW Internet speeds up in Oregon cities, but rural areas still lag - OregonLive.com Best cheap internet service providers of 2025 - USA Today Flying on a Classic Grumman Albatross in Portland – With Wifi - AirlineReporter Citywide Wi-Fi: IT Leaders Create an Affordable Reality - StateTech Magazine 6 Cafés in Portland, Maine That Are Perfect for Working Remotely - 94.3 WCYY Portland’s New LED Street Lights with Public Wi-Fi Are Showing Up - WJBQ Residents of 2 Casco Bay islands band together to bring high-speed internet to their homes - The Portland Press Herald Maine Internet Speed Ranked Worst in New England, Study Shows - WBLM 5 reasons PDX is still the best - oregonbusiness.com These Towns in Maine Have the Fastest Internet Speeds - 94.3 WCYY Wi-Fi Hot Spots Are Getting the Homeless Back on Their Feet - U.S. News & World Report Conservative firebrand Nick Sortor arrested outside ICE in Portland - MSN Indiana faces Portland, aims to break home skid - MSN Portland communities benefit from free Wi-Fi hotspots - Jamaica Gleaner Pagdanganan, Ardina make cut in Portland - MSN 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 Google Fiber made 'tough decision' to pull service from Louisville - The Courier-Journal Path to the presidency: From Uganda to Portland - upbeacon.com NBA: Portland Trail Blazers reportedly find buyer - MSN Portland Nightlife: Nightclub information by 10Best - USA TODAY 10BEST Open Mesh shuns VC for success in measured growth - The Business Journals Portland's Best Coffee Shops With WiFi - Thrillist The connected sports fan: Testing out speedy WiFi, ticket upgrade feature at a Portland Trail Blazers game - GeekWire Man stole Wi-Fi for child porn 12 years after same crime: Court docs - KOIN.com PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launch in Portland Eastern - Jamaica Information Service Portland’s Mullet Hall logs on to free Wi-Fi pilot - Jamaica Gleaner PHOTOS: Community Wi-Fi Launched in Cornwall Barracks, Portland - Jamaica Information Service PHOTOS: Minister Vaz Launches Skibo Community Wi-Fi Service in Portland - Jamaica Information Service 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