I am having fun with 802.11b. I hope you are too.
Finally some hype that materializes into me being able to
walk two blocks up the street and write my diary entry at
the park.
I'm pretty liberal with my certifications. When I
certify someone as a Master, I'm generally thinking they've
written something that's of real value to me. Or they're in
a project that I respect. I'd suspect many people certify
Master only if the candidate is notorious. Also, I honestly
haven't certified anyone as an Apprentice in a long long
time. I think most of the people who bother to post and
provide information are generally involved. I don't like to
make people climb ladders. Especially since certification
here at advogato is generally an expression of appreciation
and esteem. I never take it as a hit against me when my
certification is lower than some other well-groomed, well-
trained advogate.
I have been actually really involved in a number of
projects lately. I find that I need to be more vocal. I
have the Sneak Attack Syndrome, where I never post to a
mailing list because I'm too busy hording everyone else's
posts for the day when I will make mine. I say to myself,
"Oh I don't want to clutter the list." Come to find that
I'm reading the same participants' messages over and over
again. Not to mention that if I send a message to a list
with some advice, that message is archived and eventually
applied to search engines. I am going to outline my recent
wireless adventures so that when the next person enters the
search "NETGEAR MA301 FREEBSD", there will actually be a
useful guide, loving prepared with style sheets and
reasonably-sized paragraphs. Scented? If only.
I have been contributing fixes to the Ruby/X11 library
(which is a fine implementation of the X11 protocol). I've
also been getting involved in linux-wlan, bsd-airtools,
dbtcp, and sylpheed. I'm also rejuvenating DX0. This next
week I'll be digging into NoCatAuth alot more and building a
wireless network for me and my neighbors. I just know I'll
burn out sometime, but I hope not.