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.