snarkles's CyberArmy Profile

Ret. Lambda Mar snarkles

Retired Lambda Marshal snarkles (snarkles)
Last Seen On 04:15:52 01-Dec-2008
Joined: prior to September 2002
Email: my nickname (shift + 2) this site's domain
snarkles is ::

· on Sered level 10
· A member of SNEAK

Plan

Stuff I'm doing now:

Hacking Drupal
Working for CivicSpace Labs
Riding the Rails

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Some links that people might find helpful:

.: Activism :.
Open Source

Free Software Foundation: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs
Open Source Initiative: a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition
Eric S. Raymond: Personal homepage of Eric S. Raymond, a prominent advocate of open source

Privacy

Electronic Frontier Foundation: nonprofit group of passionate people working to protect your digital rights
Electronic Privacy Information Center: public interest research center established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues
BugMeNot.com: Bypass compulsory web registration.
Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system.

Human Rights

American Civil Liberties Union: working to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every American
Amnesty International: Working to protect human rights worldwide
World Computer Exchange: WCE keeps donated computers out of landfills and gives them new life connecting youth to the Internet in developing countries.

Music

Downhill Battle: a non-profit organization working to end the major label monopoly and build a better, fairer music industry
RIAA Radar: a tool that music consumers can use to easily and instantly distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

.: Web :.
General

W3Schools Online Web Tutorials: Tons of hands-on tutorials on HTML, CSS, XML, the DOM, and more.
A List Apart: A web zine with focus on designing with web standards
SitePoint: Huge web development community, with articles and books
Webmonkey: Web tutorials with "attitude"
/* Position is Everything */: Lots of information about how to troubleshoot peculiar CSS behaviour

Accessibility

useit.com: Jakob Nielson's column on Web usability
Building Accessible Websites: Free online book on web accessibility

PHP

PHP Manual: Read the.. fluffy.. manual
PHP WTF: What *not* to do :)

.: Other Programming :.
Perl

Practical mod_perl: Free online book to help you get started with Dinah Development!

Ruby

Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby: Not your typical programming tome--learn Ruby with... cartoon foxes!
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide: Free version of the first edition of this book.

Assembly

Other

Joel On Software: Dishing out the painful realities of software development.
HotScripts: Thousands of ready-made scripts in more than a dozen languages
Deja Vu Browser Emulator: View websites the "old school" way
Brands of the World: Has just about any logo you can think of, and allows you to download vector-based versions.
How to create Firefox extensions: A very step-by-step example from the creator of BugMeNot

Skill Set

Skill	Level
mod_perl	Beginner
Ruby	Beginner
Perl5	Competent
ASP	Competent
Linux	Competent
C#	Competent
ASP.NET	Competent
Networking	Competent
Graphic Design	Competent
JavaScript	Good
Java	Good
VB.NET	Good
Writing	Good
MySQL	Good
Teaching	Good
Flash	Good
Editing	Master
Windows	Master
PHP	Master
CSS	Master
(X)HTML	Wizard

Public PGP Key

User ID:	snarkles <pgp [aht] snarkles.ten> /Replace [aht] with @ and reverse the TLD/
Created:	16:37:42 17-May-2004
Expires:	Never
Fingerprint:	C98D DD81 754A 3F80 DAC3 2D83 1140 F7AD 91FC 07D1