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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

Who am I?

I'm Greg Rundlett. freephile is a moniker I chose a long time ago combining the ideals of "freedom" and the Greek "philos" to represent my affection for things like free thought, freedom of expression, free knowledge, freedom from oppression. I think it is unfortunate that the free software revolution which started in the mid 1980's is pretty much dead and captive to 'open source'.

Founder of eQuality Technology
LinkedIn profile

Why this website?

This site serves as a showcase for some of the features and capabilities of the MediaWiki platform that powers Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the greatest achievements in the modern world: sharing the entirety of human knowledge to all for free.

What do I do with my time?

When not at work, I take to the beaches, woods, trails, and mountains of New England to enjoy swimming, hiking, disc golf and scenic motorcycle rides. My Interests also include organic gardening and photography.

Local

As a board member of the Coastal Trails Coalition I work to expand the accessible multi-use trail network in and around Salisbury, MA

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+None of this works... even with my account setup.
+For GMapsJSAPIv3, Browser must be current or current-1  That's a HIGH bar!!!
+Also, there's a pretty rigid compatibility matrix for Maps extension.
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+[[Image:Thomas Jefferson rev.jpg|thumb|right|He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.]]
 ==== Who am I? ====
-I'm Greg Rundlett (aka freephile).
+I'm Greg Rundlett. ''freephile'' is a moniker I chose a long time ago combining the ideals of "freedom" and the Greek "philos" to represent my affection for things like free thought, freedom of expression, free knowledge, freedom from oppression. I think it is unfortunate that the free software revolution which started in the mid 1980's is pretty much dead and captive to 'open source'.
-* [http://linkedin.com/in/freephile LinkedIn profile]
+* Founder of {{CompanyName}}
-* [http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=764209707 Facebook]
+* [http://linkedin.com/in/gregrundlett LinkedIn profile]
-* skype/aim/irc - freephile
-* yahoo - freephile2002
-====Why am I building this website?====
+==== Why this website? ====
-I'm a Free Software advocate, and so it is important in my life to not only adopt Free Software in my own consumption of technology, but also to help others do the same.  This website helps me to not only record (and remember) the things that I learn, but also helps me to share that information with everybody else.  ''You'' can join me, since editing is open to all.
+This site serves as a showcase for some of the [[features]] and capabilities of the '''MediaWiki''' platform that powers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]. Wikipedia is one of the greatest achievements in the modern world: sharing the entirety of human knowledge to all for free.
-On a local level, I hope that this website serves as a focal point for the vibrant and expert pool of resources in the area.  If successful, this would provide greater visibility to both the people who work with free technology, and the businesses, schools, groups and other organizations that need help from those people.
+==== What do I do with my time? ====
+When not at work, I take to the beaches, woods, trails, and mountains of New England to enjoy swimming, hiking, disc golf and scenic motorcycle rides. My [[Interests]] also include organic gardening and photography.
-[[Site Goals]] provides more details about the vision for this website.
+==== Local ====
+As a board member of the [http://coastaltrails.org Coastal Trails Coalition] I work to expand the accessible multi-use trail network in and around Salisbury, MA
-====What do I do with my time?====
+==== Subpages ====
-While online, I'm busy keeping up to date on roughly a dozen different high-profile Open Source projects from PHP to OpenOffice to the GIMP.  [[Interests]] describes some of the technology, hardware and/or software-related things that occupy my time.  While offline, I'm usually either working on home construction / landscaping projects or playing with Max and Gabe.  As often as possible, the whole family takes off to enjoy the swimming, hiking and skiing at Moose Pond.
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