[tor-reports] Andrew's April 2014

[Andrew Lewman]

# Highlights from the April 2014

 - Answered a number of press inquiries about Tor, deep web, law enforcement, and positive uses of Tor.
 - Was named one of Boston's top Leaders & Idealists by Boston Magazine, http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/04/29/power-of-ideas/4/
 - Making great progress with MIT co-design class on technology helping understand domestic violence, http://codesign.mit.edu
 - Attended and learned much at Defender's Days, see the trip report, https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-April/000504.html
 - Took over torproject.fr and torproject.nl thanks to great donors!
 - Worked with our funders to keep our contracts active
 - Helped propose two more projects in response to RFPs

# Details

from https://gs.torproject.org/person/phobos, in order from newest to oldest

 - updated bwauth -- phobos, 3 days, 4 hours ago in #tor-status
 - fixed office internet connection -- phobos, 3 days, 4 hours ago in #tor-status
 - resolved banking stupidity -- phobos, 3 days, 9 hours ago in #tor-status
 - attended reception for "power of ideas" event -- phobos, 3 days, 9 hours ago in #tor-status
 - filed Q3 report with sponsor O -- phobos, 3 days, 9 hours ago in #tor-status
 - met future AG of MA -- phobos, 5 days, 1 hour ago in #tor-status
 - talked to victim of cryptolocker virus -- phobos, 5 days, 5 hours ago in #tor-status
 - named one of the new Boston power class by Boston Magazine, http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/04/29/power-of-ideas/4/ -- phobos, 5 days, 5 hours ago in #tor-status
 - reviewed q3 sponsor O report -- phobos, 5 days, 5 hours ago in #tor-status
 - finished some financial work -- phobos, 5 days, 5 hours ago in #tor-status
 - 2h mit class in progress -- phobos, 5 days, 5 hours ago in #tor-status
 - answered press call -- phobos, 6 days, 2 hours ago in #tor-status
 - failed to debug python issue with bwauth, ticket #11640 -- phobos, 6 days, 2 hours ago in #tor-status
 - more futzing with banks and wire transfers -- phobos, 6 days, 2 hours ago in #tor-status
 - attended ECA conf -- phobos, 6 days, 19 hours ago in #tor-status
 - sync'd media.torproject.org/video/TBBTraining again -- phobos, 6 days, 19 hours ago in #tor-status
 - rebuild mirror list -- phobos, 6 days, 20 hours ago in #tor-status
 - published 2 new mirrors -- phobos, 6 days, 20 hours ago in #tor-status
 - patched systems -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - reviewed draft 2013 audit results -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - responded to paypal again -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - submitted sponsorO q2 report -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - responded to press interviews -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - responded to operational emails for a bit -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - researched a failing wire xfer -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - responded to tor-curious hardware vendor -- phobos, 1 week, 1 day ago in #tor-status
 - patched systems -- phobos, 1 week, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to paypal account freeze -- phobos, 1 week, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - discussed Tor with a cyber police unit in India -- phobos, 1 week, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - closed a ticket -- phobos, 1 week, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished missing wire xfer -- phobos, 1 week, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished ARIN worksheet -- phobos, 1 week, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - talked to vendor about tor integration -- phobos, 1 week, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - completed hours of administrivia; wires, paperwork, contracts, etc -- phobos, 1 week, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished 1:1 call -- phobos, 1 week, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished vendor call -- phobos, 1 week, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - ipvtech working group meeting done -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - met with MIT class -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - closed knight foundation newschallenge project now that the semifinal list is published -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - increased bitpay daily limits -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - met with potential banking partner -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - had breakfast with fund manager and discussed donations -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - this software is great -- phobos, 1 week, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - talked to security researcher about "tor bleed" -- phobos, 2 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - talked to auditors about 2013 -- phobos, 2 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - completed #5515 work -- phobos, 2 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to press about torbleed -- phobos, 2 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to press about decentralized internet -- phobos, 2 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to more people infected with some virus telling them to call tor to get their files unencrypted -- phobos, 2 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - updated script in 5515 -- phobos, 2 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - answered press about torbleed -- phobos, 2 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - paid a pile of bills -- phobos, 2 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - closed tickets 8550 and 7739 -- phobos, 2 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded about tails sponsorship -- phobos, 2 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to press org -- phobos, 2 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - furthered contract negotiations for another sponsor -- phobos, 2 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - submitted Q1 report to sponsor O, q2 and q3 in process -- phobos, 2 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished interview -- phobos, 2 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - narrowing down final class project, http://codesign.mit.edu/2014/04/tor-project-update-equipping-advocates-with-data/ -- phobos, 2 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - dealt with more failing wire xfers due to people providing wrong info -- phobos, 2 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - talked to professor in sweden about doing a tor talk -- phobos, 2 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - opened ticket 11515 about malware in our name at sf.net -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished fact check with reporter -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - answered another series of questions from a press org -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - updated tor website mirror list and current status -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - sent thank you to big donor -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - answered 12 more relay opers getting free t-shirts -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - found person for ticket 5515 -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - started outline for 5 -year business plan for tor -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - started project report for next quarter in sponsorO -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - reviewed project report for sponsorO -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - made decisions on summer company/dev meeting -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - answered 2 press calls -- phobos, 2 weeks, 6 days ago in #tor-status
 - 2 proposals submitted -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished 2nd proposal -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished proposal -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished radio interview -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - finished interview -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
 - attended mit codesign class to support students -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - continued to work on 2 proposals -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - updated donation historical infor for paypal, bitpay, and amazon -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - renewed/rekeyed certs due to openssl bug -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to belgian journalist about openssl and tor users -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - sent monthly report for march -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - sent out 10 more t-shirts to relay operators -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
 - worked on proposal -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - sent out sweden trip report -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - updated my bwauth -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - reworked outline -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - redid budget for proposal -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
 - tweeted about https://blog.torproject.org/blog/openssl-bug-cve-2014-0160 -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - reviewed and signed 7 of 24 contractor agreements -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - dealing with conf speaking engagement issues -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - responded to a few press requests -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - removed and retweeted blog post -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - created new internal projects for tracking/collaboration purposes -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - paid some bills -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - started dealing with trac #11441 -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - reviewed audit issues -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - pushed proposal tasks along -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - pushed reporting tasks along -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - met with UN people -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - met with sida people -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - met with sweden FM people -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - trained 12 people at CRD -- phobos, 3 weeks, 5 days ago in #tor-status
 - respond to 3 press requests -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - more proposal work -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - arrived sweden -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - conf call with sponsorf done -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - added torproject.fr to tor dns -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - kicked off another proposal -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
 - interview with al jazeera complete -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status

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Andrew
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