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=== Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions ===
 
=== Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions ===

Revision as of 10:39, 29 September 2009


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Macronencer

Real name Mike
Based in Bursledon, Southampton, UK
Education Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986.
Job Software developer
True vocation Media Composer (I'm working on it)
xkcd history Fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005
Home turf approximately here

Other information

Mike can close his nose without touching it, which makes him fart-proof. He eats at least forty times his own body weight every century, is a part-time volunteer in the Lynne Truss militia, and loves skunks, his son and longevity research - but not in that order. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Give him a pinch and he makes a pile. He is a full-time sceptic, part-time father, one-time rock star and all-time champion awful punster.

Macronencer Chuck.jpg

This is Chuck, my hashscot. Being one of the greatest adventuring scientists who ever lived, rather exhausted after his voyage on the Beagle, family tragedy and the years and years of work on his well-known book, this 200-year-old explorer decided to take it easy, and now travels to random locations with me.

He enjoys looking at the countryside on our travels, and gets rather animated when by chance we spy a finch or lowly earthworm. I often have to remind him to calm down before he punctuates his equilibrium. I am looking forward to the day when my bicycle chain breaks so I can ask him, in jocular fashion, to go and find the missing link.

Local Graticules

Southampton, United Kingdom (home)
Swindon, United Kingdom (convenient alternative)
Brighton, United Kingdom (possible alternative as I work near Fareham)
Weymouth, United Kingdom (occasionally convenient)

Planned Hashes

Standard Hashes

2009-09-29 51 -1 Ashmansworth, Hampshire Speed Racer attempt


Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions

  • Do a Buccaneer Geohash on Talk Like a Pirate Day 2009 (2009-09-19)
    • There are three main options for this one. Standard meetup (if it's a good location), otherwise retro hash based on 1995-09-19: either Southampton Water (if I can borrow a boat) or Brighton grat (hill walking) (1:20 drive). The weather forecast for Saturday is better to the West at the moment, so I'm also considering that.
    • Other possibilities:
      • 1930-12-01 50 -1 (First publication of Swallows and Amazons) - Holbury sports ground, near Fawley (0:34 drive)
      • 1935-12-28 51 -1 (Release date of Captain Blood) - In a field near Little Langford (1:00 drive)
  • 2008-05-21 51 -1 Standby retrohash for next year's Mouse Over Day - hash for original geohash day in the Swindon grat.
  • Visit the hash point from the original comic: 2005-05-26 37 -122 - it's in the Golden Gate recreational park in San Francisco.

Attempted Hashes

Map of my expeditions on Google Maps

Expedition Map to 017

Standard Hashes

All distances in km

proved success Successes (proved) 13 official saturday meetup Saturday Meetups 4 car (km) Total by car 1352
success Successes (unproved) 0 ferry (km) Total by ferry 45 cycle (km) Total on fastfoot 156
failure Failures 1 rail (km) Total by rail 276 walk (km) Total on foot 29



Seq# ID Location Information ferry (km) rail (km) car (km) cycle (km) walk (km) First encounters
017 2009-09-27 50 -1 Eastleigh proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car walk sunny 33 2 davidc, Dee, JonRead
016 2009-09-18 50 -0 South Harting proved success exact location reached night hash group of geohashers present car walk sunny 100 4
015 2009-09-13 50 -1 Hilsea recreation ground proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present rail walk cloudy 43 3 Maoi-taoi
014 2009-09-10 51 -1 Litchfield proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car walk night hash 136 6
013 2009-09-06 50 -1 Harbridge, New Forest failure unreachable solo hash car cycle walk cloudy sunny 63 46 2
012 2009-09-02 50 -2 Iwerne Minster proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car rain 195
011 2009-08-30 51 -1 Barton Farm, Winchester proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car cloudy rain 59 Mapaholic
010 2009-08-15 50 -1 Bierley, Isle of Wight proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present official saturday meetup ferry car cycle cloudy sunny 40 12 68 DavidMiller
009 2009-08-10 50 -1 New Forest, near Hythe proved success exact location reached solo hash ferry car cycle cloudy rain 5 19 15
008 2009-08-08 50 -2 Chesil beach, Portland, Weymouth proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present official saturday meetup rail cycle sunny 233 16 1
007 2009-08-07 50 -1 Field near Rockbourne proved success exact location reached solo hash car cycle sunny 9
006 2009-08-01 50 -2 Charlton Marshall, Dorset proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present official saturday meetup car cloudy pub hash 148 1 04housemat, Mahahahaneapneap
005 2009-07-27 50 -1 Romsey, Hampshire proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car walk cloudy 192 1
004 2009-07-27 51 -0 Flitwick, near Luton proved success exact location reached solo hash car walk cloudy 248
003 2009-07-22 50 -0 The Road To Bognor proved success approx location reached solo hash car cycle cloudy 93 2
002 2009-07-18 50 -1 Hambledon Cricket pilgrimage! proved success approx location reached solo hash official saturday meetup car walk cloudy 49 9
001 2009-06-28 50 -1 Hedge End recreation ground proved success exact location reached group of geohashers present car sunny 5 Sermoa

Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions

Seq# Date ID Location Information
R001 2009-07-27 1965-05-06 51 0 Origin Geohash achievement
In a field next to Hylands Park, Chelmsford
proved success exact location reached solo hash car sunny birthday hash

Statistics

Score Card

Note: only reached co-ordinates on standard hashes are counted here

-2 -1 -0
52 x x x
51 x 2 1
50 3 8 2

Achievements

Ongoing

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Macronencer achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 4 of the surrounding graticules.
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Macronencer earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement
by attending 4 Saturday meetups.

Completed

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Macronencer earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-08-07.
Bus.PNG
Macronencer earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-08 via South West Trains.
2009-08-08 50 -2 Macronencer 15.jpg
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Macronencer earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission from Mr. McLeod, son of the land-owner to access the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-07.
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Macronencer earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
by visiting a pub visible from the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-01.
2009-08-01 50 -2 Macronencer 32.jpg
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Macronencer earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-01.
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Macronencer earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-07.
2009-08-07 50 -1 Macronencer 19.jpg

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Macronencer earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching the 2009-07-27 51 -0 and 2009-07-27 50 -1 geohashes on 2009-07-27.
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Macronencer earned the Origin geohash achievement
by reaching the (51, 0) geohash for 1965-05-06 on 2009-07-27.
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Macronencer earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Sermoa at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.
2009-06-28 50 -1 sermoa and macronencer.jpg
Meetup.PNG
Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting 04housemat at the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-01.
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Meetup.PNG
Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Mahahahaneapneap at the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-01.
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting DavidMiller at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Mapaholic at the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Maoi-taoi at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-13.
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Macronencer earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his friend Paul to the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-09-02.
2009-09-02 50 -2 Macronencer 03.jpg
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Macronencer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-09-10 in the middle of the night.
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Macronencer earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement
by helping stuff a phonebooth near the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-09-10.
2009-09-10 51 -1 Macronencer 03.jpg
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Macronencer earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-13 via South West Trains.
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Macronencer earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging his friend Nodders to the (50, -0) geohash on 2009-09-18.
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Consolation Prizes

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Macronencer earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-06.
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Gratuitous Ribbons

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Macronencer earned the Musician Achievement
by playing flute at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.
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Macronencer earned the Rubik's Achievement
by solving a Rubik's cube at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.
2009-06-28 50 -1 macronencer solved rubiks cube.jpg
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Macronencer, Sermoa and DavidMiller earned the Card Game achievement
by playing cards at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.
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Sermoa, Macronencer, Mapaholic and DavidMiller earned the Party geohash
by throwing a mad-keen party at the Cubicle achievement (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.
2009-08-30 51 -1 Macronencer 02.jpg

Long-term Intentions

  • Earn various Displaced origin geohash achievements (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!)
    • 1965-05-06 51 -3 - actually on a green on the Aberdare golf course near Cardiff in Wales :)
    • 1965-05-06 52 0 - marginally within somebody's front garden, but arguably public as within GPS accuracy of public land :)
    • 1965-05-06 53 -1 - next to a canal and the M62 near Sheffield. Sounds inaccessible, but satellite imagery makes it look relatively easy.
    • 1965-05-06 39 3 - very accessible as it is right next to a road... but it's on Mallorca.
    • 1965-05-06 20 -156 - Maui - therefore expensive to get to. But just a short walk into the hills...
  • Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs
    • One made out of ants (attempted on 2009-09-27 50 -1 without success)
    • One in ASCII binary (probably already been done)
    • One in Morse code (ditto)
  • Collar someone with a boat and do a big Water geohash, probably in the Solent, or the river Itchen or Hamble.
  • Buy a small boat (kayak?) and do a small Water geohash, probably in a lake or small river.
  • Gain the Minesweeper Geohash ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule.

Completed!

  • Earn the Origin geohash achievement by visiting 1965-05-06 51 0 in a field near Chelmsford
  • Leave an xkcd sign in Braille
  • Leave an xkcd sign that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV)

VERY long-term intentions

  • Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go.

Journal

Old journal entries archived here


2009-09-15 Globalhash mirrors
The Globalhash concept is like having the same lottery numbers every week, in one sense: it is so unlikely that your neighbourhood will come up, that you feel you have to check it every single day, for fear of kicking yourself later that you missed one you could have done. This got me thinking today. Every graticule must have a special region in it, which I will call the "Globalhash mirror". If a standard daily hash point falls within this region, then it also means that the Globalhash for that day has fallen in that graticule. This is true East of W30, but West of W30 one would have to remember that the Globalhash will be a day behind the standard hash because Globalhashes always use W30 co-ordinates.

Anyway, the Globalhash mirror region can be calculated easily from your latitude and longitude. It is a "trigonometric rectangle" (i.e. bounded by latitudes and meridians) with two opposite corners defined thus:

GMLAT1 = ( 181 * HOMELAT + 90 ) / 180
GMLON1 = ( 361 * HOMELON + 180 ) / 360

GMLAT2 = ( 181 * HOMELAT + 91 ) / 180
GMLON2 = ( 361 * HOMELON + 181 ) / 360

...where HOMELAT and HOMELON are the absolute values of your graticule's integer co-ordinates. After calculating, you have to re-apply the correct sign. This makes the floor/round issue go away :)

For my graticule (50 -1) these work out to:

GM1 = ( 50.77777778, -1.50277778 )
GM2 = ( 50.78333333, -1.50555556 )


By plotting these on Google Maps (GM1 and GM2), I can find out the "rectangle" of land to watch. If a hash point lands in there, I know that the Global hash for that day will also be in my graticule :) If you look at those two points on Google Maps and compare them, you'll see that it's an extremely small strip of land. This just goes to show how unlikely it is that the Globalhash will fall in your graticule: in fact, in a given year, the odds would be around 1 in 178, so if you're waiting for it, better be prepared to die first! To Globalhash, one has to travel :)