User:Sermoa

43 / f / 51,-1

I live in Winchester. I don't have a car so i'm reliant upon public transport, which makes geohashing much harder.

Every Friday i look to see if i can get to a meetup in either the Southampton or Swindon graticule.

About me

I'm a web programmer.

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xkcd love

Macronencer asked me when i first got into xkcd and i didn't know. I honestly couldn't remember. I know i was already reading Sinfest and i have a feeling that one led to the other ...

Fortunately the xkcd urls are easy enough to do a quick binary search, and now i think i have an answer. Xkcd first caught my attention with Online Communities and i think i started reading regularly from Compiling onwards. So i guess around about mid-2007.

Successful hashes

• 2009-05-30 50 -1: I went to Kensington Road, Gosport.
• 2009-06-28 50 -1: I met Macronencer at Hedge End recreation ground.
• 2009-07-27 50 -1: In romsey, about 500m from the train station. a nice evening out.
• 2009-08-08_50_-2: Portland Beach, Weymouth. My first geohash outside of Southampton, earning me Minesweeper level 1.

Sermoa's xkcd geohashes on google maps

Achievements

Location Achievements

Sermoa earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30.

Getting There Achievements

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30 via train and ferry.

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-08 via train and bus.

Geohash Fun & Games

Sermoa earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Human Interaction Achievements

Sermoa earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Laura to the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Macronencer at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Gratuitous Achievements

Sermoa earned the Musician Achievement by playing xaphoon at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Rubik's Achievement by solving a Rubik's cube at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Hashdog Ribbon by playing ball with a dog at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Multiple geohash challenges

Sermoa achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Southampton, United Kingdom and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Sermoa earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 1 Saturday meetup.