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I live in Winchester. I am most likely to be found geohashing in the Southampton, Swindon, Weymouth or London West graticules. I holiday in Köln, Germany once or twice a year, so i'll always be on the look out for the opportunity to geohash in Germany whilst i'm there!

About me

me and my google pin

Real name: aimee.
I like to spell my name in lower case.
I use linux and mac osx and i will very likely use google chrome OS whenever it is available. windows can die.
I now have an Android phone. Google is totally rocking my world at the moment!
I've been typing on dvorak keyboard layout since around 2005.
I'm a bit of a typography geek. Let's just say i can tell the difference between Helvetica and Arial. One i love and one i hate. But not as much as i hate Comic Sans, which seems to pop up almost everywhere i go!
I'm a web programmer by profession and hobby.
I am currently writing an application called Active Geohasher which will allow you to subscribe to graticules and be notified of their locations by daily email.
I made my own google pin which i take to most geohashes.
I love geohashing because it encourages me to visit places that i would not otherwise get to see. the fact that it's entirely random does not seem to matter to me!
I have grown to love mediawiki through using this wiki!
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Map of geohashes

a map of Sermoa's xkcd geohashes

Sermoa achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

	-2	-1	-0
52	-	-	-
51	-	2	-
50	1	6	-

Table of geohashes

#	Date	Location	Comments	Achievements
001	2009-05-30	Kensington Road, Gosport	My first ever geohash, all by myself.
002	2009-06-28	Hedge End recreation ground	I met Macronencer for the first time. Music, juggling and rubik's cube solving.	Drag-along achievement (Laura)
003	2009-07-27	Duttons Road, Romsey	A nice evening out with Macronencer including a pub meal.
004	2009-08-08	Portland Beach, Weymouth	A lovely sunny Saturday meetup. My first geohash outside of the Southampton graticule.
005	2009-08-15	Bierley, Isle of Wight	A great day out on the Isle of Wight with Macronencer and DavidMiller. We were treated to some beautiful scenery.	Drag-along achievement (DavidMiller)
006	2009-08-30	Barton Farm, Winchester	The geohash landed at the car park of my place of work, giving me a Cubicle geohash achievement! Cause for a party at my office! :D It was also my first geohash in my home graticule.
007	2009-09-10	Litchfield, Hampshire	This was a Midnight Geohash meticulously planned by Macronencer who took me and Mapaholic. It was fun creeping through the tiny village late at night.
008	2009-09-13	Hilsea, Portsmouth	A fun geohash near Hilsea train station. The first geohash where i met another geohasher unexpectedly. Juggling, fire staff, cake, and a bit of public attention too!
009	2009-09-20	Poole, Dorset	I finally got to meet Mahahahaneapneap and 04housemat! We didn't spend long at the geohash point but we went on to Poole Park for juggling and a picnic!

People i have met whilst geohashing

Includes people i already knew and dragged/tricked along, plus new people i have met thanks to the adventures of geohashing!

Monica

Monica is my hashscot. Monica is short for mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease. This makes sense when you know that monica is a giant microbe of the kissing disease!

Monica the kissing disease
Monica's natural habitat at home
Monica at Hedge End
Monica at Portland beach
Monica enjoying Bierley on the Isle of Wight
At Barton Farm, Winchester with Macronencer's Chuck.
Monica being overwhelmed by the huge playing field at Hilsea, Portsmouth
Monica at Fernside Avenue in Poole, Dorset

More?

xkcd love

Macronencer once asked me when i first got into xkcd and this is the answer: Xkcd first caught my attention with Online Communities and i think i started reading regularly from Compiling onwards. So i have been loving xkcd since around about mid-2007.

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 | A fun geohash near Hilsea train station. The first geohash where i met another geohasher unexpectedly. Juggling, fire staff, cake, and a bit of public attention too!
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+| I finally got to meet [[User:Mahahahaneapneap|Mahahahaneapneap]] and [[User:04housemat|04housemat]]! We didn't spend long at the geohash point but we went on to Poole Park for juggling and a picnic!
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 Image:2009-09-13_50_-1_Macronencer_07.jpg | [[User:Maoi-taoi|Maoi-taoi]]
+Image:2009-09-20_50_-1_3441.JPG |  [[User:Mahahahaneapneap|Mahahahaneapneap]] and [[User:04housemat|04housemat]]
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 Image:2009-08-30_51_-1_3319.JPG | At [[2009-08-30_51_-1|Barton Farm, Winchester]] with [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]]'s Chuck.
 Image:2009-09-13_50_-1_3388.JPG | Monica being overwhelmed by the huge playing field at [[2009-09-13 50 -1|Hilsea, Portsmouth]]
+Image:2009-09-20_50_-1_3437.JPG | Monica at Fernside Avenue in [[2009-09-20 50 -1|Poole, Dorset]]
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