Difference between revisions of "User:Ted"

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Name: Ted
- Often seen associating with wife Vicki and dogs Zosma & Zubra.
Location: 37.1173+-121.969 The mountains above Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Alternate Gradicule: San Jose, California
  - Alternate to the alternate: San Francisco, California, Salinas, California (Who had any idea so much of the bay area was so inaccessable...?)

I'm an instrument-rated private pilot. I may have to dust off the old license in order to effectively make some of these meetups, given the private-property nature of the several I've tried recently.

I typically bring Once Upon A Time as my game.

Geohash meetups attempted

2008-05-24_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Inadvertently went to the 5/23 location. It was behind private property, inaccessible. Met some very nice ranchers.

2008-05-31_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Was behind private property, inaccessible. Nearby cafe also closed.

2008-07-19_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Behind locked gate, could not contact owners. Claimed No_Trespassing_Geohash Achievement.

* (xkcd) = Saturday, official xkcd meetup @ 4pm

* SCUW = Santa Cruz spot under water.

Geohash meetups attended

2008-06-01_37_-121 [SCUW] Made it! Only minor trespassing -- "barely noticeable!" Met some fine folk...

2008-06-07_37_-121 (xkcd) [SCUW] Sat in a hay field in Patterson with some lovely companions. At @ Harley's Grub Shack.

Excuses

2008-06-14, -21 and -28 (xkcd*3) where all up in the Northeast end of the graticule, and I wasn't able to make it. Boo on me!

To make up for it, I did some work on The Historic Map Page, and it's working pretty well, now.

2008-07-28_36_-122 Santa Cruz's hash was actually on land! But I didn't find out until late in the evening, and so missed it. :(

Other

Land Geohash
GeoTrashAchievement.gif

GeoTrash
XKCD-100 Geohache
Circus Geohache

NOTE: That's an actual picture of me, in the first one (artist's rendition)!

Ted earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (37.349107934119, -121.91623890427) geohash on 2008-05-31.

Ted earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement

by cleaning up the (37.349107934119, -121.91623890427) geohash on 2008-06-01.

Ted earned the XKCD-100 Achievement

by reaching the (37.50178422904511, -121.11437084091932) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (37.50178422904511, -121.11437084091932) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted earned the Circus Geohash Achievement

by performing at the (37.50178422904511, -121.11437084091932) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (37.109403143215886, -121.88763924646202) geohash on 2208-07-19.

Me getting circus achievement on 6/7/8

I also created (but have not, yet, achieved) the Air Geohash Achievement

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 * Name: Ted
 ** Often seen associating with wife Vicki and dogs Zosma & Zubra.
-* Location: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=37.1175+-121.969 The mountains] above [[Santa Cruz, California]], USA
+* Location: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q= 37.1173+-121.969 The mountains] above [[Santa Cruz, California]], USA
 ** Alternate Gradicule: [[San Jose, California]]
 *** Alternate to the alternate: [[San Francisco, California]], [[Salinas, California]] (Who had any idea so much of the bay area was so inaccessable...?)
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 : 2008-06-14, -21 and -28 (xkcd*3) where all up in the Northeast end of the graticule, and I wasn't able to make it.  Boo on me!
 :: To make up for it, I did some work on [http://www.manyfriends.com/xkcd/index.html The Historic Map Page], and it's working pretty well, now.
+: [[2008-07-28_36_-122]] Santa Cruz's hash was actually '''[http://www.manyfriends.com/xkcd/index.html?lat=36&long=-122 on land]'''!  But I didn't find out until late in the evening, and so missed it.  :(
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