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== Story ==
 
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[http://almostflan.com/2008/06/01/geohash-success/ A blog post about our trip]
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'''[http://almostflan.com/2008/06/01/geohash-success/ A blog post about our trip]''' -- This link is no longer working. I used the [http://archive.org Wayback Machine] to recover the text of the expedition unfortunately I was unable to recover the images. [[User:Scerruti|Stephen Cerruti]] 02:49, 10 May 2012 (EDT)
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So following xkcd’s geohash algorithm, we went out to Encinitas to hit our point for Saturday.
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Side story: We left home at around 2:45PM to Fry’s since Kristi’s Garmin (GPS) didn’t display coordinates. We got to Fry’s probably around 3:15 to pick up a GPS that showed coordinates. (Garmin Nuvi 200!!) Anyway, we were able to get to the front of the Fry’s line (it was around 3:30 and we still needed to get to Encinitas at 4:00PM for the scheduled meeting time - around 15 miles away) thanks to the badass Fry’s salesman that sold me the Nuvi after I told him we were in a rush. We ended up making it to the meetup point in Encinitas at 3:58 and got pictures at exactly 4:00PM. So the Hero of the Day award goes to the nameless Fry’s salesman.
  
 
== Pictures! ==
 
== Pictures! ==

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Story

A blog post about our trip -- This link is no longer working. I used the Wayback Machine to recover the text of the expedition unfortunately I was unable to recover the images. Stephen Cerruti 02:49, 10 May 2012 (EDT)

So following xkcd’s geohash algorithm, we went out to Encinitas to hit our point for Saturday.

Side story: We left home at around 2:45PM to Fry’s since Kristi’s Garmin (GPS) didn’t display coordinates. We got to Fry’s probably around 3:15 to pick up a GPS that showed coordinates. (Garmin Nuvi 200!!) Anyway, we were able to get to the front of the Fry’s line (it was around 3:30 and we still needed to get to Encinitas at 4:00PM for the scheduled meeting time - around 15 miles away) thanks to the badass Fry’s salesman that sold me the Nuvi after I told him we were in a rush. We ended up making it to the meetup point in Encinitas at 3:58 and got pictures at exactly 4:00PM. So the Hero of the Day award goes to the nameless Fry’s salesman.

Pictures!

This picture was taken exactally at 4:00. When I pushed the trigger of the camera the screen showed 3:59, but the picture recorded 4:00.

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Special thanks to the four wheeled tripod which was parked next to us.

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