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| − | I moved all the old comments to [[User talk:Thomcat/OldTalk]] because Robyn was having trouble finding the new ones.´ | + | I moved all the old comments to [[User talk:Thomcat/OldTalk]] in February of 2014. |
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| − | == Jan 27 == | + | == Meet up [[2018-08-18 47 -122]] == |
| | + | Hi [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]], it's [[User:Quaternary|Quaternary]] here. I am over in Seattle for a wedding this weekend, and it looks like there is a hash tomorrow ([[2018-08-18 47 -122]]) in case you want to meet up. With the wedding, it would be most practical for me to meet sometime late morning, so there is time to get there, and then time to get home again (we're staying in Madrona). We caught the train in from the airport last night, so I'm guessing it'd be pretty straightforward to retrace our steps back out there on the same train, and then either bus or Uber to Tacoma. [[User:Quaternary|Quaternary]] ([[User talk:Quaternary|talk]]) 15:36, 17 August 2018 (UTC) |
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| + | == 2/6 Globetrotter == |
| − | Monday 6pm I have an event in SF.
| + | Hey Thom -- thanks very much for the ribbon, but I don't like to claim part-achievements for myself (eg partway to minesweeper or centurion) so I will take it off my homepage. You can still keep me on the Globetrotter achievement page, though! Thanks for maintaining that. I still believe I may get the full achievement someday... -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] ([[User talk:OtherJack|talk]]) 17:25, 9 May 2016 (UTC) |
| − | Sat 4pm I have an event in SF.
| + | == Europe 2016 == |
| − | Today's SJ hash point falls, for what it's worth, right in the middle of the Maverick's world championship
| + | Every late February, my job has me attending Embedded World. This year I will be spending the night in: |
| − | surfing competition.
| + | * 21 Feb - Bad König |
| | + | * 22 Feb through 25 Feb - Nürnberg |
| | + | * 26 Feb through 29 Feb - Milano |
| | + | * 1 Mar - Frankfurt am Main |
| | + | * 2 Mar - Seattle :-) |
| | + | Drop me a message here if you want to meetup; I will also be posting on individual graticule pages if a geohash shows up near transit options. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 12:07, 16 February 2016 (EST) |
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| − | I'm thinking of trying to hit the Saturday hash point in Daly City. | + | == Europe 2015, part 2 == |
| − | If I do that the RV will be in position for a run to the Santa Rosa point sunday.
| + | Yes, I've been to Europe once in 2015, and hit two geohash points. Now I'll be back and teaching a class (Logic Academy Days) on Thursday 18 June (in Eindhoven), then Tuesday 23 June (in Hannover), then Thursday 25 June (in Munchen). Spending the weekend in and around Amsterdam (the Hague is not out of the question); spending Friday after the class visiting Neuschwanstein. Will be watching the Geohash points, of course, and wouldn't mind meeting up in the Netherlands or greater Germany. Until then, catch me on IRC around the time the hash points are announced. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 10:15, 8 May 2015 (EDT) |
| − | What if I pick you up from the airport and we go straight to the Santa Rosa point?
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| − | Wear long pants - off road in that area's going to be stickery.
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| − | If you kick in for gas, we could hit the Antioch point afterwards, but I bet we're too fried.
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| − | There's been a bit more activity here, would you be willing to do planned expo pages for these?
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| − | [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]] 15:21, 25 January 2013 (EST)
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| − | :I see the Daly City connection, but I am flying in to the San Jose airport, arriving 2:05 pm. Looks like if I am on time and hustle, I can make it to the Daly City Bart station by 4:44 pm. Sunset tomorrow is 5:27 pm - would have to make that long pants and a flashlight. Better option would be another San Jose hasher who wants to make the drive - will advertise. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 10:05, 26 January 2013 (EST)
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| − | :: Turns out the Sant Rosa point is on a horse trail, not a hiking trail. It's a horse trail on a dude ranch that offers riding! We could pay $40 and get there on horses! [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]] 15:04, 27 January 2013 (EST)
| + | == Germany 2014 == |
| | + | Thomcat is in Frankfurt on Feb 22 for a Star Trek convention, and then must travel to Nürnberg on Sunday Feb 23. Is up for a geohash meetup anywhere in between, indirect route acceptable. Will have a backpack and one medium suitcase (it is a business trip after all). Potentials discussed so far include the following. Up for a meetup? Edit below or add suggestions. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:07, 21 February 2014 (EST) |
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| − | ::: You want to end up at San Bruno to meet up with me, not Daly City [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]] 15:27, 27 January 2013 (EST)
| + | === [[Mannheim, Germany|Mannheim]] === |
| | + | On a parking lot of a large shopping centre near a motorway junction. Might not be a very romantic location. Near former american barracks. |
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| − | == Haaalp ==
| + | Accessibility: Almost certain. |
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| − | I managed to delete the other expedition on 2013-01-01 from the photos on main page. YOu wouldn't happent to know how to fix it?
| + | 2 km from the tram stop "Vogelstang Endstelle" (Mannheim municipal tramway), 2.5 km from "Käfertal Wald" (OEG suburban railway/tramway). |
| − | [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]] 02:37, 2 January 2013 (EST)
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| − | :[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] covered this, but for future reference, you can use the "history" tab to compare versions, and copy/paste as necessary. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 08:41, 4 January 2013 (EST)
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| − | ==Ex-mathematician?== | + | === Ticketing === |
| | + | The trains in Deutschland are not free. My routing is flexible, and purchasing all or part of a 44 € group ticket is within the budget. Exact route planning requires our destination, but feel free to suggest a common starting point here. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:19, 21 February 2014 (EST) |
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| − | Hi Thomcat! Sometimes I feel like an ex-mathematician -- these days almost all my work is lecturing and grading papers. I get the feeling that this isn't what OtherJack was thinking of, though. Thanks for the note! [[User:Swensonj|Swensonj]] 20:49, 18 September 2012 (EDT)
| + | === Timetables === |
| | + | :I think we should drop the idea of a multihash and go for "fun meetup with as many people as possible" instead. That might bear a little chance to convince me to join. A stressful "just another two hashes visited but not seen" day certainly won't. --[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] ([[User talk:Ekorren|talk]]) 18:09, 21 February 2014 (EST) |
| | + | ::Seconded, and checked in to the hotel Meininger in Frankfurt. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 06:51, 22 February 2014 (EST) |
| | + | :::Right, that's settled. Which graticule is it gonna be then? And what time? And are you going to wear your Star Trek outfit? ;) - [[User:Mampfred|Mampfred]] ([[User talk:Mampfred|talk]]) 06:55, 22 February 2014 (EST) |
| | + | ::::Outfit is just a t-shirt, but yes I will wear it. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 16:36, 22 February 2014 (EST) |
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| − | ==Garmin iQue==
| + | If I depart Frankfurt (Messe or Hbf) at 9:06, I transfer at Weinheim (Bergstr) and arrive at Käfertal Wald at 10:33. The next later option for that same station is 12:03. I depart from this same station for Nürnberg Hbf at 11:23, 11:53, 12:23, 12:53, 1:23, 1:53, etc. as is appropriate. Further discussion on the meetup page. |
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| − | I brought my GPS with me, and the geohash gods have blessed me with two within the lower right quadrant of the Hannover graticule. I also brought a charger, since I usually use this device in my car (with it's 5V plug).
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| − | When I plugged the charger transformer into the German outlet (via adapter) and then into the GPS, I heard a '''Pfzzt'''. I cannot tell whether the damage is permanent, but the device refuses to power on. Thus, unless the geohash gods further bless me with a geohash close to me AND easily locatable with only a map (Danatar style), I believe my German Geohashing days are done. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 12:15, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
| + | Hey Thomcat, I'm unfortunately busy on Sunday, otherwise I'd be down. Let me know if you are out my way in the future. --[[User:CBos|CBos]] ([[User talk:CBos|talk]]) 1519 (PDT), 18 July 2014 |
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| − | :'''Good news!''' The Pfzzt must have been the transformer. GPS is up and running again. Now where's today's spot??? --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 14:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
| + | == Lewiston 2015-09-26 == |
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| − | ==Journey to DE==
| + | Thanks for the invite. It's an interesting location; I didn't think it was very doable at first but on closer look see that it probably is. But it's a seven-hour drive from the City of Roses, so, although technically possible... not this time, I don't think. Bon chance! [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] ([[User talk:Michael5000|talk]]) 23:12, 25 September 2015 (EDT) |
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| − | Hey Thomcat! When exactly are you going to travel to Hannover? My next journeys there will be next weekend (Friday and Monday; both only driving through on a trip Berlin-Cologne, but I could of course stop there for a few hours) and then again for CeBIT (the whole week). [[User:Hessophanes|Hessophanes]] 23:49, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
| + | == Meetup graph update == |
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| − | :Geohashers! I expect to be in [[Hannover, Germany]] from Thursday 2/19 through the end of the month. I must hash on the other side of 30W! Feel free to message me here. I *will* bring games. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 00:28, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ::Yay! Another [[Globetrotters Geohash|globetrotter]]! Statistically, you'll get a feasible hashpoint. Good luck! --[[User:Ilpadre|Ilpadre]] 09:16, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | Hey Thomcat. Nice to see you around. I won't be anywhere close to Hannover unfortunately, but you should find some easy hashes there. Happy hashing! :) -- [[User:relet|relet]] 09:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
| + | Hijackal has resurrected the meetup graph, as you may have noticed. This led to a bit of discussion about the rules. In the end we decided that you have to meet each other at a geohash or during a geohashing expedition. It doesn't have to be the first time you meet, but you have to meet while actually hashing. |
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| − | Just get yourself a Niedersachsenticket and there will be something reachable somewhere. If in doubt, stop by at the IRC channel and ask for directions. And enjoy the country along the way :) Too bad Niedersachsen is too far from here to go for a hashtrip. --[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] 10:50, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
| + | As your meetups with me and the other Europeans in Utrecht and The Hague did not include any hashes, we had to remove those connections. Hope you don't mind. --[[User:CO2|CO2]] ([[User talk:CO2|talk]]) 10:38, 21 November 2015 (EST) |
| | + | :Absolutely fine - just emphasizes the need to geohash with you the next time we meet :) --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 12:37, 21 November 2015 (EST) |
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| − | Hi Thomcat, thanks for your message. For us germans distances like those between Niedersachsen and Bavaria are quite far ;-) But aniway, your suggestion of a meetup on a weekend is promising and to visit one of the "northern" graticules (seen from my homegraticule 49 11 Nürnberg) e. g. 50 9 (Fulda), 50 10 (Erfurt) or 50 11 (Gotha) by train should be possible. So, if you could manage to travel south to one of these graticules, i would be ready for a meetup on a weekend. I´ve discussed that already with [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] and he also agreed in such a meetup. --[[User:Tomcat|Tomcat]] 19:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
| + | == Requesting your thoughts on an update to the Algorithm == |
| − | : It's a bit of a stretch (6.5 hours by train one way for us, haven't even looked at the return trip yet) but what about [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-02-22&lat=51&long=10&zoom=9&abs=-1 2009-02-22 51 10], on sunday, in a rural area north of Erfurt, in one of Germany's few remaining virgin graticules? (I'm not sure yet that I can, or ''want'' to go, it's just a thought) --[[User:Dawidi|dawidi]] 15:01, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ::Quite a stretch (5.8 hours here) but it would be nice to have a meetup in that one virgin graticule. I'm considering. If we can fill a car, that's ~3 hours at a justifiable cost. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 15:51, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ::I wouldn't mind at all how long I'm on the train, but I could only be there for about one and a half hour at a very specific time. Guess noone else would do exactly that trip and share the ticket. :( --[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] 15:59, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ::I may come, too, if the group is large enough. It's less than 4 hours for me (Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Erfurt-hashpoint) and I could share a ticket with Ekorren, or even with dawidi from Schweinfurt - [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] 16:57, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | :::Will consider it more closely when I get back to my hotel room and full internet. I have to work Saturday morning near Hildesheim. Love these German kezboards!!! --[[Special:Contributions/194.39.218.10|194.39.218.10]] 16:27, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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| − | :::Back in the hotel room and can display the maps AND coordinates. Sunday looks good, and I think I only have to change trains once from here to get there. More planning on [[2009-02-22 51 10]].
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| − | == Other Deutsche Plans ==
| + | Hey Thomcat, Sourcerer recently threw out an idea to update the algorithm and there's some serious debate going on [[Talk:Main_Page#Tenth_Anniversary_Anti-Discrimination_Algorithm_Upgrade| to discuss options]]. I wanted to directly reach out to you as you are still somewhat active and have done a lot of hashing in the past. It would be good to have your thoughts and comments here. [[User:Pedalpusher|Pedalpusher]] ([[User talk:Pedalpusher|talk]]) 21:37, 10 September 2017 (UTC) |
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| − | Saturday 2000-02-21 in [[Kassel, Germany]] - 50 km South of my hotel. Have to work that day, but perhaps my coworker would go with?
| + | == A Late Answer == |
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| − | Sunday 2009-02-22 in [[Hannover, Germany]] - 15 km North of my hotel. Preference given to meetup with German geohashers in [[2009-02-22 51 10]], however.
| + | Hey Thomcat, in August 2008, you reminded me of providing the [[2008-07-30 53 8]] story (see [[User talk:Alaska|here]]). Okay, I'm done now! ;-) |
| | + | --[[User:Alaska|Alaska]] ([[User talk:Alaska|talk]]) 17:57, 2 July 2020 (UTC) |
| | + | :Indeed, awesome! As an active wiki editor, I was trying to tie up all the loose ends. Welcome to the knot! --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 16:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC) |
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| − | Monday 2009-02-23 in [[Braunschweig, Germany]] - 21 km NE of my hotel, along Hildeheimstrasse. Perhaps the bus goes that way?
| + | ==[[2023-05-06 45 -120]]== |
| − | | + | What happened here? From the pictures I'm assuming Mother Nature, but you never know. --[[User:Fippe|Fippe]] ([[User talk:Fippe|talk]]) 21:33, 7 July 2023 (UTC) |
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| − | Well, I missed Valentine's Day, but I saved a page for you. [[64,-149]]. Happy belated Valentine's Day! --[[User:Joannac|joannac]] 00:57, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
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| − | :My very own red link, thanks. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 14:45, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Failed --> Thwarted==
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| − | I've always disliked punching people's expeditions with "failed". How about [[Category_talk:Expedition_outcomes#.22Failed.22_Should_Be_.22Thwarted.22]]?
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| − | :So I'm glad we are doing this now. I've actually, while going through people's pages, found that a new category might be warranted, something like Not Reached - User error or Got lost or something like that. --[[User:Virgletati|Virgletati]] 20:55, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
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| − | I think the [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanteans]] are itching for an update on the [[Most active graticules]] page. -- [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] 19:44, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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| − | Heh, yeah. Give them their glory. You'll probably never have to change the number one spot again. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 19:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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| − | :You given up? If you don't want to update it, offer the job to [[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]]. It's kind of embarrassing not having April's results announced by the end of May. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 16:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ::Why update this page anyway? There are automatic daily statistics. Or is there a significant difference? -- [[User:relet|relet]] 17:55, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | :::Either update it or officially close it off. And it's good for a human to do things like check that pages have the right caegories. What should be the date at which all expeditions are assumed to be in, and graticules eligible to take their ribbons? The 10th? -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 18:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==[[2009-05-02 48 -122]]==
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| − | Coming? -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 19:48, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==xkcd-100==
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| − | I added an optional distance parameter to the ribbon. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 20:39, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
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| − | ==Geohashing Calendars==
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| − | Make sure you check out [[user:Thepiguy/calendar|this page]] so that we can send you your order. Deadline is December 18th. [[User:Thepiguy|Thepiguy]] 18:53, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
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| − | == You here? ==
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| − | I swear I have a message somewhere saying that you are in town this week, but I can't find it. I'm off work today, probably working tomorrow, but not all day, and can't guarantee I won't be in another province after that. Today's Surrey is probably accessible if you're up for a long drive and a gloomy weather hike. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 13:34, 20 July 2011 (EDT)
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| − | :Yes, I am typing from rainy Vancouver at this moment. I passed on yesterday's lengthy drive, hoping today would be better... but of course it isn't. Fingers crossed for Friday! --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 09:55, 21 July 2011 (EDT)
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| − | ::And it looks as if I may be available Friday. -Robyn
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| − | :::I should have made a stab at Wednesday; today's Surrey is in the woods behind some estate, though nearly on the way south. I might be back in a few weeks, though, for a better spot. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 13:49, 22 July 2011 (EDT)
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| − | == Germany 2012 ==
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| − | welcome back to Germany (as soon as you arrive) ;)
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| − | I might consider joining a meetup but probably only if it's not too far from the <s>german</s> Baden-Württemberg - bavarian border. --[[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] 08:30, 15 February 2012 (EST)
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| − | :I arrive in the afternoon of February 26, and would be willing to make an evening visit on Sunday. Pulling up the map, I see that Monday Feb 27 has a nice geohash less than 10km from my hotel in [[Nürnberg, Germany|Nürnberg]]. I will edit the discussion there and see what happens next. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 10:37, 24 February 2012 (EST)
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| − | There's a ribbon for it?? [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] 02:40, 4 April 2012 (EDT)
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| − | :Not officially... see also [[Meetup graph]], and welcome to the web. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 15:01, 6 April 2012 (EDT)
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| − | == Congrats on the DC success! ==
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| − | I've walked up that trail a ways from Georgetown before, but I don't think I got quite that far. Sounds like it was a good time.
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| − | And just to let you know, there is another, spiffier-looking graticule chart thing in existence for [[Washington]] (state), which folks actually seem to update. So you don't have to worry about maintaining yours. But of course you can if you want. (I just noticed yours now...)
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| − | :Yup, but mine's got *history* baby! :) I'll probably keep it around until I geohash all the missing spaces. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 07:30, 8 June 2012 (EDT)
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| − | Speaking of which, thanks for updating the spiffy one in Yakima - but are you sure you want to give it to them? I don't dispute that they succeeded at having a good time, but they only got within 300 ft of the hashpoint... --[[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] 14:05, 13 June 2012 (EDT)
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| − | :Okay, good point, I should have read that more closely. I want Yakima SO BAD!
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| − | (Actually, I want all of Washington, and now Washington D.C. East as well). --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 14:09, 13 June 2012 (EDT)
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| − | Glad to see you made it out! If you want to avoid the "whoops, forgot to check the website for other expeditions" issue in the future, you should go into your preferences on the wiki and set it so that it emails you when someone modifies a page on your "watchlist", and then add the Seattle page to said watchlist (by clicking "watch" at top.) That way, if someone posts on either the Seattle talk-page or the Seattle main page (almost always expedition planning) you'll get bugged about it. It took me a while to figure that out... -- [[User:OtherJack|OtherJack]] 03:31, 5 July 2012 (EDT)
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| − | I'll be watching the hash points!
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| − | [[User:Anniepoo|Anniepoo]] 13:01, 4 January 2013 (EST)
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| − | Hello, and thanks for the ping. Unfortunately I am closer to the top right corner of that graticule and have a two hour commute, Monday thru Friday, 9-5 job, so weekday hashes have to be uber-convenient. Happy hashing! [[User:Lucky91xj|Lucky91xj]] 19:37, 23 April 2013 (PST)
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| − | I needed an automated way of creating a map of all my hashes. It was getting very hard to do it manually, and keep track of them all. So, one day I sat down and wrote the program. After I finished I found that it was easy to create a map for other people. I created one for you... [http://xkcd.nathanwoodruff.com/GooMapXKCDThomcat.htm]
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| − | You can copy this link to your main page if you would like. I have the link on my main page and so does [[User:Greenslime| Greenslime]]. It is hosted on my own web server. If you want you can view the source of the map and save it to where ever you would like. --[[User:NWoodruff|NWoodruff]] ([[User talk:NWoodruff|talk]]) 13:13, 19 July 2013 (EDT)
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| − | :Thanks, just looking at this now. Pretty cool, and I appreciate having the source also! --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:41, 22 July 2013 (EDT)
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I moved all the old comments to User talk:Thomcat/OldTalk in February of 2014.
Hi Thomcat, it's Quaternary here. I am over in Seattle for a wedding this weekend, and it looks like there is a hash tomorrow (2018-08-18 47 -122) in case you want to meet up. With the wedding, it would be most practical for me to meet sometime late morning, so there is time to get there, and then time to get home again (we're staying in Madrona). We caught the train in from the airport last night, so I'm guessing it'd be pretty straightforward to retrace our steps back out there on the same train, and then either bus or Uber to Tacoma. Quaternary (talk) 15:36, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
2/6 Globetrotter
Hey Thom -- thanks very much for the ribbon, but I don't like to claim part-achievements for myself (eg partway to minesweeper or centurion) so I will take it off my homepage. You can still keep me on the Globetrotter achievement page, though! Thanks for maintaining that. I still believe I may get the full achievement someday... -- OtherJack (talk) 17:25, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
Europe 2016
Every late February, my job has me attending Embedded World. This year I will be spending the night in:
- 21 Feb - Bad König
- 22 Feb through 25 Feb - Nürnberg
- 26 Feb through 29 Feb - Milano
- 1 Mar - Frankfurt am Main
- 2 Mar - Seattle :-)
Drop me a message here if you want to meetup; I will also be posting on individual graticule pages if a geohash shows up near transit options. --Thomcat (talk) 12:07, 16 February 2016 (EST)
Europe 2015, part 2
Yes, I've been to Europe once in 2015, and hit two geohash points. Now I'll be back and teaching a class (Logic Academy Days) on Thursday 18 June (in Eindhoven), then Tuesday 23 June (in Hannover), then Thursday 25 June (in Munchen). Spending the weekend in and around Amsterdam (the Hague is not out of the question); spending Friday after the class visiting Neuschwanstein. Will be watching the Geohash points, of course, and wouldn't mind meeting up in the Netherlands or greater Germany. Until then, catch me on IRC around the time the hash points are announced. --Thomcat (talk) 10:15, 8 May 2015 (EDT)
Germany 2014
Thomcat is in Frankfurt on Feb 22 for a Star Trek convention, and then must travel to Nürnberg on Sunday Feb 23. Is up for a geohash meetup anywhere in between, indirect route acceptable. Will have a backpack and one medium suitcase (it is a business trip after all). Potentials discussed so far include the following. Up for a meetup? Edit below or add suggestions. --Thomcat (talk) 11:07, 21 February 2014 (EST)
- Current discussion centers around...
On a parking lot of a large shopping centre near a motorway junction. Might not be a very romantic location. Near former american barracks.
Accessibility: Almost certain.
2 km from the tram stop "Vogelstang Endstelle" (Mannheim municipal tramway), 2.5 km from "Käfertal Wald" (OEG suburban railway/tramway).
Ticketing
The trains in Deutschland are not free. My routing is flexible, and purchasing all or part of a 44 € group ticket is within the budget. Exact route planning requires our destination, but feel free to suggest a common starting point here. --Thomcat (talk) 11:19, 21 February 2014 (EST)
Timetables
- I think we should drop the idea of a multihash and go for "fun meetup with as many people as possible" instead. That might bear a little chance to convince me to join. A stressful "just another two hashes visited but not seen" day certainly won't. --Ekorren (talk) 18:09, 21 February 2014 (EST)
- Seconded, and checked in to the hotel Meininger in Frankfurt. --Thomcat (talk) 06:51, 22 February 2014 (EST)
- Right, that's settled. Which graticule is it gonna be then? And what time? And are you going to wear your Star Trek outfit? ;) - Mampfred (talk) 06:55, 22 February 2014 (EST)
- Outfit is just a t-shirt, but yes I will wear it. --Thomcat (talk) 16:36, 22 February 2014 (EST)
If I depart Frankfurt (Messe or Hbf) at 9:06, I transfer at Weinheim (Bergstr) and arrive at Käfertal Wald at 10:33. The next later option for that same station is 12:03. I depart from this same station for Nürnberg Hbf at 11:23, 11:53, 12:23, 12:53, 1:23, 1:53, etc. as is appropriate. Further discussion on the meetup page.
Hey Thomcat, I'm unfortunately busy on Sunday, otherwise I'd be down. Let me know if you are out my way in the future. --CBos (talk) 1519 (PDT), 18 July 2014
Lewiston 2015-09-26
Thanks for the invite. It's an interesting location; I didn't think it was very doable at first but on closer look see that it probably is. But it's a seven-hour drive from the City of Roses, so, although technically possible... not this time, I don't think. Bon chance! Michael5000 (talk) 23:12, 25 September 2015 (EDT)
Meetup graph update
Hey Thomcat,
Hijackal has resurrected the meetup graph, as you may have noticed. This led to a bit of discussion about the rules. In the end we decided that you have to meet each other at a geohash or during a geohashing expedition. It doesn't have to be the first time you meet, but you have to meet while actually hashing.
As your meetups with me and the other Europeans in Utrecht and The Hague did not include any hashes, we had to remove those connections. Hope you don't mind. --CO2 (talk) 10:38, 21 November 2015 (EST)
- Absolutely fine - just emphasizes the need to geohash with you the next time we meet :) --Thomcat (talk) 12:37, 21 November 2015 (EST)
Requesting your thoughts on an update to the Algorithm
Hey Thomcat, Sourcerer recently threw out an idea to update the algorithm and there's some serious debate going on to discuss options. I wanted to directly reach out to you as you are still somewhat active and have done a lot of hashing in the past. It would be good to have your thoughts and comments here. Pedalpusher (talk) 21:37, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
A Late Answer
Hey Thomcat, in August 2008, you reminded me of providing the 2008-07-30 53 8 story (see here). Okay, I'm done now! ;-)
--Alaska (talk) 17:57, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
- Indeed, awesome! As an active wiki editor, I was trying to tie up all the loose ends. Welcome to the knot! --Thomcat (talk) 16:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
What happened here? From the pictures I'm assuming Mother Nature, but you never know. --Fippe (talk) 21:33, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
