Difference between revisions of "User:Ted"

Latest revision as of 21:51, 27 May 2013

Name: Ted
- Often seen associating with wife Vicki and dogs Rose & Roxanne.
Location: 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. Ate @ Harley's Grub Shack.

2008-08-11_36_-122 Santa Cruz! And GEO came and made GEO-hash :)

2013-05-26_37_-121 [SCUW] (Mouseover Day, observed.) About 1/4 mile from my house.

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. :(

2008-08-02_37_-121 (xkcd) Is a quite convenient spot (someone's house in Campbell), but I'm hosting a pig-roast that day. SC/SF/SJ Geohashers that I've met are welcome, drop me an email.

2008-08-09 (xkcd) Then, this weekend, I'm out pig-hunting. <sigh> Maybe the spot will land very near where I'm headed... :)

... May, 2009. I've been a total slacker! In my defense, I've been posting weekly "where the spots are" notes to the newsgroup. I also haven't seen much in the way of activity, there. I guess we're all very busy. I actually made 2 hashes since last reporting, but haven't entered them, yet. Need to find the pix on my camera and figure out when/where we were.

Other

Land Geohash
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, -121) geohash on 2008-05-31.

Ted earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement

by cleaning up the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-06-01.

Ted earned the XKCD-100 Achievement

by reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted earned the Circus Geohash Achievement

by performing at the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-06-07.

Ted was the first person to have earned the Cold geohash achievement

by reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-06-07 while the temperature was 88°F (31.1° Metric).

Ted earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2008-07-19.

User:Ted achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in San_Jose,_California and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Is it true that User:Ted earned the OpenStreetMap achievement?

In principle, yes.
But it was Google, not OSM, and his edit is still under review. (2013-05-26 37 -121).

User:Ted earned the Cliffs of Despair consolation prize

by being prevented from reaching the (37, -121) geohash on 2013-05-26 by that damned dam.

User:Ted earned the Ambassador achievement

by obtaining permission from Bob to access the (37, -121) geohash on 2013-05-26.

User:Ted earned the 2013 Mouse Over Day achievement

by dancing The Mouseover in the (37, -121) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2013.

I was the first-ever achiever of the coveted Cold_Geohash award, setting the record for the coldest Geohash to date, at 88°F :)
- I'm going to go check & see if I got the hottest, too ;)

Darn! The folks at 2008-06-07_30_-84 beat me with 103°F

There is no ribbon, yet, but I am claiming the Smoking achievement (with GEO-hash!) for 2008-08-11_36_-122. Pix at the expedition site.
I don't have proof (yet!), but 2008-08-11_36_-122 was also a Déjà_Vu hash for me. Still digging for pix.

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.
+** Often seen associating with wife Vicki and dogs Rose & Roxanne.
 * 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]]
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 : [[2008-06-07_37_-121]] (xkcd) [SCUW] Sat in a hay field in Patterson with some lovely companions.  Ate @ Harley's Grub Shack.
 : [[2008-08-11_36_-122]] Santa Cruz!  And GEO came and made GEO-hash :)
+: [[2013-05-26_37_-121]] [SCUW] (Mouseover Day, observed.) About 1/4 mile from my house.
 == Excuses ==
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 </gallery>
 '''NOTE:''' That's an actual picture of me, in the first one (artist's rendition)!
 {{Template:Land geohash
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 | name=Ted
 }}
+{{Cold geohash
+| latitude=37
+| longitude=-121
+| date=2008-06-07
+| temperature=88°F (31.1° Metric)
+| name=Ted was the first person to have
+}}
 {{No trespassing
 | latitude=37
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 | name=Ted
 }}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = San_Jose%2C_California
+| ranknumber = 1
+| sw = true
+| date=2008-08-11
+| latitude=36
+| longitude=-122
+| name = [[User:Ted]]
+}}
+{{Radio Yerevan
+ | achievement = [[OpenStreetMap achievement]]
+ | detail = it was Google, not OSM, and his edit is still under review.
+ | date = 2013-05-26
+ | latitude = 37
+ | longitude = -121
+ | user = [[User:Ted|User:Ted]]
+}}
+{{Cliffs of Despair
+| latitude = 37
+| longitude = -121
+| date = 2013-05-26
+| name = [[User:Ted|User:Ted]]
+| terrain = that damned dam
+| image = 2013-05-26_37_-121-b.jpg
+}}
+{{Ambassador geohash
+| latitude = 37
+| longitude = -121
+| date = 2013-05-26
+| granter = Bob
+| name = [[User:Ted|User:Ted]]
+}}
+{{Geohashing Day
+| latitude = 37
+| longitude = -121
+| year = 2013
+| coorddate= 2013-05-26
+| mouseover = true
+| name = [[User:Ted|User:Ted]]
+| celebration = dancing ''The Mouseover''
+| image = 2013-05-26_37_-121-b.jpg
+}}
-{{Cold geohash
-| latitude=37
-| longitude=-121
-| date=2008-06-07
-| temperature=88°F (31.1° Metric)
-| name=Ted was the first person to have
-}}
 * I was the first-ever achiever of the coveted [[Cold_Geohash]] award, setting the record for the coldest Geohash to date, at 88°F :)
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 :: Darn!  The folks at [[2008-06-07_30_-84]] beat me with 103°F
 * There is no ribbon, yet, but I am claiming the [[Smoking_Geohash|Smoking achievement]] (with GEO-hash!) for [[2008-08-11_36_-122]].  Pix at the expedition site.
-* I don't have proof (yet!), but [[2008-08-11_36_-122]] was also a [[Déjà_Vu_Geohash|Déjà_Vu]] has for me.  Still digging for pix.
+* I don't have proof (yet!), but [[2008-08-11_36_-122]] was also a [[Déjà_Vu_Geohash|Déjà_Vu]] hash for me.  Still digging for pix.
 * [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7319493950397877964 Me getting circus achievement on 6/7/8]
 * I also created (but have not, yet, achieved) the [[Air_Geohash|Air Geohash]] [[Achievement]]