Difference between revisions of "User:Macronencer"

Revision as of 18:25, 18 July 2009

Real name: Mike

Based in Bursledon. Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986. Now working in I.T. and studying Media Music in my spare time. xkcd fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005. I love random fun stuff like this.

Local graticules

Southampton, United Kingdom (home)

Swindon, United Kingdom (convenient alternative)

Planned hashes

2009-07-18 50 -1: Between Hambledon and Clanfield

Successful hashes

2009-06-28 50 -1: Hedge End recreation ground.

Achievements

Macronencer earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement

by meeting Sermoa at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Macronencer earned the Musician Achievement

by playing flute at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Macronencer earned the Rubik's Achievement

by solving a Rubik's cube at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Journal

2009-07-17 Couch Potato...

I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day. Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :|

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 Real name: Mike
-Based in Bursledon.  Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986.  Now working in I.T. and studying Media Music in my spare time.
+Based in Bursledon.  Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986.  Now working in I.T. and studying Media Music in my spare time.  xkcd fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005.  I love random fun stuff like this.
-xkcd fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005.  I love random fun stuff like this.
+== Local graticules ==
-Very pleased to have popped my hashing cherry on 2008-06-28 50 -1, and look forward to doing a slightly more difficult second hash - the first one was very pleasant but just a little too easy...!
+[[Southampton, United Kingdom]] (home)
-My thanks to [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] for adding my ribbons this first time around!  Hopefully I'll be able to do that myself now that I've got to grips with the basics of mediawiki.
+[[Swindon, United Kingdom]] (convenient alternative)
-== Journal ==
-'''2009-07-17''' Couch Potato...
-I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day.  Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :|
 == Planned hashes ==
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      | image = 2009-06-28_50_-1_macronencer_solved_rubiks_cube.jpg
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+== Journal ==
+'''2009-07-17''' Couch Potato...
+I have just worked out that at my latitude of 50 degrees, assuming my house includes its land area of about 30x40m, there is a 1 in 6.7 million chance of getting a couch potato award on a given day.  Not good odds, though admittedly a little better than the Lotto jackpot :|