User:Sermoa

44 / f / 51,-1

I live in Winchester, but oddly enough i haven't yet managed to get to a geohash in my own graticule! I am most likely to be found geohashing in the Southampton, Swindon, Weymouth or London West graticules.

About me

me and my google pin

• Real name: aimee.
• I like to spell my name in lower case.
• I use linux and mac osx and i will very likely use google chrome OS whenever it is available. windows can die.
• I've been typing on dvorak keyboard layout since around 2005.
• I'm a web programmer by profession and hobby.
• I am currently writing an application called Active Geohasher which will allow you to subscribe to graticules and be notified of their locations by daily email.
• I made my own google pin which i take to most geohashes.
• I love geohashing because it encourages me to visit places that i would not otherwise get to see. the fact that it's entirely random does not seem to matter to me!
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xkcd love

Macronencer asked me when i first got into xkcd and i didn't know. I honestly couldn't remember. I know i was already reading Sinfest and i have a feeling that one led to the other ...

Fortunately the xkcd urls are easy enough to do a quick binary search, and now i think i have an answer. Xkcd first caught my attention with Online Communities and i think i started reading regularly from Compiling onwards. So i guess around about mid-2007.

Monica

Monica is my hashscot. Monica is short for mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease. This makes sense when you know that monica is a giant microbe of the kissing disease!

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  Monica the kissing disease

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  Monica's natural habitat at home

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  Monica at Hedge End

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  Monica at Portland beach

Successful hashes

• 2009-05-30 50 -1: I went to Kensington Road, Gosport.
• 2009-06-28 50 -1: I met Macronencer at Hedge End recreation ground.
• 2009-07-27 50 -1: In romsey, about 500m from the train station. a nice evening out.
• 2009-08-08 50 -2: Portland Beach, Weymouth. My first geohash outside of Southampton, earning me Minesweeper level 1.

Sermoa's xkcd geohashes on google maps

Score card

	-2	-1	-0
52	x	x	x
51	x	x	x
50	1	3	x

Achievements

Location Achievements

Sermoa earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30.

Getting There Achievements

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30 via train and ferry.

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-08 via train and bus.

Geohash Fun & Games

Sermoa earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Human Interaction Achievements

Sermoa earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Laura to the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Macronencer at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Gratuitous Achievements

Sermoa earned the Musician Achievement by playing xaphoon at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

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

Sermoa earned the Hashdog Ribbon by playing ball with a dog at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Multiple geohash challenges

Sermoa achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Southampton, United Kingdom and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Sermoa earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 1 Saturday meetup.