User:Swensonj

Userboxes SwensonJ & wife 47 / m / 42,-90 Attempted expeditions: 21 Successful expeditions: 20 Failure: no trespassing: 1 Successful retrohashes: 3 Successful puppet master hashes: 1 Erdős 5 This user has Erdős number 5 Graticule map N\W -93 -92 -91 -90 -89 45 44 43 42

Identification

This user is James Swenson, a mathematician from Platteville, Wisconsin, USA.

My home graticule is Dubuque, Iowa. Its hashpoint for 2024-11-24 is (42.3551281, -90.6005570) -- see peeron map or Small Hash Inquiry Tool.

Out-of-date map of SwensonJ's expeditions, automatically generated by RedHatter's excellent [geomap] script: see User:RedHatter/Geomap

Today's locations of interest

<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="1998-07-18"></mapimg>	<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="2024-11-24"></mapimg>	<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="1977-02-25"></mapimg>
Wedding anniversary geohash achievement	2024-11-24	Displaced origin geohash achievement
42.4681457, -90.6385483	42.3551281, -90.6005570	42.7898394, -90.7934811

Expeditions

See expeditions listed by county!

Attempted geohashes

2013-05-21 42 -89, Dog Hollow Road between Jordan-Wiota Road and Duncan Hill Road, Jordan Township, Green County, Wisconsin: success!

2013-05-20 42 -90, Circle Road north of Lancaster, Wisconsin: success!

2013-05-11 42 -91, Timberlane Road north of 3rd Avenue, Guttenberg, Iowa: success!

2013-05-04 43 -89, parking lot, 1221 John Q Hammons Drive, Madison, Wisconsin: success!

2013-04-21 42 -90, Red School Road, south of Elk Grove, Wisconsin: success!

2013-04-14 42 -90, along NW Arterial near John F. Kennedy Road, Dubuque, Iowa: successful Puppet Master Geohash!

2013-01-23 42 -90, Pine Grove Road, northwest of Platteville, Wisconsin: success!

2013-01-06 42 -90, North Road, north of Galena, Illinois: success!

2013-01-05 42 -90, off County Road N, east of Beetown, Wisconsin: success!

2012-12-28 44 -93, Bluestem Avenue, Shakopee, Minnesota: success!

2012-12-26 45 -92, on Elbow Lake Road, south of Siren, Wisconsin: success!

2012-12-08 42 -90, on Laird Lane, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, north of Benton: success!

2012-12-06 44 -91, on Carimona Street at 6th Street, Winona, Minnesota: success!

2012-11-24 42 -89 Cornfield NW of Belleville, Wisconsin: success!

2012-10-13 42 -89 Farmland east of Darlington, Wisconsin, off County Highway M: success!

2012-10-12 43 -89 Farmland west of Governor Nelson State Park, Dane County, Wisconsin: success!

2012-10-06 42 -91 Volga River State Recreation Area, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa North graticule: success!

2012-10-06 42 -90 Off County Hwy A, west of Lancaster, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-25 42 -90 Kennedy Mall parking lot; Dubuque, Iowa: success!

2012-09-21 43 -90 Northeast of Fennimore, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-18 42 -90 Elk Grove, Wisconsin: failure: no trespassing

2012-09-16 42 -90 West of Mineral Point, Wisconsin: success!

Successful Retrohashes

1977-02-25 42 -90, for the Displaced origin geohash achievement in the Dubuque, Iowa graticule, off County Road N, east of Beetown, Wisconsin.

1977-02-25 44 -93, for the Origin geohash achievement in the Minneapolis SW, Minnesota graticule, in a snowy field north of Cologne, Minnesota.

1977-02-25 43 -90, for the Displaced origin geohash achievement in the Sparta, Wisconsin graticule, just off the road along State Highway 27 south of Melvina, Wisconsin.

Tempted, But Not Attempted

2013-05-14 42 -90 This one is really disappointing: it's about 3 miles from my office, but I still probably can't get away long enough.

2013-05-21 global This globalhash is just barely outside the radius of stupidity -- it's even the one for Geohashing Day!

Expedition resources

To start a new expedition page, copy:

{{subst:Expedition
  |lat = 42
  |lon = -90
  |date = 2013-01-06
}}

DOT County maps:

• Illinois
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin

Vague Goals Without Deadlines

Roughly in priority order:

Wedding anniversary geohash achievement at hash in Rockford, Illinois
Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Quad Cities, Iowa
Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Madison, Wisconsin
Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Displaced origin geohash achievement at hash in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Wedding anniversary geohash achievement at hash in Rapid City, South Dakota

Ribbons

Favorite Achievements

SwensonJ earned the 2013 Geohashing Day achievement by eating cake near the hashpoint in the (42, -89) graticule on May 21st 2013.

SwensonJ earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching the 2012-10-06 42 -90 and 2012-10-06 42 -91 geohashes on 2012-10-06.

SwensonJ earned the Origin geohash achievement by reaching the (44, -93) geohash for 1977-02-25 on 2012-12-28.

SwensonJ earned the Pseudomultidragafreezeatron Achievement by avoiding crossing his tracks while dragging his father and brother home from his freezing origin retrohash after first making them stop at the (44, -93) geohash on 2012-12-28.

SwensonJ earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S.A..

SwensonJ earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

SwensonJ earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Dubuque, Iowa (42, -90) graticule on state level.

SwensonJ earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (42, -89) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2012-10-13.

SwensonJ earned the Velociraptor Baiting Achievement by dragging a guest into a raptor ambush at the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by voyaging 107 miles to reach the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.

Other Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-04-21.

SwensonJ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-10-12.

SwensonJ earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25, and previously on 2012-07-25.

SwensonJ earned the Displaced origin geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -90) geohash for 1977-02-25 on 2012-12-05 after being born on 1977-02-25 in the (44, -93) graticule.

SwensonJ earned the Displaced origin geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash for 1977-02-25 on 2013-01-05 after being born on 1977-02-25 in the (44, -93) graticule.

SwensonJ earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his mom, dad, wife, and kids to the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-11-24.

SwensonJ has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25 without really trying.

SwensonJ earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-12-06.

SwensonJ earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 while the temperature was 17 °F.

SwensonJ earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.

SwensonJ earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-12-06.

SwensonJ earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the Hashdogball Achievement by throwing a ball for a friendly dog on the way to (42, -90) geohash on 2012-10-06.

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -90) geohash on 2012-09-21 in the middle of the night.

SwensonJ earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting an officer while attempting the (43, -90) geohash on 1977-02-25.

SwensonJ earned the Pseudomultihash achievement by visiting the retrohash 1977-02-25 42 -90 and the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-01-05.

SwensonJ earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating his wife and daughter to reach the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-04-14.

SwensonJ earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 at 55 miles per hour.

SwensonJ earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by David to geohash in Lafayette going to the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-10-13.

Consolation Prizes

SwensonJ earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-18.

Is it true that this user earned the Curse of Unawareness? In principle, yes. But it's for a Displaced origin geohash achievement, and retrohashes are ineligible; in fact, he eventually went there (1977-02-25 43 -90).

Is it true that this user earned the Speed racer achievement? In principle, yes. But it was not a road, but a parking lot, with no posted speed limit; also, you can't read the photo (2012-09-25 42 -90).

Progress Tracking

SwensonJ achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Sparta, Wisconsin and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

SwensonJ has earned 7 GeoSquishy stars by enjoying frozen carbonated beverages.

SwensonJ earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 7 Saturday meetups.

Challenge

SwensonJ issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Volga River (State Recreation Area) from the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.

GeoSquishy Templates

I've got a couple of ribbon templates for tracking GeoSquishy progress: you can see them at User:Swensonj/template/SquishyStars and User:Swensonj/template/SquishyProgress. If you're good with the wiki stuff, I'd like a bit of help with these. (How come my plural detection doesn't work?)