Difference between revisions of "User:Julianaxiodite"
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<li>I love my wife more than geohashing, so I make sacrifices.<span style="font-size:10px">She makes sacrifices, too, and much more consequential.</span></li> | <li>I love my wife more than geohashing, so I make sacrifices.<span style="font-size:10px">She makes sacrifices, too, and much more consequential.</span></li> | ||
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| − | <li>I don't own a reliable GPS device</li> | + | <li>I don't own a reliable GPS device.</li> |
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| − | <li>I bought a $30 one using some birthday money in 2012, but, to my dismay, it didn't seem to work... at all</li> | + | <li>I bought a $30 one using some birthday money in 2012, but, to my dismay, it didn't seem to work... at all. It might be worth another shot.</li> |
| − | <li>I was gifted an iPod touch for Christmas in 2012, which I thought would lead me to greater success in geohashing, until I learned about its GPS deficiency</li> | + | <li>I was gifted an iPod touch for Christmas in 2012, which I thought would lead me to greater success in geohashing, until I learned about its GPS deficiency.</li> |
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<p>I hope to one day be a better equipped and more active hasher, but that day seems like it is still a long way off.</p> | <p>I hope to one day be a better equipped and more active hasher, but that day seems like it is still a long way off.</p> | ||
| − | <h3>Lame attempts and | + | <h3>Lame attempts and questionable "achievements"</h3> |
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<li>My first attempt on 2013-02-26. I think I get credit for this.</li> | <li>My first attempt on 2013-02-26. I think I get credit for this.</li> | ||
{{land geohash | latitude = 40 | longitude = -111 | date = 2013-02-26 | name = Julianaxiodite | }} | {{land geohash | latitude = 40 | longitude = -111 | date = 2013-02-26 | name = Julianaxiodite | }} | ||
<li>My second attempt on 2013-09-30, for which I don't deserve credit, but which still felt like a minor victory of sorts.</li> | <li>My second attempt on 2013-09-30, for which I don't deserve credit, but which still felt like a minor victory of sorts.</li> | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 14 November 2013
I habitually click the Geohash link on my bookmark toolbar to see where that day's hash is.
I never go, and I have my reasons:
- I am an office worker with a wife and 4 small kids who expect me to be home in the evenings
- My wife has not caught the spirit of Geo-hashing and does not appreciate the allure.
- As a consequence, extra outings and away time chasing after elusive randomly-generated GPS coordinates doesn't seem like a good use of time.
- I love my wife more than geohashing, so I make sacrifices.She makes sacrifices, too, and much more consequential.
- I don't own a reliable GPS device.
- I bought a $30 one using some birthday money in 2012, but, to my dismay, it didn't seem to work... at all. It might be worth another shot.
- I was gifted an iPod touch for Christmas in 2012, which I thought would lead me to greater success in geohashing, until I learned about its GPS deficiency.
So why do I compulsively check the daily hashpoint?
- Perhaps for the spirit of adventure it breathes into a life too full of monotony and tedium.
- Perhaps because it makes for a nice twenty minutes of distraction at work.
- Perhaps because some days, some times, it actually feels achievable even in spite of my obstacles.
I hope to one day be a better equipped and more active hasher, but that day seems like it is still a long way off.
Lame attempts and questionable "achievements"
- My first attempt on 2013-02-26. I think I get credit for this.
- by reaching the (40, -111) geohash on 2013-02-26.
- My second attempt on 2013-09-30, for which I don't deserve credit, but which still felt like a minor victory of sorts.
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Julianaxiodite earned the Land geohash achievement
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