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{{ASG|Y=1965|m=05|d=06|gender=m|lat=50|lon=-1}} | {{ASG|Y=1965|m=05|d=06|gender=m|lat=50|lon=-1}} | ||
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− | + | = Stats = | |
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|'''Real name''' | |'''Real name''' | ||
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|'''Home turf''' | |'''Home turf''' | ||
|[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/50.8874/-1.3104 approximately here] | |[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/50.8874/-1.3104 approximately here] | ||
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+ | |'''Trivia''' | ||
+ | |Mike can close his nose without touching it, which makes him fart-proof. He eats at least forty times his own body weight every century, is a part-time English language nitpicker, and loves writing, music, his son and Transhumanism - but not in that order. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Give him a pinch and he makes a pile. He is a full-time sceptic, part-time father, one-time rock star and all-time champion awful punster. | ||
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− | + | == Geohashing Song == | |
Mike has also written a song about Geohashing, and had it played on his local radio station. | Mike has also written a song about Geohashing, and had it played on his local radio station. | ||
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+ | Image:MacronencerRockinInRandomStill.png | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ih4V5uR1Mk Here's a link to the official video on YouTube] | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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[[Southampton, United Kingdom]] (home) <br/> | [[Southampton, United Kingdom]] (home) <br/> | ||
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[[Weymouth, United Kingdom]] (occasionally convenient)<br/> | [[Weymouth, United Kingdom]] (occasionally convenient)<br/> | ||
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* ''[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=YYYY-MM-DD&lat=LAT&long=LON&zoom=17&abs=1&t=h YYYY-MM-DD LAT LON DESCRIPTION] for REASON'' | * ''[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=YYYY-MM-DD&lat=LAT&long=LON&zoom=17&abs=1&t=h YYYY-MM-DD LAT LON DESCRIPTION] for REASON'' | ||
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* Do a DST-based [[Time-traveller achievement]] (there's a fair chance, as I'm not too far from the Greenwich Meridian). | * Do a DST-based [[Time-traveller achievement]] (there's a fair chance, as I'm not too far from the Greenwich Meridian). | ||
− | + | = Hash Log = | |
[http://bit.ly/macgeo Map of my expeditions on Google Maps - to 032]<br/> | [http://bit.ly/macgeo Map of my expeditions on Google Maps - to 032]<br/> | ||
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''All distances in km'' | ''All distances in km'' | ||
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''Note: only reached co-ordinates on standard hashes are counted here'' | ''Note: only reached co-ordinates on standard hashes are counted here'' | ||
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* [[User:Macronencer/PreviousYears|Previous years can be found here]] | * [[User:Macronencer/PreviousYears|Previous years can be found here]] | ||
− | + | = Long-term Intentions = | |
− | + | == Origin Displacement Retrohashes == | |
Earn various [[Displaced origin geohash achievement]]s (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!) | Earn various [[Displaced origin geohash achievement]]s (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!) | ||
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* Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs | * Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs | ||
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* Gain the [[Minesweeper Geohash]] ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule. | * Gain the [[Minesweeper Geohash]] ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule. | ||
− | + | == Completed! == | |
* Earn the [[Origin geohash achievement]] by visiting '''1965-05-06 51 0''' in a field near Chelmsford | * Earn the [[Origin geohash achievement]] by visiting '''1965-05-06 51 0''' in a field near Chelmsford | ||
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* Leave an xkcd sign that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV) | * Leave an xkcd sign that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV) | ||
− | + | = VERY long-term intentions = | |
* Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go. | * Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go. | ||
− | + | = Journal = | |
[[Macronencer/Journal_Archive_2009|Old journal entries archived here]] | [[Macronencer/Journal_Archive_2009|Old journal entries archived here]] | ||
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{{Two to the N achievement|count=4|date=2009-10-02|latitude=51|longitude=-0|name=Macronencer|reached=true}} | {{Two to the N achievement|count=4|date=2009-10-02|latitude=51|longitude=-0|name=Macronencer|reached=true}} | ||
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− | + | = Micronencer Achievements = | |
+ | ''(my son, who may get his own page one day!)'' | ||
2014-04-23 51 -0 | 2014-04-23 51 -0 | ||
* Land geohash | * Land geohash | ||
* Geotrash | * Geotrash | ||
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Revision as of 20:12, 2 March 2020
Macronencer
Contents
Stats
Real name | Mike |
Based in | Bursledon, Southampton, UK |
Education | Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986. |
Job | Software developer |
True vocation | Composer/Author (I'm working on both, just in case. When I go either blind or deaf, I'll know which way to turn...) |
xkcd history | Fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005 |
Home turf | approximately here |
Trivia | Mike can close his nose without touching it, which makes him fart-proof. He eats at least forty times his own body weight every century, is a part-time English language nitpicker, and loves writing, music, his son and Transhumanism - but not in that order. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Give him a pinch and he makes a pile. He is a full-time sceptic, part-time father, one-time rock star and all-time champion awful punster. |
Miscellany
Geohashing Song
Mike has also written a song about Geohashing, and had it played on his local radio station.
Hashscot
This is Chuck, my hashscot. Being one of the greatest adventuring scientists who ever lived, rather exhausted after his voyage on the Beagle, family tragedy and the years and years of work on his well-known book, this 200-year-old explorer decided to take it easy, and now travels to random locations with me.
He enjoys looking at the countryside on our travels, and gets rather animated when by chance we spy a finch or lowly earthworm. I often have to remind him to calm down before he punctuates his equilibrium. I am looking forward to the day when my bicycle chain breaks so I can ask him, in jocular fashion, to go and find the missing link.
Local Graticules
Southampton, United Kingdom (home)
Swindon, United Kingdom (convenient alternative)
Brighton, United Kingdom (possible alternative as I work near Fareham)
Weymouth, United Kingdom (occasionally convenient)
Planned Hashes
Standard Hashes
Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions
- Do a Buccaneer Geohash on Talk Like a Pirate Day (yyyy-09-19)
- Visit the hash point from the original comic: 2005-05-26 37 -122 - it's in the Mt. Tam state park near San Francisco.
- Do a DST-based Time-traveller achievement (there's a fair chance, as I'm not too far from the Greenwich Meridian).
Hash Log
Map of my expeditions on Google Maps - to 032
(GREEN = Successful / RED = CNR / BLUE = Special (Origin Geohash etc.)
Standard Hashes
All distances in km
Co-ordinates Reached | 27 | |
Co-ordinates NOT reached | 7 | |
Saturday 4pm Meetups | 6 | |
Total by ferry | 45 | |
Total by rail | 276 | |
Total by car | 3240 | |
Total by bike | 156 | |
Total on foot | 48 |
Seq# | ID | Location | Information | Meetups | |||||
034 | 2020-02-29 51 -1 | Bentley Wood, West Tytherley | 85 | 3 | |||||
033 | 2014-05-03 50 -1 | Berry Business Village, Hedge End | 6 | ||||||
032 | 2014-04-27 52 -0 | Biggleswade Rugby Club | 377 | ||||||
031 | 2014-04-23 51 -0 | Marlow, near Reading | 225 | 3 | |||||
030 | 2014-04-17 50 -1 | Fox and Hounds pub, Bursledon | 3 | ||||||
029 | 2013-03-24 50 -1 | Fritham, New Forest | 75 | 4 | |||||
028 | 2010-02-17 51 -0 | Thame, Oxfordshire | 10 | ||||||
027 | 2009-11-17 50 -1 | Forest of Bere | 24 | 1 | |||||
026 | 2009-10-31 50 -2 | Long Crichel, Blandford Forum | 130 | ||||||
025 | 2009-10-24 52 -1 | Aston-upon-Trent, near Derby | 86 | ||||||
024 | 2009-10-23 51 -1 | Hockley, Winchester | 55 | 1 | |||||
023 | 2009-10-18 51 -2 | West Kington, Chippenham | 241 | ||||||
022 | 2009-10-18 51 -3 | St. Bride's-Super-Ely, Cardiff | 76 | 1 | |||||
021 | 2009-10-13 50 -1 | Chandlers Ford, Southampton | 28 | ||||||
020 | 2009-10-11 51 -0 | Stedham, Midhurst | 138 | 2 | |||||
019 | 2009-10-02 51 -0 | Highmoor Cross, Reading | 197 | 4 | thepiguy,srs0 | ||||
018 | 2009-09-29 51 -1 | Ashmansworth, Hampshire | 132 | ||||||
017 | 2009-09-27 50 -1 | Eastleigh | 33 | 2 | davidc,Dee,JonRead | ||||
016 | 2009-09-18 50 -0 | South Harting | 100 | 4 | |||||
015 | 2009-09-13 50 -1 | Hilsea recreation ground | 43 | 3 | Maoi-taoi | ||||
014 | 2009-09-10 51 -1 | Litchfield | 136 | 6 | |||||
013 | 2009-09-06 50 -1 | Harbridge, New Forest | 63 | 46 | 2 | ||||
012 | 2009-09-02 50 -2 | Iwerne Minster | 195 | ||||||
011 | 2009-08-30 51 -1 | Barton Farm, Winchester | 59 | Mapaholic | |||||
010 | 2009-08-15 50 -1 | Bierley, Isle of Wight | 40 | 12 | 68 | DavidMiller | |||
009 | 2009-08-10 50 -1 | New Forest, near Hythe | 5 | 19 | 15 | ||||
008 | 2009-08-08 50 -2 | Chesil beach, Portland, Weymouth | 233 | 16 | 1 | ||||
007 | 2009-08-07 50 -1 | Field near Rockbourne | 9 | ||||||
006 | 2009-08-01 50 -2 | Charlton Marshall, Dorset | 148 | 1 | 04housemat,Mahahahaneapneap | ||||
005 | 2009-07-27 50 -1 | Romsey, Hampshire | 192 | 1 | |||||
004 | 2009-07-27 51 -0 | Flitwick, near Luton | 248 | ||||||
003 | 2009-07-22 50 -0 | The Road To Bognor | 93 | 2 | |||||
002 | 2009-07-18 50 -1 | Hambledon Cricket pilgrimage! | 49 | 9 | |||||
001 | 2009-06-28 50 -1 | Hedge End Recreation Ground | 5 | Sermoa |
Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions
Seq# | Date | ID | Location | Information |
R001 | 2009-07-27 | 1965-05-06 51 0 | Origin Geohash achievement In a field next to Hylands Park, Chelmsford |
Hashing Statistics
Note: only reached co-ordinates on standard hashes are counted here
Score Card - Complete History
-3 | -2 | -1 | -0 | |
52 | x | x | x | 1 |
51 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
50 | x | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Calendar - 2020 only
2020 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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Long-term Intentions
Origin Displacement Retrohashes
Earn various Displaced origin geohash achievements (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!)
Continent | Country | Hash | Comments | % Chance of success |
Europe | UK | 1965-05-06 50 -2 | Right on a footpath by a river in Dorchester | 99 |
Europe | UK | 1965-05-06 52 0 | Marginally within somebody's front garden, but arguably public as within GPS accuracy of public land | 85 |
Europe | UK | 1965-05-06 53 -1 | Next to a canal and the M62 near Sheffield. Sounds inaccessible, but satellite imagery makes it look relatively easy. | 80 |
Europe | UK | 1965-05-06 51 -3 | On a green (or the fairway?) on the Aberdare golf course near Cardiff in Wales :) | 70 |
Europe | UK | 1965-05-06 50 -1 | On the Isle Of Wight: 100m from path, in a field - needs careful permission planning | 30 |
Europe | Mallorca | 1965-05-06 39 3 | Next to a road but not ON it. Looks like an orchard. | 10 |
Undefined | Hawai'i | 1965-05-06 20 -156 | On Maui - therefore expensive to get to. Thought it was a short walk into the hills... but it seems it might be restricted access | 5 |
Other
- Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs
- One made out of ants (attempted on 2009-09-27 50 -1 without success)
- One in ASCII binary (probably already been done)
- One in Morse code (ditto)
- One in Turncode (something I've invented)
- Collar someone with a boat and do a big Water geohash, probably in the Solent, or the river Itchen or Hamble.
- Buy a small boat (kayak?) and do a small Water geohash, probably in a lake or small river.
- Gain the Minesweeper Geohash ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule.
Completed!
- Earn the Origin geohash achievement by visiting 1965-05-06 51 0 in a field near Chelmsford
- Leave an xkcd sign in Braille
- Leave an xkcd sign that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV)
VERY long-term intentions
- Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go.
Journal
Old journal entries archived here
Achievement Ribbons
Ongoing
Macronencer earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Two to the N achievement
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Macronencer earned the Two to the N achievement
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Completed
Macronencer earned the Ambassador achievement
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Macronencer earned the Ambassador achievement
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Macronencer earned the Circus Geohash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Drag-along achievement
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Macronencer earned the Drag-along achievement
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Macronencer earned the Drag-along achievement
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Macronencer earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Land geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Leap geohash achievement 2020
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Meet-up achievement
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Macronencer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Multihash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Multihash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Origin geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement
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Macronencer earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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Macronencer earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Macronencer earned the Speed racer achievement
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Consolation Prizes
Macronencer earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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Macronencer earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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Macronencer earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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Gratuitous Ribbons
Macronencer, Sermoa and DavidMiller earned the Card Game achievement
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Sermoa, Mapaholic and Macronencer earned the Halloween geohash
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Macronencer earned the Musician Achievement
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Sermoa, Macronencer, Mapaholic and DavidMiller earned the Party geohash
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Macronencer earned the Rubik's Achievement
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Micronencer Achievements
(my son, who may get his own page one day!)
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- Land geohash
- Geotrash
- Geohashers
- Geohashers in their 50s
- Geohashers in 50,-1
- Xkcd centurion achievement
- Minesweeper geohash achievement
- Two to the N achievement
- Ambassador achievement
- Circus geohash achievement
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Drag-along achievement
- Geotrash achievement
- Land geohash achievement
- Leap geohash achievement
- Meet-up achievement
- Midnight geohash achievement
- Multihash achievement
- Origin geohash achievement
- Phonebooth stuffing achievement
- Pub geohash achievement
- Public transport geohash achievement
- Speed racer achievement
- No trespassing consolation prize
- Gratuitous ribbon achievement