User:Macronencer

Real name: Mike Based in: Bursledon Education: Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986. Job: software developer True vocation: Media Composer (I'm working on it) xkcd history: fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005

Other information:

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 volunteer in the Lynne Truss militia, and loves skunks, his son and longevity research - 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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Local graticules

Southampton, United Kingdom (home)

Swindon, United Kingdom (convenient alternative)

Successful hashes

• 2009-06-28 50 -1: Hedge End recreation ground.
• 2009-07-18 50 -1: Between Hambledon and Clanfield

Statistics

Official xkcd meetups attended: 1

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 :|