User:Aperfectring

WARNING: This user is one of our infamous bot lords. He maintains AperfectBot, the dumb ape that keeps the current events page up to date with the latest in geohashing expeditions. It also updates the expeditions lists on date pages, and makes expedition lists for users upon requests. He can often be heard muttering about the varied stupid behaviors the dumb ape periodically makes.

41 / m / 45,-122

I have relocated to Portland, Oregon. I live very close to the western border of the graticule, so will likely go hashing in McMinnville, Oregon just about as much as Portland. I frequent the IRC channel as aperfectring, and apr.

My portal | My oregon trail log | My complete photo gallery | My abbreviated photo galleries

When I May Attend

• Workdays (weekdays, not including holidays and vacation) - So long as light holds out, I will make attempts which are near 45.5,-123 (within 10-15 miles), and seem to be decently accessible. I will be making these attempts after work, so won't be free before 5PM, and may not be free before sunset at all.
• Non-work weekdays - I will judge on a case-by-case basis. I'll try to be there at official meetup time, unless another one is scheduled.
• Saturdays - I will do my best to make attempts for the official meetup time.
• Sundays - Probably no geohashing, unless a very compelling location comes up.

Projects

I am maintaining the Notification program, notes here: User:Aperfectring/Notification

I am maintaining the bot which automates the creation of the list of upcoming geohashing expeditions, and user-specific expedition lists.

I came up with an idea about a website which will display a random geohashing picture. There would also likely be a "where in the world" quiz version allowing for some fun in guessing.

The "where" part seems to be a bad idea, so I am going to shoot for more of a "the prettiest" geohashing picture, in the vain of [1].

This now has its own page here: User:Aperfectring/Random_image_page

As a part of the above, I am working to categorize all of the images on the wiki. As of this post, there are more than 2500 left to be done. Since people post new pictures every day, it will be a race against them to get this complete! --aperfectring 07:42, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

On behalf of aperfectring, I avow that there are now between 2000 and 2500 files left to be categorized. --AperfectBot 23:17, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Projects actually related to going geohashing

1. Reach a hashpoint in the The Dalles, Oregon graticule. FYI: The official name of that city is "The City of The Dalles". It makes for some strangeness when referring to it... (Completed on 2010-02-15)
2. Complete a Bicycle geohash
3. Complete the minesweeper surrounding Portland.
4. Complete at least one geohash expedition (successfully reached coords or not) every month of 2010. List of qualifying points, first success if one exists, first failure if not.

• 2010-01-30
• 2010-02-15
• 2010-03-08
• 2010-04-13
• None in may =(.
• None in june =(.
• 2010-07-09.
• None in august =(.
• 2010-09-13 (unsuccessful)
• 2010-10-09 (unsuccessful)
• 2010-11-26 (unsuccessful)
• 2010-12-01

Questions

Q: Why did you have a lot of expeditions in Florida back in olden days?
A: I used to live there. In August/September of 2009 I moved to Oregon. In fact, I even have a geohash from the move in my list. Its the one in Colorado.

Q: What prompted you to move so far?
A: I firmly claim that it was completely geohashing related, and if reality doesn't agree, then it is reality that is lying to you.

Q: I like the bot(s) you have created, and wish to offer you <monetary or material reward>.
A: That's not a question. I didn't write these bots for gifts, and while the sentiment is appreciated, it is not necessary. I would prefer you use the <monetary or material reward> to somehow benefit geohashing as a whole.

Q: I like the bot(s) you have created, but would you add the ability to do <new functionality>?
A: The best place to ask for <new functionality> is on the bot's talk page. I will make comments on it there, and if I like it, I will add it to the TODO list.

Q: Why do you have an unhealthy hate of apes?
A: Ask that bloody dumb ape User:AperfectBot. I'm willing to bet the hate is mutual.

Q: You really seem to hate apes a lot, you know?
A: You would hate them too, if they tortured you as much as they do to me.

Q: Which came first, your hatred of apes or your hatred of AperfectBot?
A: Enough questions about this supposed hatred of apes! I only hate AperfectBot, and usually only when I am trying to teach it new tricks, or it crashed while I was at work.

Q: Has anyone ever actually asked you any of these questions?
A: That's it! Interview over! /me storms out of the wiki.

Records, Statistics, and Milestones

Updated: 2010-11-30

Geohashing attempts

• 1st: 2008-06-20
• 10th: 2009-11-07
• 20th: 2010-04-28
• 30th: Forthcoming
• Total: 26 (Limon wasn't attempted, it just sort of happened)

Coordinates reached

• 1st: 2008-07-18
• 10th: 2010-03-08
• 20th: Forthcoming (Who knows, I only got 10 a couple weeks ago!)
• Total: 16

Geohashers met

• Dtobias - Met at a hashpoint in a Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes
• Jiml - Went to dinner in Beaverton on a day when geohashing wasn't plausible
• Million zillion - Met in a Baskin Robbins parking lot to carpool to a hashpoint.
• Rhonda - Picked her up to carpool to a very Narnia-like hashpoint in a schoolyard in Vancouver (WA).

Graticules by attempts

• Portland, Oregon: 10
• Palm Beach, Florida: 5
• McMinnville, Oregon: 5
• Astoria, Oregon: 3
• Miami, Florida: 1
• Mt. St. Helens, Washington: 1
• The Dalles, Oregon: 1

Graticules by coordinates reached

• Portland, Oregon: 5
• McMinnville, Oregon: 4
• Astoria, Oregon: 2
• Palm Beach, Florida: 2
• Miami, Florida: 1
• Mt. St. Helens, Washington: 1
• The Dalles, Oregon: 1

Centicules progress

	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
9	2009-06-05						2009-06-28			2010-04-25
8										2009-11-02
7							2008-12-06
6		2010-04-20			2010-03-08				2010-02-15
5	2010-04-13	2009-12-06								2010-07-09
4
3			2010-07-30						2008-07-18
2
1			2009-11-07
0	2010-01-30							2010-07-31

Geohashes Attended

I usually have more pictures from the expedition, and usually have higher res versions of all the ones on the site, just ask.

This table is automagically created by User:AperfectBot. Find out how to set one up for yourself here.

Date	Grat Addr	Grat Name	People Met	Success/Failure	Description
2008-06-20	26 -80	Palm Beach, Florida		Failed	Just off of FL 701 (Bee Line Hwy) near the North Palm Beach County Airport....
2008-06-28	26 -80	Palm Beach, Florida		Failed	In the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the section which is not ope...
2008-07-18	26 -80	Palm Beach, Florida	Red cordial, Tim Tams	Succeeded	Right next to a detention pond in Boca Raton, FL
2008-12-06	26 -80	Palm Beach, Florida		Succeeded	In the northern part of the graticule, in the right of way for the road lea...
2009-06-04	45 -122	Portland, Oregon		Failed	Participants Aperfectring noticed that the point was in what appeared to ...
2009-06-05	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon		Succeeded	Participants Aperfectring woke early to check the coords and take a drive...
2009-06-28	25 -80	Miami, Florida	Million zillion, Dtobias	Succeeded	In a Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes
2009-07-04	26 -80	Palm Beach, Florida		Failed	On a sugar cane farm near Belle Glade.
2009-09-02	39 -103	Limon, Colorado	Aperfectring's mom	Failed	Right in the median of I-70 near Arriba, Colorado.
2009-11-01	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	Scaponia Recreation Area, Scapoose, Oregon
2009-11-07	46 -123	Astoria, Oregon		Succeeded	In what appears to be a field near Astoria.
2009-12-06	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim, Michael5000	Succeeded	Beaverton, Oregon. The Sunset High School baseball field.
2010-01-30	46 -122	Mt. St. Helens, Washington	Jim	Succeeded	Gobel, Oregon, near the Columbia River - in the woods. Near power lines th...
2010-02-11	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon	Jim	Failed	In a forested section of land near Banks, Oregon.
2010-02-15	45 -121	The Dalles, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	Near the Columbia River in The Dales, Oregon
2010-03-08	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Rhonda, Jim	Succeeded	Up on the Washington side of the river, to the east. Seems to be fairly cl...
2010-04-13	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	The 22500 block of SW Johnson, close to Century High School. It appears to ...
2010-04-20	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim, starbird	Succeeded	Along side a walking/biking path on Sauvie Island.
2010-04-25	45 -122	Portland, Oregon		Failed	In Gifford Pinchot National Forest along a National Forest road. Condition...
2010-04-25	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	In Camp Wilkerson Park, NE of Pittsburg, Oregon
2010-04-28	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim	Failed	Near the intersection of Cornell and Barnes out on the west side. Tax maps...
2010-07-09	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	A Farm parking lot near Hillsboro, Oregon
2010-07-30	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Michael5000, Jim	Succeeded	On the campus of Lakeridge High School, in Lake Oswego.
2010-07-31	46 -123	Astoria, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	Close to Hwy 47 Near Mist Oregon
2010-09-13	45 -122	Portland, Oregon		Failed	Appears to be inside a building in the St. Johns area of Portland.
2010-10-09	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	redaragorn, Jim	Succeeded	In a swampy area adjacent to Hwy 30 near St. Helens, Oregon.
2010-11-26	46 -123	Astoria, Oregon	Jim	Failed	Looks to be under some high-tension power lines near the Columbia River, up...
2010-12-01	45 -122	Portland, Oregon		Succeeded	South of Gresham, just off of a neighborhood road. The neighborhood looks ...
2010-12-05	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	Tualatin, Oregon, on a trampoline in a back yard
2010-12-07	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	Near the Zoo, between SW Canyon Court and Hwy 26. Appears to be on the SW ...
2010-12-12	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Michael5000	Succeeded	In an empty lot across the railroad tracks from a shopping mall in Milwauki...
2010-12-18	45 -122	Portland, Oregon		Succeeded	On a street corner in Aloha.
2010-12-31	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim	Succeeded	In what appears to be an apartment complex out near Troutdale.
2011-01-08	45 -123	McMinnville, Oregon		Failed	In the coast range about 3 miles off of the road through the nearest pass, ...
2011-02-04	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim, Michael5000, Mrs.5000	Succeeded	Bronson Road, which is right next to Hwy 26, between 185th and Cornell exit...
2011-04-23	63 18	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	APR's coworker	Succeeded	East of Örnsköldsvik on a hill/mountain, in some wooded area. For APR's re...
2011-05-21	52 14	Frankfurt (Oder), Germany	Ekorren, Mampfred, LadyBB, lyx, relet, Crox, {	Succeeded	A swamp in western Poland. Border jumping for all!
2011-09-11	45 -122	Portland, Oregon	Jim, relet, Lyx	Failed	Driveway of a vinyard near McMinnville

Achievements

These are arranged by color coding first, and alphabetically by achievement name second. I will only claim an achievement once with the following exceptions:

• Minesweeper - Only one per "region". Preferably none of the graticules will overlap between two claims of this.
• Virgin - If I get it for the graticule, I will take it
• Meet-up - If I meet someone new, they will get a ribbon. Everyone on the expedition where I meet someone new will be listed.

Possibly more to come to this list.

Aperfectring earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-12-06 at the maximum legal speed.

Aperfectring earned the Calendar girl achievement by taking compromising photographs for public consumption at the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-12-06.

Aperfectring earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Dtobias and Million zillion at the (25, -80) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Aperfectring earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Jiml at the (45, -123) geohash on 2009-11-01.

Aperfectring earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Rhonda and Jiml at the (45, -122) geohash on 2010-03-08.

aperfectring earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission from Jeff to access the (46, -122) geohash on 2010-01-30.

Aperfectring earned the Curse of Unawareness Consolation Prize by reaching the (39, -103) geohash on 2009-09-02 without knowing it was there.

Aperfectring earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-12-06.

Aperfectring earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (26, -80) geohash on 2008-07-18.

Aperfectring earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (45, -122) geohash on 2009-12-06 via TriMet MAX Blue Line.

Aperfectring earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2010-07-30.

Aperfectring earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (46, -123) geohash on 2010-07-31.

Aperfectring earned the Admit One Achievement

by paying $30 (US) to access the (26, -80) geohash at Lion Country Safari on 2008-12-06.

Aperfectring achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Palm Beach, Florida and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Aperfectring achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Portland, Oregon and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Gratuitous Ribbons

Rhonda, aperfectring, and jiml earned the Narnia achievement by finding a single lamp post in a forest at the hash point (45, -122) geohash on 2010-03-08.