User:10d100h/Updates

2024-12-13

2024-12-13: still here, laughing at the amazing inaccessibility of this graticule

Plus, having joined the Discord server, I've done quite a bit of whining over there. The reachable points seem to all be in Orlando or Fort Myers, and when something does fall in what little I've seen of the metro, it happens to be in a house or, at least, in sight of a window glance.

2024-11-02

2024-11-02: kinda enjoying Tampa again, but might be unable to reach a hash this month

I returned home a week ago, but with me thinking of work and still being busy preparing to settle somewhere else, I don't think I'll find time to reach any hashes. By car, at least; I've had this bike for some months and I never really used it because it was too much for me and my legs to ride in high gear... until I inflated the tires as printed. I just have to get lucky that it doesn't fall within a house, because it most certainly will around here.

2024-10-10

2024-10-10: felt like doing Vehicle list; also, harsh as Milton was, I'm fine

I actually didn't witness Milton myself, as I'm in 38, -122 (Santa Rosa, CA), the result of being reeled into yet another "vacation". Home reports little damage, only debris that ended up on driveways and other houses; the main trouble is that infrastructure (cell towers, electricity) is lacking. I won't be back for some time, though, not because the flights aren't going, but because we plan to drive all the way.

2024-09-19

Got an actual GPS receiver today, a Garmin eTrex Solar.

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  It's...

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  something

As you might expect by name, this one is set apart from a solar block that can charge the thing, or put as much energy as it consumes under a great sun (which is basically Florida in the summer). Otherwise, a typical receiver, and obviously there's some troubles: everything, including tracklogs, seem to be in .fit (not .gpx for tracklogs); the buttons are kinda tough to push; very small internal memory and no SD cards, so if I'm somehow able to use the tracklogs I'll have to clear the thing maybe every week; you can't screenshot, so you better have a camera. However, I at least wanted it to locate me, and it does this very well, being able to use multiple systems to locate down to 2 meters.
Obviously, this doesn't mean I'll start geohashing a lot soon; Tampa's giving the gift of not giving, as ever. A nice thing to have, though. :)