User:Sermoa

44 / f / 51,-1

I live in Winchester. I am most likely to be found geohashing in the Southampton, Swindon, Weymouth or London West graticules.

About me

me and my google pin

• Real name: aimee.
• I like to spell my name in lower case.
• I use linux and mac osx and i will very likely use google chrome OS whenever it is available. windows can die.
• I've been typing on dvorak keyboard layout since around 2005.
• I'm a bit of a typography geek. Let's just say i can tell the difference between Helvetica and Arial. One i love and one i hate. But not as much as i hate Comic Sans, which seems to pop up almost everywhere i go!
• I'm a web programmer by profession and hobby.
• I am currently writing an application called Active Geohasher which will allow you to subscribe to graticules and be notified of their locations by daily email.
• I made my own google pin which i take to most geohashes.
• I love geohashing because it encourages me to visit places that i would not otherwise get to see. the fact that it's entirely random does not seem to matter to me!
• I have grown to love mediawiki through using this wiki!
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Successful hashes

View all my successful hashes on a map: Sermoa's xkcd geohashes

Date	Location	Comments	Achievements
2009-05-30	Kensington Road, Gosport	My first ever geohash, all by myself.
2009-06-28	Hedge End recreation ground	I met Macronencer for the first time. Music, juggling and rubik's cube solving.	Drag-along achievement (Laura)
2009-07-27	Duttons Road, Romsey	A nice evening out with Macronencer including a pub meal.
2009-08-08	Portland Beach, Weymouth	A lovely sunny Saturday meetup. My first geohash outside of the Southampton graticule.
2009-08-15	Bierley, Isle of Wight	A great day out on the Isle of Wight with Macronencer and DavidMiller. We were treated to some beautiful scenery.	Drag-along achievement (DavidMiller)
2009-08-30	Barton Farm, Winchester	The geohash landed at the car park of my place of work, giving me a Cubicle geohash achievement! Cause for a party at my office! :D It was also my first geohash in my home graticule.
2009-09-10	Litchfield, Hampshire	This was a Midnight Geohash meticulously planned by Macronencer who took me and Mapaholic. It was fun creeping through the tiny village late at night.
2009-09-13	Hilsea, Portsmouth	A fun geohash near Hilsea train station. The first geohash where i met another geohasher unexpectedly. Juggling, fire staff, cake, and a bit of public attention too!

Score card

	-2	-1	-0
52	x	x	x
51	x	2	x
50	1	5	x

Monica

Monica is my hashscot. Monica is short for mononucleosis, also known as the kissing disease. This makes sense when you know that monica is a giant microbe of the kissing disease!

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  Monica the kissing disease

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  Monica's natural habitat at home

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  Monica at Hedge End

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  Monica at Portland beach

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  Monica enjoying Bierley on the Isle of Wight

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  At Barton Farm, Winchester with Macronencer's Chuck.

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  Monica being overwhelmed by the huge playing field at Hilsea, Portsmouth

Achievements

Location Achievements

Sermoa earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30.

Sermoa earned the cubicle geohash achievement by working at the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.

Getting There Achievements

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-05-30 via train and ferry.

Sermoa earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -2) geohash on 2009-08-08 via train and bus.

Sermoa and David earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15 via a train, a ferry and three buses.

Sermoa earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30 on foot, travelling a distance of 1.46 miles.

Geohash Fun & Games

Sermoa earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by juggling at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Circus Geohash Achievement by performing handstands and cartwheels at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.

Sermoa earned the Hashcard achievement by sending a postcard of the hashpoint area to friends and family on the (50, -1) expedition on 2009-08-15.

Sermoa, Macronencer and DavidMiller earned the Picnic achievement by eating brioche at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.

Sermoa earned the Phonebooth stuffing achievement by helping stuff a phonebooth near the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-09-10.

Human Interaction Achievements

Sermoa earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Laura to the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging DavidMiller to the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.

Sermoa earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Macronencer at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Maoi-taoi at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-13.

Timing Achievements

Sermoa earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30, and previously on 2009-04-29.

Sermoa earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (51, -1) geohash on 2009-09-10 in the middle of the night.

Gratuitous Achievements

Sermoa earned the Musician Achievement by playing xaphoon at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Rubik's Achievement by solving a Rubik's cube at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa earned the Hashdog Ribbon by playing ball with a dog at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-06-28.

Sermoa, Macronencer and DavidMiller earned the Card Game achievement by playing cards at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-08-15.

Sermoa, Macronencer, Mapaholic and DavidMiller earned the Party geohash by throwing a mad-keen party at the Cubicle achievement (51, -1) geohash on 2009-08-30.

Multiple geohash challenges

Sermoa achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Sermoa earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 2 Saturday meetups.

xkcd love

Macronencer once asked me when i first got into xkcd and this is the answer: Xkcd first caught my attention with Online Communities and i think i started reading regularly from Compiling onwards. So i have been loving xkcd since around about mid-2007.