User:Swensonj

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Userboxes SwensonJ & wife 47 / m / 42,-90 Attempted expeditions: 17 Successful expeditions: 16 Failure: no trespassing: 1 Successful retrohashes: 3 Successful puppet master geohashes: 1 Babel en This user is a native speaker of English. en-5 This user is able to contribute with a professional level of English. es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español. Erdős 5 This user has Erdős number 5 Graticule map N\W -93 -92 -91 -90 -89 45 44 43 42

Identification

This user is James Swenson, a mathematician from Platteville, Wisconsin, USA.

My home graticule is Dubuque, Iowa. Its hashpoint for 2024-11-28 is (42.6199548, -90.0330538) -- see peeron map or Small Hash Inquiry Tool.

Map of SwensonJ's expeditions, automatically generated by RedHatter's excellent [geomap] script: see User:RedHatter/Geomap

Today's locations of interest

<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="1998-07-18"></mapimg>	<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="2024-11-28"></mapimg>	<mapimg lat="42" lon="-90" date="1977-02-25"></mapimg>
Wedding anniversary geohash achievement	2024-11-28	Displaced origin geohash achievement
42.4681457, -90.6385483	42.0146784, -90.2832807	42.7898394, -90.7934811

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Expeditions

See expeditions listed by county!

Attempted geohashes

2013-04-21 42 -90, Red School Road, south of Elk Grove, Wisconsin: success!

2013-04-14 42 -90, along NW Arterial near John F. Kennedy Road, Dubuque, Iowa: successful Puppet Master Geohash!

2013-01-23 42 -90, Pine Grove Road, northwest of Platteville, Wisconsin: success!

2013-01-06 42 -90, North Road, north of Galena, Illinois: success!

2013-01-05 42 -90, off County Road N, east of Beetown, Wisconsin: success!

2012-12-28 44 -93, Bluestem Avenue, Shakopee, Minnesota: success!

2012-12-26 45 -92, on Elbow Lake Road, south of Siren, Wisconsin: success!

2012-12-08 42 -90, on Laird Lane, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, north of Benton: success!

2012-12-06 44 -91, on Carimona Street at 6th Street, Winona, Minnesota: success!

2012-11-24 42 -89 Cornfield NW of Belleville, Wisconsin: success!

2012-10-13 42 -89 Farmland east of Darlington, Wisconsin, off County Highway M: success!

2012-10-12 43 -89 Farmland west of Governor Nelson State Park, Dane County, Wisconsin: success!

2012-10-06 42 -91 Volga River State Recreation Area, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa North graticule: success!

2012-10-06 42 -90 Off County Hwy A, west of Lancaster, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-25 42 -90 Kennedy Mall parking lot; Dubuque, Iowa: success!

2012-09-21 43 -90 Northeast of Fennimore, Wisconsin: success!

2012-09-18 42 -90 Elk Grove, Wisconsin: failure: no trespassing

2012-09-16 42 -90 West of Mineral Point, Wisconsin: success!

Successful Retrohashes

1977-02-25 42 -90, for the Displaced origin geohash achievement in the Dubuque, Iowa graticule, off County Road N, east of Beetown, Wisconsin.

1977-02-25 44 -93, for the Origin geohash achievement in the Minneapolis SW, Minnesota graticule, in a snowy field north of Cologne, Minnesota.

1977-02-25 43 -90, for the Displaced origin geohash achievement in the Sparta, Wisconsin graticule, just off the road along State Highway 27 south of Melvina, Wisconsin.

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SwensonJ earned the Regional geohashing achievement by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Lafayette County, Wisconsin.

SwensonJ earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Dubuque, Iowa (42, -90) graticule on state level.

SwensonJ earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (42, -89) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2012-10-13.

SwensonJ earned the Velociraptor Baiting Achievement by dragging a guest into a raptor ambush at the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the XKCD-100 Achievement by voyaging 107 miles to reach the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.

Other Achievements

SwensonJ earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-04-21.

SwensonJ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2013-01-05.

SwensonJ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2012-10-12.

SwensonJ earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25, and previously on 2012-07-25.

SwensonJ earned the Displaced origin geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -90) geohash for 1977-02-25 on 2012-12-05 after being born on 1977-02-25 in the (44, -93) graticule.

SwensonJ earned the Displaced origin geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash for 1977-02-25 on 2013-01-05 after being born on 1977-02-25 in the (44, -93) graticule.

SwensonJ earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging his mom, dad, wife, and kids to the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-11-24.

SwensonJ has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-25 without really trying.

SwensonJ earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-12-06.

SwensonJ earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 while the temperature was 17 °F.

SwensonJ earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the (43, -89) geohash on 2012-10-12.

SwensonJ earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the (44, -91) geohash on 2012-12-06.

SwensonJ earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the Hashdogball Achievement by throwing a ball for a friendly dog on the way to (42, -90) geohash on 2012-10-06.

SwensonJ earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-16.

SwensonJ earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (43, -90) geohash on 2012-09-21 in the middle of the night.

SwensonJ earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting an officer while attempting the (43, -90) geohash on 1977-02-25.

SwensonJ earned the Pseudomultihash achievement by visiting the retrohash 1977-02-25 42 -90 and the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-01-05.

SwensonJ earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement by manipulating his wife and daughter to reach the (42, -90) geohash on 2013-04-14.

SwensonJ earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (45, -92) geohash on 2012-12-26 at 55 miles per hour.

SwensonJ earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by David to geohash in Lafayette going to the (42, -89) geohash on 2012-10-13.

Consolation Prizes

SwensonJ earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (42, -90) geohash on 2012-09-18.

Is it true that this user earned the Curse of Unawareness? In principle, yes. But it's for a Displaced origin geohash achievement, and retrohashes are ineligible; in fact, he eventually went there (1977-02-25 43 -90).

Is it true that this user earned the Speed racer achievement? In principle, yes. But it was not a road, but a parking lot, with no posted speed limit; also, you can't read the photo (2012-09-25 42 -90).

Progress Tracking

SwensonJ achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Sparta, Wisconsin and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

SwensonJ has earned 7 GeoSquishy stars by enjoying frozen carbonated beverages.

SwensonJ earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 4 Saturday meetups.

Challenge

SwensonJ issued a challenge for the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by geohashing in a place named Volga River (State Recreation Area) from the (42, -91) geohash on 2012-10-06.

GeoSquishy Templates

I've got a couple of ribbon templates for tracking GeoSquishy progress: you can see them at User:Swensonj/template/SquishyStars and User:Swensonj/template/SquishyProgress. If you're good with the wiki stuff, I'd like a bit of help with these. (How come my plural detection doesn't work?)

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