User:RocketMac
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About Me
I am a Mac geek (former Apple employee (twice)) and current Apple Certified Trainer/Consultant/Technician) living near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
I know I'm late to the geohashing game, but I dig it a lot.
My house is less than two miles South/Southwest from the 43, -88 graticule, but I'm originally from Naperville, IL so the 42, -88 suits me just fine.
Geohashing 101 Geocache
I created a Geohashing 101 Geocache cache to introduce my local geocachers to geohashing and these pages contains all the info.
Notable Accomplishments
On August 22nd, 2011 (my second expedition) I managed to hit a five stop multihash on my way from Milwaukee to Minneapolis.
From June 16th to June 18th, 2012, I hit geohashes on three days in a row in three different graticules and in three different states.
On July 16th, 2012, I was the first person to visit a hash in Las Vegas, NV while in town to play in the World Series of Poker.
On September 23rd, 2012, I reached a hash in 42,-89 completing the Minesweeper Geohash and Déjà Vu achievements.
GeoSquishy points: 15
States Visited
- Wisconsin: 42,-87 // 42,-88 // 43,-87 // 43,-88 // 43,-89 // 44,-91 // 44,-87
- Illinois: 41,-87 // 42,-87 // 42,-88 // 41,-88 // 41,-89 // 42,-89
- Minnesota: 45,-93
- Texas: 29,-95
- Missouri: 38,-90
- Nevada: 36,-115
Expeditions
-93 | -92 | -91 | -90 | -89 | -88 | -87 | |
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45 | 1 | 0 | |||||
44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
43 | 0 | 2 | 8* | 5 | |||
42 | 1 | 8+ | 10 | ||||
41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
*includes proxy find via puppet +includes retrohash |
Total: 52
2013
- 2013-05-21 44 -87 - Enjoyed a GeoSquishy on Geohashing Day 2013 in Green Bay.
- 2013-03-04 42 -87 - Avoided a hassle with the "fuzz" in an airport parking lot.
- 2013-02-06 42 -87 - Flew past a hashpoint on the side of the freeway.
2012
- 2012-12-12 43 -88 - Played hookie from work to find a geocache and geohash on 12/12/12.
- 2012-10-25 43 -88 - Watching kids play soccer in the pre-rain drizzle at a park.
- 2012-10-17 43 -88 - An easy geosquishy on my way home
- 2012-09-23 42 -89 - Completed my Minesweeper achievement with a hash three miles from my last attempt.
- 2012-09-18 38 -90 -
Trip to St. Louis cancelled with a hashpoint right near my hotel. - 2012-07-16 36 -115 - Dragged the wife and a cabbie to a pub geohash in Vegas while in town for the WSOP
- 2012-06-18 38 -90 - A hike through the woods and geocache before dinner with friends.
- 2012-06-22 42 -89 -
Chose not to trespass on a farm in the dark to finish Minesweeper. - 2012-06-22 41 -89 - Stopped at a cornfield at sunset on the way home from St. Louis.
- 2012-06-17 41 -88 - Visiting my dad on Father's Day and dragging my parents to a hash.
- 2012-06-16 43 -88 - Trying to convince a friend to geohash while geohashing.
- 2012-06-06 42 -88 - Visiting a hardware store parking lot.
- 2012-05-31 42 -88 - A quick drive-by before my "last meal."
- 2012-05-10 43 -87 - A easy hashpoint before meeting The Wyf for dinner.
- 2012-05-21 Milwaukee, WI -
My first Geohashing Day! - 2012-05-10 43 -87 - A easy hashpoint before meeting The Wyf for drinks.
- 2012-05-09 42 -87 - Used the hash as a random dinner generator with The Wyf.
- 2012-04-06 41 -88 - Rural road West of Aurora on the way back from St. Louis
- 2012-04-05 38 -90 - Between a park and the freeway in St. Louis
- 2012-03-08 44 -91 - Wandered onto the driveway of an abandoned(?) farmhouse on his way home from Minneapolis
- 2012-03-01 41 -87 - Found a hashpoint and won a charity poker tournament for his camp!
- 2012-02-05 43 -88 - Drive-through TRON Achievement in semi-formal attire
- 2012-02-04 41 -88 -
Another failed attempt at a Saturday meetup with Evil Uncle Nomo and his wife - 2012-01-28 42 -87 -
Too busy cleaning to join Evil Uncle Nomo and his wife at a Saturday Meetup - 2012-01-22 42 -87 - Used the hash as a random lunch generator with the wife.
- 2012-01-18 42 -87 - Made a father and son uncomfortable.
- 2012-01-08 42 -88 - Birthday cake and contemplation alongside farmland in Eagle.
- 2012-01-01 42 -87 - A park near home and only a few miles from yesterday's hash.
2011
- 2011-12-31 42 -87 - A rain reservoir near two Park-and-Ride lots.
- 2011-12-29 42 -87 - A cluster of trees in an industrial park South of the airport.
- 2011-12-22 43 -88 -
A patch of farmland in Pewaukee, WI at lunchtime - 2011-12-21 43 -87 - A small strip of grass in an urban area on the way to date night
- 2011-12-19 42 -88 - A drive-through visit in New Berlin, WI that I calculated by hand
- 2011-12-17 42 -88 - A cul-de-sac in Franklin, Wisconsin at midnight with the wife
- 2011-12-11 42 -87 - A park in Evanston, IL with a sled hill and a geocache
- 2011-12-08 43 -89 - Small rural road after stopping for dinner at Moosejaw Pizza and Beer
- 2011-12-05 43 -89 -
Behind a treeline in the Wisconsin Dells - 2011-11-30 29 -95 - A small wooded area behind a gas station near Houston, Texas
- 2011-11-29 43 -88 - An easy visit at an intersection in downtown Wauwatosa
- 2011-10-28 42 -88 - An easy visit at the edge of a road near shopping for dinner supplies
- 2011-10-22 43 -87 - Used the day's hashpoint as a random adventure generator with the Wyf
- 2011-10-17 42 -88 - Retrohash: Didn't make actual date, but spent the rest of week at client site a mile away
- 2011-10-14 43 -88 - I sent a puppet out to find a hash less than five miles from her dorm at college
- 2011-10-13 43 -87 - The parking lot of a labor union headquarters
- 2011-10-09 42 -88 - A corn field in Harvard, IL
- 2011-10-07 43 -87 - The rear parking lot of a country club
- 2011-08-25 - On the way home I tried two more graticules at dusk/dark
- 44 -92 - A corn field at dusk with the edge of a sunset and a sky full of stars
- 43 -90 -
Couldn't find a safe route and settled for parking on the freeway nearby
- 2011-08-22 - I visited five hashes on my trip from Milwaukee to Minneapolis for work
- 43 -88 - A senior living apartment near home
- 43 -89 - The parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly near Madison
- 44 -90 -
A near-miss of the hash on private property in scary "ya got a purty mouth" territory - 45 -92 -
A near-miss of the hash on private property in breathtakingly beautiful farm land - 45 -93 - Mere feet from the hash at the edge of someone's house
- 2011-08-06 42 -88 - My first excursion was the 42, -88 event on 2011-08-05
Achievements
RocketMac earned the 2013 Geohashing Day achievement
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RocketMac earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Police Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention
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RocketMac earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
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RocketMac achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention
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RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Restricted area achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash
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RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash
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RocketMac earned the It's a kitty consolation prize
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This user earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement
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RocketMac earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Pocket Rocket Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Tron achievement
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RocketMac earned the Formal attire achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac earned the Keanu Barada Niktwhoa Award
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RocketMac earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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RocketMac earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Poetic Irony Award
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac kinda earned the Pub Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Teacher's Pet Award
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RocketMac earned the Pseudo Celebrity Status award
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RocketMac earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention
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RocketMac earned the Raptor Evasion Achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize
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RocketMac earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement
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RocketMac earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
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RocketMac earned the Drag-along achievement
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RocketMac earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize
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RocketMac earned the It's a kitty consolation prize
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RocketMac earned the Puppet Master Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Last man standing achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Multihash Achievement
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RocketMac earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize
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RocketMac earned the Multihash Achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the No trespassing consolation prize
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RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement
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RocketMac earned the Hash collision achievement
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- Geohashers
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- Geohashers in 42,-88
- Geohashing Day achievement
- Geosquishy achievement
- Admit one achievement
- Police geohash achievement
- Speed racer achievement
- Easy geohash
- Hash collision achievement
- Déjà vu geohash achievement
- Minesweeper geohash achievement
- Drag-along achievement
- Pub geohash achievement
- Prize poultry consolation prize
- Consecutive geohash achievement
- Restricted area achievement
- It's a kitty consolation prize
- OpenStreetMap achievement
- Gratuitous ribbon achievement
- Tron achievement
- Formal attire achievement
- Frozen geohash achievement
- Birthday geohash achievement
- No trespassing consolation prize
- A Tale of Two Hashes achievement
- Midnight geohash achievement
- No batteries geohash achievement
- Blinded by science consolation prize
- Puppet master geohash achievement
- Last man standing achievement
- Multihash achievement
- There might be alligators! consolation prize
- Land geohash achievement