User:Thetuxone

Yay! I joined :D I got dragged in by xkcd: Geohashing :P Actually I heard of geohashing from another friend, but I haven't really done any geohashing. My graticule is 1,103. The page seems inactive now... D:

The geohash for 1,103 today is [here].

I like reading, computer programming, reading xkcd, science, astronomy, maths, goegraphy and French (yes, French, partly because it's so unpopular). It may come as a surprise that I joined, since I like indoor activities and all, but then again, I really should go out more. And I'm a scout, so of course I have to go out.

One of my favourite xkcd comics is Spirit. Randall makes the rover so cute! :D

I'm really quite into programming, astronomy and maths combined. For example, I'm writing a program with loads of astronomy functions, grouped by planet and then categorized. One of my shorter functions extracted directly from source code:

      case 4:
      printf("Enter month number and the day of the month.\n");
      scanf("%d %f", &m, &day);
      fprintf(output, "Month %d, Day %f\n", m, day);
      printf("Enter 1 for a leap year or 2 for a common year.\n");
      scanf("%d", &k);
      fprintf(output, "1 for leap year, 2 for common year: %d\n", k);
      n = floor(275*m/9) - k*floor((m+9)/12) + day -30;
      printf("Day number %d\n", n);
      fprintf(output, "Day number %d\n", n);
      break;

The code tells you which day of the year it is from the month and day number.

I wrote another program for calculating direct distance and bearings from 2 MRNs (assuming 1:50000 scale). But I probably won't include it here. I'm thinking of writing another program next time that converts Map Reference Numbers (for Singapore Topographical Maps) into geographical coordinates.

I think I should put a list of all my geohashing adventures below (if I actually do find the time to go for them). In fact, I already have.

Geohashing adventures I've been on

This list accurate as of 2010 December 16 (I prefer the astronomical format).

• None so far.