User:Hessophanes

CS student, open source aficionado and Debian volunteer (though I currently lack the time to do much for them), originally from Hannover but studying and living in Berlin for the time being.

I'm hashing mainly in Berlin and the surrounding graticules and plan and announce my hashing attempts well in advance, so meeting me by chance is rather unlikely. What's more (unless the hash is so close that the detour is negligible) I usually don't hash alone - it's not even half the fun, and the possibilities what the countryside in Brandenburg may look like are very limited.

Time and again I might use my car to reach a hash. As I tend to forget to leave a "xkcd" note behind the windshield: if you see a green car with a H- license plate near a hash, that might be mine.

When I'm not hashing, I reverse-engineer binaries (although I must admit that I'm a x86 sissy, with only minimal m68k, ppc and sparc experience), administer a mid-size university lab or search the linux kernel for bugs in the network stack.

Plans for the wiki? Nah, not me. I'll just sit in my little corner, work on my regiohash tool now and then and be content and quiet.

Geohashes

25 / m / 52,13

• (2008/09/19 @ 52,13) Arrr, ye better not cross our path...
• (2008/09/20 @ 52,13) The journey to the fake beach
• (2008/09/29 @ 52,12) A TV show, a raptor massacre and plenty of ammunition (No, I'm not talking about Primeval!)
• (2008/10/12 @ 52,13) A Sunday's visit to the German and European Patent Offices
• (2008/10/16 @ 52,13) Whew, that was a close one. A few days later and I wouldn't have lived there any more.
• (2008/10/19 @ 52,13 & 53,12 & 52,12) Multihashing in three German states

Achievements...

Hessophanes earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19 at the maximum legal speed.

Hessophanes earned the Pub Geohash Achievement by visiting a pub visible from the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Buccaneer Geohash Achievement by dressing and cursing like a pirate at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-19.

Hessophanes earned the Picnic achievement by eating cookies at the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-09-20.

Hessophanes earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Sneak at the (52, 12) geohash on 2008-09-29.

Hessophanes earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention

by living near the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-16.

Hessophanes earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-16 in the middle of the night.

Hessophanes earned the Police Geohash Achievement by meeting an officer while attempting the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-16.

Hessophanes earned the Déjà Vu Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-16, and previously on 2008-09-20.

Hessophanes earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 3 hash points on 2008-10-19. It's a Triple Hash.

... regional geohash progress...

(cf. User:Hessophanes/Regiohashing)

... and consolation prizes

Hessophanes earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2008-10-12.