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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Another Good “How I got hooked…” Story
I love a good story about how people got hooked into Geocaching. They’re usually pretty funny and I know you people can relate. They also tend to come with those “WTF were you thinking?!?” questions from muggle family members. This … Continue reading
Posted in For the Newbies, Geocaching, In the News/Blogosphere
Tagged Geocaching, Getting Started, Learning, Newbies
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Interview With Marko Ramius: The Reviewer (part 2)
The Setup In the first article on Re-Introducing the 3rd Player: The Reviewer I just covered a few basics. This time around I have a bona-fide Reviewer who was kind enough to indulge me a few questions on your behalf. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, For the Newbies, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged Education, Geocaching, Getting Started, Learning, Newbies
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New Geocaching.Com GPS Reviews Feature
Have you noticed the “GPS” profile data feature on Geocaching.com lately? This is a bit of a sneaky back door for a feature I have been clamoring about for ages: Proper GPS reviews by the people who use them I … Continue reading
Geocache Placement Update
I finally figured out how to place a cache in somebody’s front yard safely and creatively. I’ve also done my homework on a different missing cache in my “Don’t Do This!” series, the annoying mystery cache. Oh man this is … Continue reading
Planning for a “Crush” Event – Part 3
Part 3: All About the Pocket Query In Part 0 we established the Crush event as something you should not treat lightly. In Part 1 you have established your basic organization and planning structure, while in Part 2 you made official decisions … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Events, Geocaching, Software, Strategy and Tactics, Uncategorized
Tagged 100 cache, 100 cache day, cache and dash, crush, dash, Education, event, GPS, GPX, planning, pocket query, PQ, query, Routes, team, Watcher
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A Poll: What do you want to see next?
I’ve asked, but you people are a shy audience, with only the lonely hot tub engineer brave enough to post commentary. You Geocachers tend to be introverted, I get that. Hence, a poll: What do you want to see more … Continue reading
Some Visitors
It looks like I have a little more than the usual traffic, so welcome all! If you have specific topics or how-tos you want me to cover please feel free to contact me through my Geocaching.com profile (handy link to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Geocaching
Tagged Blogging, Cache Owner, Education, Newbies, templates
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Some Good Background for the Newbies
And the oldies, too. Drat19 has some handy thoughts on cache hiding, some of which are just plain good advice no matter how long you’ve been at it. Try these two for some good reading: Opinions on Geocache Hiding His … Continue reading
Have I Mentioned I Am a Geek?
You could call me a Geek-O-Cacher. 🙂 I am right at this moment about to prove my geek credentials. What do all these things have in common? Read on and find out James Burke Me Petabytes of Data Storage Phil … Continue reading
Posted in Blogroll, Geocaching, In the News/Blogosphere, Recreation
Tagged CA, Connections, EMC, EMC of Northridge, James Burke, Star Trek
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My Nominee for Rookie of the Year
Has to go to Photo Trekkers. They laid down their Easter Egg series (haw haw) recently and I really want them to keep it around past Easter. There are problems with these caches to be sure, like coordinates and containers … Continue reading
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