I’ve created yet another Geocaching utility. This utility allows you to grab (or “scrape”) GPS Coordinates from any web page, then download them as a LOC file into your mapping software and your GPS receiver. Grabbing coordinates using this tool is faster and more accurate than entering them by hand. Geocaching.com allows you to download …
With Anne in CT, it’s turned out to be an all-geocaching weekend. Yesterday we set out do Return of the King which took all day. Today I set out and attacked many of the caches on my nearest 20, finishing with 21 caches found. It’s funny that I spent both days doing nothing but caching …
Why do Ho-Ho’s come wrapped in aluminum foil instead of shrinkwrapped plastic? I can’t think of anything else that comes in aluminum foil.
Todd and I placed a new Geocache when he was up for a visit this week. It’s an interesting puzzle and I’m anxious to see how easy or hard it is for people. Miriam and Christopher Moss It’s currently only available to paid members of geocaching.com, but we’ll convert it to a regular cache after …
Yesterday we needed to make a Costco run. For what, I don’t remember, but once you’re there you end up spending at least a hundred dollars, in this case $122. This is always frustrating when you realize you’ve spent 2 hours to acquire about 10 items and your cart is only half-full. Costco is a …
We got back from Kauai on Sunday and lost two hours in the flight. Ever since then, I’ve felt like every day is two hours shorter. There’s so much to do and bedtime seems to be coming faster. I’m wondering how I found time to do things last year. It usually takes a week for …
Yes, it was 250 miles away. Yes I felt it. I was in a meeting when we saw the blinds start to rattle a bit and saw the hanging lights sway a bit. Things just felt a bit swervy for a few seconds. Our group ran outside so the news engineering team would survive the …
Garmin recently announced two new GPS receivers, the GPSMap 60C and 60CS. Improvements over previous units include color, a USB interface (instead of serial), a special “Geocaching mode” and 56MB of memory. They’ll be about $400+ though. I’m skeptical that the Geocaching mode would be able to match a my eTrex Vista + CacheMate, but …
It’s strange how you find things sometimes. Via this geocache, via my mapping tool, via ACME Mapper, via GeoURL, I found Bill Reardon’s weblog (who also happens to work at Yahoo!), which brought me to his home page where I found this amusing story about eating 50 Chicken McNuggets in one sitting. I’ve been hearing …
It’s annoying that the one place in the house where I need a good Wifi signal (the living room couch) is the weakest spot in the house. It’s not like we live in a big house, either. It’s about 30 feet for the signal to travel, though it’s through two walls. I don’t know why, …