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Log soaked; unusable.
Year: 2014
Dan Q found GLF3K5BF Plaque Buildup (Geolympix FTFrenzy-1)
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Finally got around to spending a lunchtime hunting for this cache, and I’m glad I did: what a wonderful tour of some great backstreets, that I already thought I knew so well. Was slowed down by some scaffolding partially-covering one of the clues, but a helpful man working on the site was able to show me what I’d missed (and to be fair, if I’d been paying more attention I’d have found it myself eventually!).
TFTC; and have a favourite point.
Dan Q will attend GC58KJN 1 fo 7 Souvenirs
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Shall try to make my way down to you!
Dan Q performed maintenance for GC54F7B Oxford Steganography #2 – Selected Text
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Came out to investigate missing lid. Found lid a short distance away – possibly muggled. Cleaned cache contents, checked silica gel still doing its job, replaced lid. Game on!
Dan Q found GLF2Y14V Alleyways of Oxford – Brasenose Lane
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Glad to see this returned to life. Easily found while out on my lunch break today.
Dan Q posted a note for GC54F7B Oxford Steganography #2 – Selected Text
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Thanks, Go catch; I’ll try to get out there for some maintenance at or before the weekend. If you’re having difficulty with the overlays, it’s worth checking that your printout is the right size (after talking to some ‘cachers, I’ve discovered that some computers are printing it a tiny bit smaller: users of these computers need to ensure that the “resize to fit page” or similar checkbox is NOT checked, when printing). So long as your name appears in the log when I get there, though, you’re welcome to PM me and I’ll send you the number you’re missing. Thanks!
Dan Q found GLF2G3B2 Goodsands sparkle 3 – return of the glitter
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Found on a morning walk with the little ‘un (photo attached). TFTC.
Programming Is Not Math
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When I learned to program, back when dinosaurs walked the earth and the internet had no cats, there was an idea: if you were good at math, you’d be good at programming. I was great at math as a kid, but perhaps because I didn’t like it much, no one steered me towards programming. I…
Dan Q posted a note for GC56KEX The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
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With a difficulty rating of 2/5 I thought this would be a reasonably easy puzzle, but I guess my poor heat-addled brain isn’t up to the task. I thought that perhaps visiting the Bate Collection early this afternoon might help, but it turns out that they only open at 2pm in the afternoon (by which point I had to get back to work), so I’ve not had any luck yet! Some day, perhaps!
But be warned: if you plan to visit the collection, they don’t open until 2pm on weekdays.
Dan Q found GLEWGMCG A bridge. Too far? (Geolympix FTFrenzy-7)
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Paced around for a bit and, I confess, needed the hint before I found this cache. Left the “Signal Football! Tag” travel bug, which just barely fits into the container alongside the log (apologies to anybody who wants to sign the log but NOT take the TB; you’ll probably need to remove the TB before you can get to the log!).
Beautiful location! TFTC.
Dan Q found GLEWGKZR University Challenge 13: Parsons Pleasure
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Found on a quick lunchtime caching expedition. An easy find, now that the water level is lower than when I visited last time! TFTC.
Cache that REQUIRES two people: should I explain why it requires two people before they set out, or not?
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Hi, Founditt!
Next month, I expect to launch a multicache with a twist: it requires two people to go to two different waypoints at the same time in order to determine the coordinates of the final stage – it’s not physically possible for one person to do it alone (even if they go to one waypoint and then to the other).
I’ll be saying all of this on the cache page, of course. But I’m worried that some people might try to do it alone, and then get frustrated when they realise the reason that it’s not possible to do it alone. I’m considering explaining on the cache page exactly how I’ve made it impossible to do by yourself, but I’d rather not do this if I don’t have to: I think that the cache will be more interesting and exciting if you don’t know why you need two people until you’re in-the-field.
What do you think? If you saw a cache with a description like that in the first paragraph, explaining that you needed you and a friend to simultaneously visit two waypoints (and explicitly stating that there was no way to solve it by yourself), would you believe it? Or would you set out by yourself anyway?
tl;dr: a multicache description says that you need to go to a waypoint and send a friend to a different waypoint, at the same time, but doesn’t tell you why until you get there – do you believe it?
EDIT: Wow; this has gotten popular. Once the cache is in place and people have begun finding it, I’d be happy to make a post here explaining how I did it. In the meantime, if you’re outside of the UK and want a few more teaser details, drop me a PM. If you’re inside the UK, or travel here often, then keep an eye out for the launch of GC591VV – “You Can’t Do It Alone!”.
Review of Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body’s Knowledge: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition
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Wishy-washy pseudoscientific nonsense, wrapped up in unengaging writing
I can’t imagine the person to whom this book would actually provide value. It’s full of wishy-washy, unscientific, and unverifiable ideas, all wrapped up in an unengaging and badly-written package. There are a handful of good ideas, but they’re few and far between.
Review of Kryptonite New York 3000 Lock NYL with Bracket
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A super-hardy, bulletproof lock with few downsides
This lock is pretty-much bulletproof. If you’re looking for the strongest possible lock for your bike, this is the one to go for (perhaps coupled with a flyout cable so that you can tie your wheels together and to the lock). Note that this is a “short” D-lock, which is far safer, because a would-be thief can’t do the usual D-lock-breaking technique of using a car jack on it, very easily, but it also means that you’ll sometimes find it difficult to fit it around both your frame and the thing you want to lock your bike to. Also note that it’s very heavy, and that the mounting bracket doesn’t fit around the thickest of frames.
All in all, though, this is an ultra-hardy lock that should discourage all but the most-determined of criminals.
Review of Mini Bench Vice
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Good, but a little fragile: be gentle!
The table clamp portion doesn’t open very far, and if you accidentally try (even gently) to open it further than its full extent, the foot pops off and never re-attaches quite as firmly again. It’s a good little vice otherwise and it gets the job done.