Month: May 2018
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Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo and Wild Wolves
For the first time in a long while, Dan's been setting up new geocaches. Also: did you know that Oxford used to have a zoo? In Kidlingtonβ½
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Found GLVYGYQ1 Easy as 1-2-3!
This checkin to GLVYGYQ1 Easy as 1-2-3! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltMy GPSr and the cache log AltMy GPSr and the cache log My GPSr and the cache log Given that I live very close to this cache (and have done since well before it was placed) I β¦
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Found GLVYGRN8 Boggling Boolean
This checkin to GLVYGRN8 Boggling Boolean reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltPen I lost at the GZ and had to come back for. AltPen I lost at the GZ and had to come back for. Given that I've lived very near to here for longer than this cache has β¦
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Found GLVYAZGY University Challenge 8 (Brmm Brmm)
This checkin to GLVYAZGY University Challenge 8 (Brmm Brmm) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visited the old multicache that use to be near here, years ago, and somehow neglected to return to get this virtual when it appeared. Made it, though, earlier this week. (Answers/pic to follow. ) TFTC.
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Requested GC3MKRH Dogfort v Catfort - Catfort to be archived
This checkin to GC3MKRH Dogfort v Catfort - Catfort reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.
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Posted a note for GC3MKRH Dogfort v Catfort - Catfort
This checkin to GC3MKRH Dogfort v Catfort - Catfort reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. With 6 of the 12 prerequisite caches now archived (after the CO didn't respond to queries, we're told), it seems unlikely that anybody's left who's both able and willing to find this cache. It was β¦
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Earth-Moon Fire Pole
Earth-Moon Fire Pole (what-if.xkcd.com) Earth-Moon Fire Pole My son (5y) asked me today: If there were a kind of a fireman's pole from the Moon down to the Earth, how long would it take to slide all the way from the Moon to the Earth? Ramon SchΓΆnborn, Germany First, let's get a few things out β¦
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How To Set Up an OSRM Server on Ubuntu 14.04
How To Set Up an OSRM Server on Ubuntu 14.04 | DigitalOcean (DigitalOcean) The OpenStreetMap project consists of raw map data, collected and aggregated by thousands of users. This tutorial covers the configuration and maintenance of a web service using Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM), which is based on the OpenStreetMap d The OpenStreetMap project β¦
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Maps Showing California as an Island Β The Public Domain Review
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/maps-showing-california-as-an-island/ (publicdomainreview.org) If California were a country its economy would be the fifth largest in the world (just ahead of the UK). Yet the tech boom is not the starkest way California has ever stood apart from its neighbours. That would surely be the maps depicting it as an island, entire of itself. Below we β¦
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Magician vs. Gambler vs. Cardist
https://youtu.be/bxYAQ00thVA (youtu.be)
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Bonky bonk bonk!
Bonk! Bonky bonky bonk bonk.
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Couldn't find GC4KXPW Mushroom Hair
This checkin to GC4KXPW Mushroom Hair reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. No sign of this tonight. :-(
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Found GLVVRZJF Time for a cup of tea and a biscuit
This checkin to GLVVRZJF Time for a cup of tea and a biscuit reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We first came a year ago while this cache was missing. Now, on my next trip back to my old haunting grounds, the cache is back in place and we were β¦
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Found OK0022 Copdock Hill
This checkin to OK0022 Copdock Hill reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A planned break from my journey from Oxford to Preston gave me the opportunity for a sunset hill climb in this beautiful setting. Almost as if to congratulate me, the second I returned the log to the cache β¦
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Found OK0372 Mandala
This checkin to OK0372 Mandala reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A moment of joy and serenity on my otherwise-uninspiring cycle to work. A wonder I've never been down this end of Plantation Road before, given that I'm a fan of the Gardner's Arms further along it and there are β¦