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Couldn't find GC531M9 Walk by the Firehouse #1
This checkin to GC531M9 Walk by the Firehouse #1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Coming here during the daytime may have been mistake: I wasn't able to search effectively while people from the industrial estate kept coming down here for their cigarette breaks, and a forklift driver was watching …
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Found GLVZ4FH9 Walk by the Firehouse #5
This checkin to GLVZ4FH9 Walk by the Firehouse #5 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quick and easy find; nice container.
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Found GLVZ4C8V Walk by the Firehouse #3
This checkin to GLVZ4C8V Walk by the Firehouse #3 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found without difficulty after a short search. Nice to see something a bit different than the usual placement. Container possibly missing a part: may need attention before the next severe weather but probably okay for …
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Found GLVZ47BH Circular Walk
This checkin to GLVZ47BH Circular Walk reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. While running an errand in Eynsham I thought I'd take the opportunity to explore some of the local geocaches. This one was the first, and I was glad of the hint (and also glad that I was dressed …
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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 Kidlington‽
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 Schönborn, Germany First, let's get a few things out …
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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 …
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Maps Showing California as an Island 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 …
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Magician vs. Gambler vs. Cardist
https://youtu.be/bxYAQ00thVA (youtu.be)
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