somegeek
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This is a sweet Greasemonkey(Firefox Addon) script which translates highlighted text using Google's translate services which auto-detects the source language and translates it into english(or whatever language you have set locally) and displays in the tooltip without leaving the page. Pretty sweet for viewing log entries in languages you don't know. I've got a TB that's spent a bit of time in EU so this has been helpful to enjoy the log entires.
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Solid work - thanks for sharing!
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The specs say not to put it in a metal box so you'd have to use a wooden or plastic one (no ammo cans).
You don't need to necessarily put it in the cache. Hanging it in a nearby tree would still do the trick.
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Man - this little unit is wicked. Folks are gonna have Garmin envy. P
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Nano caches or the flat ones which just have the log on the backside... where is the cache there? /lame
Cache - a hidden storage space
Both nano caches and magnetic sheet caches are hidden (though sometimes in plain site) and both store a log sheet.
Guess my ramblings there were not accurate enough. Anything that can't hold a coin or the like is too small IMO. I find nanos and flatsies(what do you call the magnetic logs?) lame at least.
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I'm up to runs of between 17 & 20 miles. Its not that easy to map out 20 miles without ending up somewhere sketchy. I had one all drawn up and my boss saw it on my desk and vetoed it.
There is an upside to running or riding a road bike in sketchy parts of town... you're inspired to run faster/train harder.
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I think some of you are taking the FTF sub-game way too seriously. Although Zapfrog may be experiencing a little FTF envy they also specifically mentioned families with small children. Would it really kill an FTF slave to refrain from going out at 3:00AM in search of a FTF on a cache if it meant providing a little extra joy to a four year old kid?
I'm going to guess that a four year old kid cares less about a FTF than an adult thinks they do... unless the parent is pushing them to be just as obsessed with it as some adults.
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The eleventh hour
"turn it up to eleven"
haha... "but this coin goes to 11..."
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I've put some 3-in-1 laser pointers in the few caches I've placed for the FTF folks. Get them off Ebay for about $1 shipped.
As someone mentioned above, anything beyond a log book is above and beyond and that's cool of you.
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Prolly been mentioned here before, but you can use Google to search the GC forums using this format in the search box to search this forum for 2-4 character terms.
e.g. :
gps accuracy iphone site:http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/
This will search for gps accuracy iphone and limit the search to show results from the http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/ site only
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They were $3.00 and were that inexpensive because they were fundraisers. In the most part donated by the manufacture so the event could make a bit off or each even at that price.
I can tell you that a new version for one of next years MEGA events has already been designed and should start selling in December.
Good to know and thanks for this - I will keep an eye out.
The cheapest ones I know of are at islandbuttons.com -- $2.99 per pair. (They are buttons, though, so they may not be as durable as dogtags.)
I've never ordered from them, so I can't give any feedback about their service.
Thanks for another option. Could always use this site to obtain tracking numbers to use on custom made items.
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I purchased a half dozen of the 2010 Cachekinz Geocoinfest tags and just went back for more but they're sold out. I think they were $2.75.
Anyone know of a cheap source like this for proper GC trackable tags?
Thanks,
somegeek
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Please disregard. Moving to Geocoin area.
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Nano caches or the flat ones which just have the log on the backside... where is the cache there? /lame
Cache - a hidden storage space
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FWIW - this is a great AAA/AA battery charger - La Crosse Technology BC-700 Alpha Power Battery Charger and hard to beat for $30 shipped. The adjustable charge rates(individual per battery position) allow you to charge your batteries at a lower rate(say 1/10C(200 mA, 500 mA, and 700 mA)) which doesn't heat them up like those fast chargers that just shorten the life of your batteries.
I leave this out and just swap batteries when I get home after using my GPS.
Each battery has it's own display. You can see how much charge each cell has taken while charging, what the current voltage level is, etc.
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Were any of these premium member only caches at the time they were muggled?
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nanos... still don't like them.
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Uhhh, I think it was just a joke.IMO that's no better/worse than some of the ones in the 'clever containers' thread that look like potential electrical outlets that stick to what appears to be power poles. No offense to anyone but the last thing I want to see some juvenile geocacher doing is probing around an actual dangerous pole on the off chance that some devious cacher might have hidden something there.
Prolly the same guy that hid this one...
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Yikes. Creative - yes. Clever - yes. Wildly inappropriate and foolishly dangerous - yes.
Good... someone got it.
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Garmin GPSMAP62 is the next gen of the beloved Garmin 60CSX
Compare the Oregon 300 to the GPSMAP62
I have the Oregon 300 and have no complaints. Pair it up with GSAK(registered) and you're a happy camper. If I purchased another GPS, I'd go for the GPSMAP62 for the increased accuracy I think.
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Installed GCTidy for Firefox - this is very cool! Seeing this addresses some of my gripes with the layout of the geocaching.com pages.
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I know how to use PQs and how to use the filters they provide. However, I have an unusual requirement: I need a PQ that will give me 900 caches distributed more or less evenly over a given area. The filters I've tried either give me too many or too few. Just asking for 900 caches gives me a high density at the center and no caches at the extremes. How do I get just a random distribution?
You could try a date range and adjust it until you get your 900 caches for a given area.
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IMO that's no better/worse than some of the ones in the 'clever containers' thread that look like potential electrical outlets that stick to what appears to be power poles. No offense to anyone but the last thing I want to see some juvenile geocacher doing is probing around an actual dangerous pole on the off chance that some devious cacher might have hidden something there.
Prolly the same guy that hid this one...
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Do you know what this is? Many people think that it is a fungus of some sort, but it isn't.
We have these locally. Very cool looking. Monotropa Uniflora. Looks like it has certain 'herbal' qualities as well.
Cheapest Official Trackables?
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I'd read in the past a thread where someone posted regarding left over tags from an official event and they were selling them cheaper than the standard travel bugs... I think it was in a cheap travel bug thread. Is there any such thread alive currently?
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