+Alamogul Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/489ot Local cache removed by SJPD ....wonder what the story is.... Well... it is in a pretty sketchy area... [] If you put a bunch of your (WalruZ's) micros inside, then we really can have a San Jose Cache Dispersal. We just need to be assured that the SJPD uses enough explosives so that the micros wind up at least 528 feet apart. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I'm sure most of us would balk at leaving direct contact information. A reluctant as I was, most of my caches (certainly all of the ammo boxes) have my cell phone number on the outside for just this reason. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Lynn did a great job of taking the code I wrote for tracking our smashed pennies and adding it to their site (which looks a heck of a lot better than our site). Now I need to go back and catch the fish I currently have in my sig binder. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Lynn did a great job of taking the code I wrote for tracking our smashed pennies and adding it to their site (which looks a heck of a lot better than our site). Now I need to go back and catch the fish I currently have in my sig binder. Darn it, Andrew has like 8 of these on a string in his room. He probably won't give them up but he'll be intrigued by the idea of entering them on a website. He was collecting the fish for a while til ND and I put a stop to it, reasoning that other people should have a chance to pick them up too! I have #s 326 and 327, my dad's lucky numbers, and I know ND has one in his binder too... Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 He was collecting the fish for a while til ND and I put a stop to it, reasoning that other people should have a chance to pick them up too! Uh oh, I have something like 75 of ProTech's aliens, heh heh... I didn't mean to collect them, it just sorta happened. Fortunately there's no shortage of them and it's probably only about 10% of what's out there, so there's several hundred of them for others to find. Otherwise I never would have kept piling them up. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Lynn did a great job of taking the code I wrote for tracking our smashed pennies and adding it to their site (which looks a heck of a lot better than our site). Now I need to go back and catch the fish I currently have in my sig binder. Darn it, Andrew has like 8 of these on a string in his room. He probably won't give them up but he'll be intrigued by the idea of entering them on a website. He was collecting the fish for a while til ND and I put a stop to it, reasoning that other people should have a chance to pick them up too! I have #s 326 and 327, my dad's lucky numbers, and I know ND has one in his binder too... With our smashed pennies, we don't really expect them all to move, but we do like to see where they end up. I'm sure that goes for digitalfish as well. I just think it's a neat "history" of what happened to them. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Darn it, Andrew has like 8 of these on a string in his room. He probably won't give them up but he'll be intrigued by the idea of entering them on a website. He was collecting the fish for a while til ND and I put a stop to it, reasoning that other people should have a chance to pick them up too! I have #s 326 and 327, my dad's lucky numbers, and I know ND has one in his binder too... With our smashed pennies, we don't really expect them all to move, but we do like to see where they end up. I'm sure that goes for digitalfish as well. I just think it's a neat "history" of what happened to them. Okay, Andrew and I just logged some of his and the two that I have. He entered them himself, even the typing of my geocaching name! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 For those not following the CVC thread and the current situation regarding the MPD bomb squad, you probably should start here and catch up. Sounds like some serious stuff is coming down on poor Camel, and he needs our support. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Coolness. My Spawning Ground cache has a container inside that is the the size of a large pill bottle, and it's completely full of them. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Coolness. My Spawning Ground cache has a container inside that is the the size of a large pill bottle, and it's completely full of them. That's neat. The Octopus's Garden puzzle cache by Neslake has a digital fish hotel as well. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Just got home from a wonderful morning hike around Lexington/Sierra Azul this morning. Didn't think I was going to go last night since I was BEAT from a long work week, but I woke up this morning early and refereshed so.... Nazgul, I would have posted that I was going so we could meet, but it was a last minute-thing. Per your request I did drop a few shot glasses up there though. Have to go do some yardwork now to prepare for Halloween - will post finds later. 3 hours of hiking/caching: 7.1 miles, 1150 feet elevation gain (went Limekiln up to Above the Gorge then back down Priest Rock). Lots of fun. And how could I forget.....congratulations to Worker of Wood and MotorBug for a joint FTF on the elusive "Hawaii Cache Mobile" moving cache! You "note" made me laugh Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Nazgul, I would have posted that I was going so we could meet, but it was a last minute-thing. Per your request I did drop a few shot glasses up there though. That's quite alright, I wouldn't have been able to go anyhow since today became "household chores day"... But the upside is that tomorrow I'll be heading up to Castle Rock SP to hike with a couple of friends and do some caching in the area. I'll have to figure out when I'll be able to get up after those shot glasses... Quote Link to comment
+TeamSpider3 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 To get park trail maps into Expert GPS, you start with a JPG of the map. This is opened in ExpertGPS, then calibrated (an easy task using the existing Topo maps as a reference). Pre-calibrated maps are what you download from Boulters site. When you open up a GPX file in ExpertGPS, the waypoints will all be shown on the park map, ready for you to plot a route. Well worth the price, it's something I use everyday. The ones I've contributed to Jeff's collection were "virtual scans" generated from the PDF maps on the County Parks web site. Adobe PhotoShop Elements can rasterize a PDF and save it as a JPEG. If the virtual scan is a moderate resoultion, say 300 dpi, the resulting scanned map zooms pretty well in ExpertGPS. Calibration is moderately tricky. I usually use waypoints that I can identify on the trail map, sometimes with the help of the ExpertGPS topo map. The quality varies, the best calibrations come from widely separated points that you can readily identify on the trail map. For some strange reason, sometime ExpertGPS gets really confused and won't accept the calibration points, so you gotta start over. Once I found out how to do this, I always get a trail map showing the caches, even if I have to do the calibration myself first. If the calibration (and the underlying trail map) is accurate, you can upload the track and it will be on the trails! Thanks to Jeff Boulter for this service and others he had done! jay (aka TeamSpider3) Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 And how could I forget.....congratulations to Worker of Wood and MotorBug for a joint FTF on the elusive "Hawaii Cache Mobile" moving cache! You "note" made me laugh Loved the Geocaching tag hung from your rearview mirror. Looked very official! Care to share where you found it (or is that a Kealia creation?) Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Loved the Geocaching tag hung from your rearview mirror. Looked very official! Care to share where you found it (or is that a Kealia creation?) I actually got that from Marcus Arelius in Bellevue, WA on a recent caching trip up there. I met a group of guys up there who took me out and we traded gifts - this is one of the things I got. I think I'm going to make a few up and laminate them for trade items - I'll hook you up. Speaking of official: guess you didn't notice that he mis-spelled "Official" either, huh? Quote Link to comment
Venona Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Hello greetings for Geocachers Bay Area. We have FTF Travel Bug. Is our hostage. Activities will restore bug to proper rightful owner. You will make group for performing activities and we them give you. Please contact we for activities when ready group. Thank you very kindly. Venona. Quote Link to comment
+bytemobile Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 (edited) The ones I've contributed to Jeff's collection were "virtual scans" generated from the PDF maps on the County Parks web site. Adobe PhotoShop Elements can rasterize a PDF and save it as a JPEG. JPEG images can also be extracted from PDF files using Adobe Acrobat. From the File menu, choose Export->Extract Images As->JPEG Files. Edited November 1, 2004 by bytemobile Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 We have FTF Travel Bug. [...] Please contact we for activities when ready group. I've got an activity in mind that you can do with the travel bug, Jackson. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 [i've got an activity in mind that you can do with the travel bug, Jackson. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 OK, after Saturday's hike my feet were killing me all day Sunday. Time for some Teva's. Anybody know a good place either online or offline to get a good deal? Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 For half a second I was going to offer a foot rub in trade for one of your shot glasses, but then I started getting a little ill and had to go bleach my brain. Guess I'll just have to wait my turn. Quote Link to comment
+sammydee Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Tevas? Hmm, when I started having trouble with foot pain I had to give UP sandals, including my Tevas. I was in increasing agony for a year, then finally went to a podiatrist who made some custom-fitted heel inserts for my shoes. After 3 months my pain was pretty much gone. Unfortunately I haven't worn sandals since...but it seems like a reasonable tradeoff. YMMV. ...Sam Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Guess I'll just have to wait my turn. No waiting needed, I'll put you at the front of the line . Dropped a few on Saturday around Lexington/Sierra Azul. I need to go back and hit the other side now (where Bigger, But Not Closer) is located to clear out that area...... May have to wait until I get some good boots/Tevas though, my dogs were barking when I was done. Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Wow, I'm getting flashbacks to Pulp Fiction now with the whole foot rub thing, LOL. I have a pair of Tevas but it turns out that I only wear them around the yard... I bought them at REI which surely isn't the cheapest place to buy them but it's worth checking to see if they happen to have them on sale. Consider getting some comfy shoe insoles. I find that makes a big difference. Most shoes/boots come with cheap inserts. Just be sure to try out and break in the insoles *before* you go on a long hike. Socks help a little too, and I pretty much live in Ultimax hiking socks, they're comfortable in a wide temperature range and they last for several years. Quote Link to comment
+calipidder Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Time for some Teva's. Anybody know a good place either online or offline to get a good deal? May I recommend Keen Newport H2s? These are my caching footwear of choice. Or Chaco Z2s. I like these two pairs of sandals for hiking much better than any Tevas I've owned. In fact, I own three pairs of Chacos with another on order and am looking at some of the other Keen designs as well. I'm the biggest gear geek on earth. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 It's shaping up into a big week for milestones: Semi-Hex hit 400! Nazgul hit 500! Paya is just 1 away from 1000! Stacy&Jerry are just 2 away from 2000! Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Or Chaco Z2s. Second that. I've done Mission/Allison/Monument (and back) from the Stanford trailhead wearing a pair of Chaco's. REI has them. Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 It's shaping up into a big week for milestones: And I am one away from 1600. However, though counts are not of much interest to me, I still like to track distance. This week I will hit 175,000 cache-miles. Oh -- BTW, if you don't know about Venona, look at the earlier posts in this thread. From a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 the Venona thread starts here (about 8 posts down): http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...l=venona&st=850 Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Also FYI, on Venona's profile page there is a link to his website but Serverski Not Found. Nekulturny. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Okay, looks like fun! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=48081 Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 I'm game for any Venona related activities. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Venona- I know you are reading this. It looks like the new generation is interested, and there are still some among us who deciphered your puzzles in 2002... let's hear what you would have us do. Quote Link to comment
+KennyHannahJacobKatie Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 (edited) Is there a condensed version of the "Venona" storyline for those of us who missed last years episode? The log history wasn't very helpful or maybe I'm just lazy! /Lefty Edited November 2, 2004 by KennyHannahJacob Quote Link to comment
+forman Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Is there a condensed version of the "Venona" storyline for those of us who missed last years episode? The log history wasn't very helpful or maybe I'm just lazy! /Lefty Hey KennyHannahJacob, That was a fun story to follow. Here is some fast stuff to check out. http://home.comcast.net/~Venona/ http://home.comcast.net/~Venona/VenonaStory.html Don Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Is there a condensed version of the "Venona" storyline for those of us who missed last years episode? The log history wasn't very helpful or maybe I'm just lazy! /Lefty Don't forget Lamneth's excellent version of the story: http://lamneth.thequest.com/venona/ --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Back to ExpertGPS for a moment - Does anybody have a calibrated map for UCSC? I'v avoided most of the caches there for a while now but would like to go get them off my closest unfound list. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Back to ExpertGPS for a moment - Does anybody have a calibrated map for UCSC? I'v avoided most of the caches there for a while now but would like to go get them off my closest unfound list. Thanks. I've found that just wandering around campus will get you to most of the caches without too much trouble. When in doubt, park near the fire station. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Butano Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Is there a condensed version of the "Venona" storyline for those of us who missed last years episode? The log history wasn't very helpful or maybe I'm just lazy! /Lefty Don't forget Lamneth's excellent version of the story: http://lamneth.thequest.com/venona/ --Marky This Venona story seems quite interesting. If something comes up for a part 2, I would be interested in searching for clues. Quote Link to comment
+The Rat Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Venona-I know you are reading this. It looks like the new generation is interested, and there are still some among us who deciphered your puzzles in 2002... let's hear what you would have us do. Venona - The Counterintelligence Squad does not reward extortion. Your threats do not intimidate us. If necessary, we can call up the Word Police for auxiliary assistance. Uncle Sam wants You! Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'm not much good at the cryptography stuff but I'm willing to help combat Venona's nefarious communist activities however I can. Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If I promise to watch Monday Night Football will that help at all? Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Congratulations Winini on hitting 1000!! ...and heads up to Joanie on a cool new signature item he has placed out there: http://tinyurl.com/629nz Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If I promise to watch Monday Night Football will that help at all? Heh, I think I've got that covered already, especially when my fantasy football players are involved. Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 I was reading in another forum that there is a geocaching article in Parade Magazine this week. It reminded me to ask if anyone knows when the segment on geocaching will be on Bay Area Backroads? Quote Link to comment
+GeoBrowns Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Wacka, I was thinking the same thing! I am now on their mailing list that announces what's coming up in the next episode. Just got one this AM and nothing on geocaching yet. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 I've found that just wandering around campus will get you to most of the caches without too much trouble. Now that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid . Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 Wacka, I was thinking the same thing! I am now on their mailing list that announces what's coming up in the next episode. Just got one this AM and nothing on geocaching yet. Last word on this was that it would be in February! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 I've found that just wandering around campus will get you to most of the caches without too much trouble. Now that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid . Where's your sense of adventure? --Marky Quote Link to comment
+TheAprilFools Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) For those of you that haven't noticed yet, you can now track digitalfish! Lynn did a great job of taking the code I wrote for tracking our smashed pennies and adding it to their site (which looks a heck of a lot better than our site). Now I need to go back and catch the fish I currently have in my sig binder. --Marky Track digitalfish? I thought you were just supposed to collect them. Edited November 5, 2004 by Blanston12 Quote Link to comment
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