+SomewhereInND Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Of course I know of geocaching, and wheresgeorge.com, book crossings, and letterboxing. Are there anyother internet hobbies out there, preferably something that would get me away from my computer (seems like an oxymoron). Something that will get me out of the house, but uses the internet. Somewhere In ND South of the hill North of the tree Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Iridium Flares. Check into it here http://www.heavens-above.com . I discovered them on this forum a few months back....very cool. "Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!" Quote Link to comment
umc Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 There is geodashing and MinuteWar too. MiGO __________________________ Caching with a clue.... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Degree confluence. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Sooner or later someone is going to make the Reverse URL listings into something like benchmarks. Find and photograph all the HQ's of the .coms Quote Link to comment
+weswada Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 dudes, the most obvious, to me, that is, in a ways like caching, is wardriving.com... http://www.techtv.com/news/computing/story/0,24195,3396517,00.html thats what i've been transitioning to, more and more...with my palmtop, and my rooftop antenna... http://www.pasadena.net/vacation/ Quote Link to comment
+beatnik Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by umc:There is geodashing and MinuteWar too. Check out the newest creation Geo Golf as well. Played three holes today and plan to hit a few more in a minute. Found at least 2 places to hide geocaches in the process. I'm already thinking about having a GeoGolf tournament event set on a 1km scale in a local park. -beatnik- Quote Link to comment
+ShaneN4Girls Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Link for geo golf, please? "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."- Jim Elliot Texas Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Someone posted a thread on flashmobs or something like that. Quote Link to comment
+beatnik Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by ShaneN4Girls:Link for geo golf, please? _"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."_- Jim Elliot http://www.texasgeocaching.com Geo Golf -beatnik- Quote Link to comment
+coast2coast2coast Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 there is this Book Crossing..or thisA Canadian bill tracking site or this US dollar tracknig site ....enjoy Quote Link to comment
+Kouros Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 I'm just starting to get into MinuteWar as a side companion for Caching when I haven't got as much time - it looks like great fun! ------ "There's Sparticus. That's him, over there." Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Kouros, I'm disappointed you didn't mention thinging. Quote Link to comment
+Kouros Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Eeek! Quite right Stu and Sarah. Quite right. Aside from Geocaching, Thinging is by far and away the most productive alternative to boredom. Apart from sleep, of course. ------ "There's Sparticus. That's him, over there." Quote Link to comment
+ScottJ Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 Well, I'm glad someone mentioned thinging. I am having a ball with it. Thanks to that site, I just finished eating my first bag of "Prawn Cocktail Flavour" snacks, and I have a jar of a noxious-looking substance called "Marmite" on my desk that I'm working up my courage to try! -- Scott Johnson (ScottJ) Quote Link to comment
+TMAN264 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 I buy useless crap on EBAY, does that count? Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 I was thinking that VC's could be converted into a tour of a city (Geo Touring). People could list cool places with descriptions and coordinates. When a person knows that they will be in a place for a couple of days, it would be cool to get this kind of info on a town rather than the tourist stuff that usually isn't so great, and really doesn't let you get the same feel for a town that geocaching does. _____________ 7 3 10 13 23 36 59 95 ... Quote Link to comment
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