My Hard Drive Crashed February 8, 2010
Posted by kinzuakid in Somebody Else's Stuff.Tags: Crash, Data Recovery, Dead Disk, Disk, Geocaching Magnets, Hard Drive, Head Crash
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Well, it’s not actually MY hard drive, but it’s one I am indirectly connected to. This is one sent in for data recovery by a shop specializing in this sort of thing. You know, we use those magnets for Geocaching. Maybe they could send a few my way. I think they have some spares. Just saying.
I’ve been doing the data storage thing for nearly 20 years now so I have seen a few severe head crashes. This one takes the cake. By far this is the biggest and baddest. Once you consider a single smoke particle is 3 times bigger than the distance those heads ride off the disk platters, something like this only means one thing…
This is what a proper head crash looks like on the inside.
…total destruction.
The Hilarity Keeps on Coming February 3, 2010
Posted by kinzuakid in Geocaching, In the News/Blogosphere.Tags: Fail, FARK, Waco
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OK, now you have to see the FARK comments on the Waco Geocaching story. Awesome.
Informal, Unscientific Poll on Geocaching Age February 2, 2010
Posted by kinzuakid in Forums, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, In the News/Blogosphere.Tags: age, Average, Forums, Geocacher, poll, Statistics
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This one is from a thread in the Forums. I got a bug in my ear and decided to start keeping the running statistics. The original question was, essentially: “I’m 23 years old. Are most Geocachers older or younger than 23?”
See for yourself:
As of 13:40 on 2/2/10
Average (Mean): 34.33
Median: 29 years
Mode (Most Common): 21 years
Total entries: 73
0-17: 15 entries
18-34: 26 entries
35-52: 15 entries
55-85: 17 entries
Youngest: 3mo
Youngest able to sign the log: 5 years
Oldest: 85
So yes, most Geocachers are older than 23, at least according to this highly biased poll of self selected forum-reading Geocachers on Groundspeak. The only way this could be more unscientific and less meaningful is if PZ Myers were to send his Pharyngula hordes down upon it to prove the point. Since this is a forum discussion that seems unlikely to happen.
Still, it’s fun and somewhat surprising if the data are representative of the larger Geocaching populace. And yes, that is me replying in the Forum thread.
I Can’t Believe This Cache Still Lives February 2, 2010
Posted by kinzuakid in Cache Spotlight, Cool Caches, Geocaching.Tags: Kawikaturn, Not on the Wal CA, Wal-Mart
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I thought Not on the wal CA would have been muggled by now. It has lasted a whole 6 months and with many entertaining stories in the logs, too. This one is officially on my Greatest Hits bookmark list.
Texas Article Goes Nuts With Speculation February 1, 2010
Posted by kinzuakid in Geocaching, In the News/Blogosphere, Somebody Else's Stuff.Tags: FARK, Geonarcissa, GreaseMonkey, Waco
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I am going to ignore the fact that this article comes from Waco at all and focus exclusively on how poorly written it is (unless intended as a piece of propaganda).
Hat tip to Geonarcissa for the link. And spend some time over there. How is it I just found out about Greasemonkey scripts for Geocaching a month ago and she seems to have a whole series of reviews on them? Go look. Stop wasting your time on my blog and read something interesting for a change.
Follow-up 3:
Uh-oh. This one hit the front page of FARK. The comments are already coming in with more flame-ey goodness.
Follow-up 2:
After 140 comments I found a single one mildly sympathetic to the message. Awesome fail.
Follow-up:
The comments on that “news” article are hysterical. I find no need to offer my usual defense of the game/sport/activity. With 8/10 commenters opening their volley with “Worst. Reporting. Evar.” I think we’re well represented.
Telephone Poles on the Moon 