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by Mind Socket
26 May 06 12:27 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: New feature - Neighbours [closed]
Replies: 11
Views: 4305

New feature - Neighbours [closed]

Ever wanted to <strike>stalk</strike> meet somebody new, but couldn't be bothered going all the way across town? Now you can find out who your neighbours are, right here on GCA! <p> Anywhere you see a cacher sidebar, there is an extra link, next to mates. <p> <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/search...
by Mind Socket
26 May 06 4:34 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Captions contest # 001
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s.
by Mind Socket
22 May 06 10:59 am
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: hot off the news wire
Replies: 11
Views: 3710

Cached wrote:Would they also have called out the bomb squad in a park for somebodys lost lunchbox?
Probably.
by Mind Socket
19 May 06 5:25 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Google maps gets Australian streets!
Replies: 44
Views: 13209

In all seriousness though, route optimisation is the key The key to wimpy caching. ;) Them sounds like fightin' words. Coming soon to a Geocaching battlefield near you, the Mindsocket V Sc00t showdown! Two GPSr's enter, one GPSr leaves.... Heh, I was just connecting Bunya's and sc00t's statements, ...
by Mind Socket
19 May 06 4:10 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Google maps gets Australian streets!
Replies: 44
Views: 13209

sc00t wrote:In all seriousness though, route optimisation is the key
The key to wimpy caching. ;)
by Mind Socket
19 May 06 11:44 am
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Google maps gets Australian streets!
Replies: 44
Views: 13209

ideology wrote:yay!
now we'll have to change our default zoom level on the cache page
how about a zoom level of 4?
http://maps.google.com/?ll=-33.82678333 ... 3333&spn=4
I love that place, the beginning of oh so many nightmares. :p

- R
by Mind Socket
19 May 06 11:12 am
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Google maps gets Australian streets!
Replies: 44
Views: 13209

Google maps gets Australian streets!

See!

Hopefully Google Earth is soon to follow with this addition.

- Rog
by Mind Socket
17 May 06 4:00 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Our House
Replies: 91
Views: 21326

Re: Our House

embi wrote:is finally under construction...
quick, dig it out!

- R
by Mind Socket
12 May 06 4:33 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Geocaching Username Contest
Replies: 61
Views: 18102

Is "admin" (or variations) taken?

How about "immutable_username"

Or you could freak people out as "The Police" (or variations) ...

"[LOG] Watchlist: The Police will attend 'Scooby Doo, Mystery Mayhem' Event 10-11 of June"

"[LOG] Watchlist: The Bomb Squad found Cache under a Bridge"

- Rog
by Mind Socket
28 April 06 3:34 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: Caches being missed when transferred from gc [closed]
Replies: 12
Views: 4176

Disturb the feed, shouting in red does. :p /yoda
by Mind Socket
28 April 06 3:24 pm
Forum: Outside Oz
Topic: Paris, France
Replies: 14
Views: 29000

IF you can't get good maps, just use the google earth network link to familiarise yourself in advance, and then just wing it when you get there. Worked for me. :)

- R
by Mind Socket
12 April 06 7:39 pm
Forum: Software / Hardware Solutions
Topic: Portable Firefox & Thunderbird
Replies: 5
Views: 2435

I have them both on my ipod shuffle. Tried it at work on the evil corporate intranet. :twisted: Couldn't get past the lockdown though.... :cry: Grab Portaputty too and you can tunnel through (though you need a machine on the other side). - Rog ... this post brought to you by firefox over an ssh soc...
by Mind Socket
12 April 06 7:35 pm
Forum: General Chit-Chat
Topic: Nude Caches
Replies: 77
Views: 19835

Oh, down "there". I thought ... never mind.
by Mind Socket
04 April 06 4:25 pm
Forum: Geocaching Australia Senate
Topic: The April fools joke & possable end of GCA
Replies: 58
Views: 35639

I don't think we need to go down the path of anything so formal as an association, but there would need to be something. As for "membership", I'd like to see an optional donation system trialled should the need for funding arise - one that _doesn't_ give any extra rights, features or stature to thos...
by Mind Socket
28 March 06 11:00 am
Forum: Geocaching Australia Web site
Topic: GCA Photo Gallery
Replies: 57
Views: 18965

You were missing a closing textarea tag in the page description. Fixed now.

- Rog