When does something become an obsession? I’ve been geocaching for just about two months now… actual as of yesterday 66 days. And out of those 66, 36 of them were spent caching in some way. In those 36 days I have collected 97 caches… I’m on my way to reaching my first 100 cache milestone. In fact, a few day ago, when I realized how close I was to reaching my first milestone I set a goal of reaching 100 before the end of July.
So, here it is July 31st, only one day left and I have 3 caches to go until I reach my goal. Wish me luck.
Today a fire hit a major datacenter in Seattle, taking money processor Authorize.Net down. This has caused many web-based financial transactions to grind to a halt, but Authorize.Net isn’t the only website that’s gone offline today.
Another popular website has fallen, Geocaching.com, a worldwide GPS-based treasure hunting game, leaving thousands of people trying to figure out just what’s going on and why it went down.
Honestly, I found all 839,756 caches today but I couldn’t log them. You’ll just have to take my word on it.
This is probably the best description of running a garage sale I have ever read. And the haggling thing is pretty dead on… Hence why I’m never left alone when we have one. If it was left up to me, I’d sell the entire lot for five bucks.
Oh by the way, we’re having a garage sale this weekend. Feel free to stop by and buy our junk.
First, The geocaching app at $9.99, has been well worth the cost. If you own an iPhone and would like to try geocaching but don’t want to spend money on a dedicated GPS receiver… Give it a try.
But so far, the real fun is discovering endless new parks and interesting places near you that you never knew were there. Or simpler yet, just the act of discover. Besides being amazed by how many interesting places there are near you that you’re probably unaware of. It’s real fun to think of all the possible “hiden treasures” that we pass by unexpectedly everyday. Plus, Kids love it, so it provides a good way of getting everyone together for some outdoor family fun.
Yesterday, me and the family went geocaching for the first time. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, geocaching it’s sort of like a high-tech, GPS-based treasure hunt.
I’ve been wanting to try geocaching for about the last two years, but I lacked a GPS… which is kind of important when your playing game based on a GPS. However, my new iPhone plus the Geocaching app solved that delema.
We found three of the four caches that we looked for. We would have probably continued looking for more but the battery on my phone was about to die. We’ll have to make it a point to revisit the one we didn’t find. In any case, I really had fun and I think I even got the family hooked, they can’t wait to get out and find some more.
Cool, go to facebook, press the following keys: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, (Enter key). Then move around facebook a bit (Try it on google reader too).
As I mentioned before, Matthew competed in the CMA Tournament this past weekend. Again, he competed as a High Red and took 1st place in form and 1st place in board breaking. And of course… Again, Beth and I are very proud of him. I wonder if he’ll tier of all these 1st place medals? Click HERE to view photos from the CMA Tournament or check out the video below.
As a side note, all these photos were taken with my new camera. While, I’m very impressed with the quality of the camera. I’ve discovered, I have a lot to learn. I wont bore you all with the detail, but most of these shots were taken in sports mode because I didn’t want to fiddle around too much with manual settings and risk screwing up shot after shot, while I was trying to watch Matthew compete . Also, as a side note to my side note… I managed to pick up a telephoto lens for my camera on Sunday when Beth saw that Best Buy had the same camera and the telephoto lens as a package deal only days after we bought ours.
Well, I did it. After hemming and hawing for about the last two years and with a little encourage from Beth, I purchased a DSLR. A Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi with an EF-S 55-250MM lens to be exact. I’ve been waiting a long time to get my hands on my very own DSLR and very excited about using it to get pictures I couldn’t quite get before. Now, I should have no problem capturing those action shots of Matthew doing Tae Kwon Do or playing t-ball… This weekend will be its first true test when I take photos of Matthew at the CMA Tournament.
Truthfully, work has been kicking my but lately. So, between being tired, having little time and having little to say, it’s been quit on the blogging front. I did manage to upload about two months worth of photos to Flickr the other day. Photos ranging from Matthew’s 6th birthday party to Matthew at the Bally’s TMA Open Tournament and everythingelse in between.
Speaking of TMA Tournament, Matthew did really well. Beth and I are very proud of him. He competed as a High Red this time around and took 1st place (score 9.0) in form and 1st place (score 9.0) in board breaking.
This was Matthew’s first time winning a 1st place spot in board breaking, something he seemed pretty proud of himself for accomplishing. Both 1st place finishes allowed him to participate in the Grand Championship for each event. While he never made it to the next round during either, he did come really close during board breaking. Unfortunately, he missed his last break… I think he rushed himself. But, overall I was very impressed how he took the time to setup all his breaks on his own and without help. We’ll have to see if he can repeat his performance again this Saturday when he competes in the CMA Tournament. Until then, click HERE to view photos from the TMA Tournament or check out the video below.
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