2008/05/21– A Very Cool GPS-Based Game
Today’s xkcd comic has a very cool interactive GPS-Based game. Check it out and meet some cool outdoorsy/geeky folks! Geo-hashing!
2008/02/29– Western States Endurance Run
I met a couple of guys today doing trail maintenance to qualify for the Western States Endurance Run (aka WS100). This is a 100 mile wilderness trail run through the California mountains (Squaw Valley to Auburn) to be completed in 30 hours or less. The two guys I talked to are attempting to complete the…
2005/01/17– Blisters Dice Game
I found a dice game that’s really cool. I’ve been wanting to play with it for a while, and finally got around to it. Check out Blisters. I bought one set of official Blisters dice, and have made two sets with tiny dice for backpacking (they’re not for sale as I don’t have the copyright…
On the Subject of Towels
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of…