Recent stories in the Paper, podcasts, and events.

I missed this in the Tribune... but saw it when doing a recent search

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/49699170-80/geocaching-cache-geocache-gps.html.csp

I listened to Cache-a-maniacs today.  Some great shows.  If you are not familiar with it, the podcast interviews everyday geocachers and spends time asking them how they got into it, their favorite things they have done, experiences and other fun tidbits of info.

It is just a lot of fun to hear from everyday cachers.  One of the first I listened to was the interview with dumbledores army 2006.  A local cacher.  There are also a number of others I have seen visiting my caches, or on different logs through the years.  If you have the time surf throught them and find a few to listen to.

Gasp... More fun with the Utah Parks Caches.

I was doing a paper search and the top one was Deseret News.  Apparently they are running more contests. 

"From now through September, certificates redeemable for gifts will be placed randomly in caches throughout the state park system. A limited-issue Utah State Parks 50th Anniversary coin and a Utah State Parks Boating Program coin will also be cached."_excerpt from article.

So.. those of you who love coins.. have a reason to go back and check some of the caches while you are traveling.

Seattle

And of course another link from Seattle papers.

Talking about the events for Geowoodstock VIII and the Lost and Found Event.

Last but not least ...Events!!

It is that time again.  It seems spring and fall have huge numbers of events.  This year had tons in the spring. At one point we had over 40 events planned in the state.  We are well down from that number now.  It looks like we are approaching 23.  So there is a lot going on.

There are a number of events that are becoming traditional, and we look forward to them.

Every month there are the following

Hot Dog dinners in Springville - Jac0b

UVCA - Utah Valley Cache Aholics - Princess Daisies.. August will be a scavenger hunt.

The semi regular events,

Splash Mobs - by GR8JPN

HikingSeals and The Nightfox each have a hiking series that is going on

A few regional events

Musical Highway Premier by Ironbuttwing & WillDrillZ

Annual September 11th Tribute / Memorial Hike by UTDARCY

Events for Special Dates

8-9-10 Flash Mob Event by PeanutsParents

10-10-10 Event by PeanutsParents

10-10-10 Multi Event - UT by hjnielsen

Then the big annual events:

Whiting Campout - 2010 by JAC0B

Maple Mountain Hike - 2010 by JAC0B

10 Years of Utah Geocaching! Potter's Ponds 2010 by bunkerdave and Udink

As far as I can tell, skimming through all the old archived events nationwide, the Potters Ponds event is the first overnight camping event that was held.  So this one appears to be carrying on the tradition. Hope to see you there. I have a campsite reserved, and bug spray bought.

There are many other events that are going on so take the time to find one and get out to a few of them.  We are all nuts, but we love to share our experiences with each other.  I have had more fun at events than caching.  The people here are great.

Videos from the Lost and Found Celebrations

Though the one below this is not the lost and found celebration.. it is from the French 10 year celebration in May. (I lived in France for two years).

Get Satisfaction.

I do not know if any of you have noticed the tab on the left hand side of the screen on Geocaching.com.  The one that is labeled "feedback".  This is a special link to the website Get Satisfaction.

This is a way for the geocaching community to post bugs, praise, and ideas for the lackeys at groundspeak to see.  If you have not been there it is a great way to see if some ideas are planned, not planned, or under consideration by geocaching.com.

Here are a list of a few of the most popular of them.

Bring Back Virtual Caches  Under consideration

Create a "Nano" Cache Size Option Under consideration

5 Star Cache Rating for Finders Under consideration

Challenge Icon Under consideration

Removal of the stupid facebook-link Planned

Night Cache Attribute Planned (along with a number of new attributes)

Bring back the Webcam Caches.

APIs for 3rd party developers

Map more than 500 caches

View friends map/smiley faces.

Dipping Trackables in Caches Planned

There are hundreds of others.  So take the the time to toss a vote in.

Importing the past, and the future

I am slowly closing down my old website on Google.  I transferred over all my old files today.  So instead of a 6 week old blog.. we jump back to  a year.

So one year of random thoughts.  Most of my earlier stuff was related to when I was just a reviewer.  I realized that there was not a lot to say.  Cool stuff, I can't say.  Some things I have to just wait until more is released. 

So I started to talk less and less.  Most of the old trending topics were maintenance, and reviewing.  Much has changed.

Thanks everyone for letting me have fun with you for the last year.  If I have upset you, I am sorry. Some have been vocal and hostile with me about groundspeak policies, or how I try to accoplish them. Hopefully the venting has helped out.  I have learned a ton, many things the hard way.  Like when I had to constantly move a cache because I doing things wrong at first, this is much the same.

If you have concerns let me know.  If you want to chat... the same.  I am pretty busy and it may be put off for a bit, but I save them all.  I save every needs archived email, until it is back or resolved. So if I take a bit, there may be some reasoning.

Once again thanks.  Utah cachers are the best.