We don’t have enough time to post on all the things that happen in the geocaching world each week so we’ve decided to produce Nano Bites, a summary of all the best geocaching news online. GEO-NEWS GPS shoes for Alzheimer’s patients will hit American stores this month. Originally, the US$300 footwear was designed for wandering …
There’s a party at Cumbyrocks’ place and you’re all invited! In October 2012, the first-ever New Zealand MEGA event will be held in Dunedin – the hometown of Cumbyrocks. The website for the MEGA, which is being organised by the New Zealand Recreational GPS Society, is now live and registrations of interest are being taken. …
When computer-game producer Edios - famous for titles such as Tomb Raider: Underworld and Batman: Arkham Asylum - closed its office in Sweden in 2008, it would have been easy for programmers René Højstrand and Alex Hartly to look for work at another gaming giant. But they didn’t. With the quickly evolving smartphone market coming to the fore, …
ONE VERY COOL MUNZEE Munzee mania keeps marching across the map, with Antarctica now boasting its first gamepiece. London-based Australian player Zalgariath placed Diggles (Final Frontier) last Tuesday with help from friend Steele Diggles who works at the South Pole Research Base. “Ever since Munzee conquered the six inhabited continents, there has been a running joke …
It’s Not About The Numbers talks to two women entering an interesting cycle of their lives. British duo Sally Newham and Sally Lemsford want to steer art – and geocaching – in a completely new direction. Dressed in bright red costumes and towing a trailer dubbed the ‘Fantasy Museum’, the pair have been clocking up to 50 …
We don’t have enough time to post on all the things that happen in the geocaching world each week so we’ve decided to produce Nano Bites, a summary of all the best geocaching news online. GEO-NEWS Boo! Munzee is hoping to carve a niche for itself with its new Pumpkin Hunt. From October 29th, Pumpkin …
… Or how It’s Not About The Numbers discovers some rather forward material while reviewing a geocaching guide. Man’s discovery of fire pales in comparison to the invention of geocaching, if you believe our sport’s founding father. In the forward to Layne Cameron’s recently reprinted The Geocaching Handbook: The Guide For Family-Friendly High-Tech Treasure Hunting, …
The email alert on my Blackberry chimed at 2.30pm on a bright and sunny Sunday. I noted the subject line, ‘On your marks, get set …’, as I opened it up. ‘Go!’. Nothing else to read, though I noticed a jpg attached to kjwx’s message and opened it up to reveal an image of a …
Reviewing a GPS unit that has been around for nearly three years is a bit like writing an article about a 1977 Ford Escort (which, interestingly, was my first car and a wonderfully simple vehicle for a young man to have). All are well familiar with it by now, its various strengths and weaknesses, and …
If you’ve ever worried about losing one of your smaller cachers out on the trail, then this product might be for you … the Pikavu Express Locator. According to its creator, Spanish company Vision Localisation Systems, you simply place a GPS-enabled wristwatch on your child and use the portable receiver to keep track of them. From the website: GPS …
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