Cumbyrocks

Author's details

Name: Peter Walker
Date registered: December 19, 2010
URL: http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com/

Latest posts

  1. Guest Post: Author Stuck On Geocaching — February 20, 2013
  2. Spotted Whilst Caching … — February 9, 2013
  3. CITO In Space — January 25, 2013
  4. Get Street View In Your Geocache Listings — January 23, 2013
  5. Smartphones Keep Getting Better — January 21, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. OpenCaching.com One Year On — 40 comments
  2. Garmin vs Geocaching.com — 39 comments
  3. Top Five Android Geocaching Apps — 29 comments
  4. OpenCaching.com: An over-saturation nightmare waiting to happen? — 23 comments
  5. The Mad Cacher goes all Angry Birds on Garmin/Opencaching.com — 22 comments

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Guest Post: Author Stuck On Geocaching

Categories:

GeoMedia

February 20, 2013

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Heather Thurmeier, author of romance novel Stuck on You, tells us about her experience of writing about geocaching.

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Spotted Whilst Caching …

Categories:

Humour

February 9, 2013

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This gem on the Sullivans Dam walkway intersection with the Cloud Forests of Leith link in Dunedin. I must see if MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice are up for an expedition!

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CITO In Space

Categories:

Geotools

January 25, 2013

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Geocachers have always been environmentally conscious … and now that belief has been transferred to the satellite realm’s nasty little (not-so) secret  – the enormous pile of space junk from leftover satellites and rockets. That’s right, DARPA - the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon - is spending US$180 million to conduct the first CITO in space! When …

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Get Street View In Your Geocache Listings

Categories:

Geotools

January 23, 2013

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American geocacher Lil Devil has released another outstanding Greasemonkey script – this one bringing Google Street View into Geocaching.com cache listings.

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Smartphones Keep Getting Better

Categories:

Geotools

January 21, 2013

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Traditional GPSr owners have always used poor battery life, robustness and accuracy levels as the reasons why a smartphone is no good for geocaching. Until recently, this has largely been true.

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Congratulations Moneydork, Geocacher Of The Month

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Geocaching.com, Moneydork/Camocrab

December 29, 2012

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It’s Not About The Numbers is proud to report that New Zealand’s own (you can’t claim him yet Australia!) Wayne Champion (aka Moneydork, Camocrab et al) has been awarded Geocacher of the Month by Groundspeak.

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Microsoft Sends GPS Into The Clouds

Categories:

GPS

December 26, 2012

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But they’re already up in the clouds right? Have Microsoft, following the disaster of Windows 8, decided to deflect the attention by distracting the media with another story about their stupidity? As it turns out, no. In what can only be described as the Microsoft Christmas gift to geocachers, numerous reports are flying around the …

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The INATN Christmas Message…

Categories:

Cumbyrocks

December 25, 2012

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As I write this it is 5:53am (NZ Time) on Tuesday 25th December…also known as CHRISTMAS DAY!!!! One small child has woken up already, although I suspect he is too little to realise what’s happening. I also realise that many of our wonderful readers are also still sleeping and waiting for Santa to arrive. It …

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Guest Post: Little Free Geocache

Categories:

Geocaching News

December 17, 2012

by

CalORie

American geocacher Julie Henning introduces It’s Not About The Numbers to a great geocaching and exchange initiative. A worldwide project to promote literacy and build community through a free book exchange using boxes roughly the size of a milk crate, the Little Free Library initiative began in 2009 just down the street from our Madison, Wisconsin home. Popping …

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Geocaching: Challenges No More, Cumbyrocks To Blame

Categories:

Geocaching.com

December 5, 2012

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Any GC.com geocacher who has checked their email today will be aware that Geocaching.com have decided to retire the Challenge part of the site. In case you haven’t read it their email reads… In our effort to inspire outdoor play through Geocaching, we are often faced with decisions about what to focus on next, and …

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