[Noisebridge-discuss] NoiseCache party

[meredith scheff]

so, in order for the coins to be trackable on the geocaching website, you
need to go through their code system. There's nothing stopping us from
making our own, but geocaching.com is by far the main site for this stuff.
i agree- laser cut things would be great!
M

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Gian Pablo Villamil
<gian.pablo at gmail.com>wrote:

> You could make Geocoins on the Makerbot(s), we have red and white
> plastic, and soon will have black as well. Search thingiverse.com for
> a parametric box, or just make your own in Sketchup.
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Robert Belknap <rbelknap at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Noisebridge themed Geocoins would be awesome. As would building/placing
> NB
> > caches. There could even be a cache placed @ Noisebridge. Either
> downstairs
> > mounted to the front gate in some manner, or inside the space (clearly
> > labeled so as not to be incorporated into any giant robots.)
> >
> > Could the laser engraver be put to use making Geocoins and "signature
> > items"? (They need not be metal.)
> >
> > Another idea I've been kicking around is building a reverse Geocache
> puzzle
> > box, but I've not had time to do much more than think "I want to make
> one"
> >
> > I haven't been to the space since December, but I think I might be able
> make
> > it out on Sunday for this. Sounds like fun.
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 22:08, meredith scheff <satiredun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been getting into Geocaching as of late, and thought it'd be fun to
> >> make a bunch of caches at noisebridge and then go out into the world and
> >> place them. What would be super, super nerdy-awesome fun would be making
> >> custom Noisebridge Geocoins. For those who don't know, geocoings are
> coins
> >> with unique numbers on them that can be tracked when people move them
> from
> >> cache to cache; or they can have a purpose such as 'get me to berlin' or
> >> 'see all 7 continents'.
> >> Who else is interested? I was thinking of doing this saturday or sunday
> >> morning, and then we could go out and hide our caches!
> >> Mer
> >>
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hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build
a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate,
act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
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