Author Archives: Zor
She’s a lot tamer now
It seems that as my little girl grows up a bit, she has also managed to calm down slightly. The big huge fits she was going through seem to have subsided for now. She’s actually a lot more cooperative and a lot more pleasant to be around. Plus, she finally told me she loves me … Continue reading
Eight Days In The Desert – Part III
This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. This is the last in a three part series. Incepit has detailed his and Markirene’s journey to the ET Highway in Nevada along with the powertrail located on Route 66. They took this journey back in May … Continue reading
Cacher’s Corner – Episode 21
Another podcast hits the airwaves with some talk of new events, new GPS units, and a great interview with ranger170 and his new geocoin challenge series. Continue reading
Violent Media Is Not The Problem
This morning I read yet another ridiculous article about how folks are still trying to blame violent videogames and other media for the recent shootings in Connecticut. This time it’s a group near Newtown that wants people to bring in their violent videogames in exchange for money. The plan is to burn all of the media … Continue reading
The Inability To Take Suggestions / Criticism
Recently I had a situation arise where I found myself wanting to help someone else out. Specifically, it had to do with a particular geocacher and something they had done. Now the thing is, most of the time I tend to just keep my opinions or suggestions to others to myself unless I am face … Continue reading
Hub City Holiday Giveaway Winner Announced
This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. On Saturday December 8th, Cache Up NB celebrated the holidays by giving away a Magellan eXplorist GC GPS. We had been running a contest on Cache Up NB to have people submit their names as a comments … Continue reading
Teaching my kids about technology
A few months ago, my wife told me a story about my son Dylan that concerned me a bit. Turns out he had been at a friends house and his friend, who is the same age as him, was quite skilled at using a mouse on a computer. Dylan was however not as skilled. He … Continue reading
Challenges to be retired
This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. For those who may have missed the link on the scribbles, here’s an official announcement from Groundspeak regarding “challenges”. In our effort to inspire outdoor play through Geocaching, we are often faced with decisions about what to … Continue reading
A Geocacher’s Perspective
This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. On Boxing Day of this year I will have been geocaching for 5 years. In that time period I have found my share of caches all over the place. From micros to regulars to traditionals and puzzles, … Continue reading
I’ve been blogging for more than 11 years?
According to what I could find, this was the earliest “blog” entry I could find for Bobsroom. It looks like some of the entries between there and here never made it into the current database I use for all of my blog entries. Still though, it’s a bit insane to think of the fact that … Continue reading