Melbourne meet-up?

[akashra]

Can't do this Saturday - have a road race down at Phillip Island.

Ooo, tell us more! Are you watching this race or participating? What kind of race is it?

Road cycling - one of the support races for the Phillip Island Cycling Grand Prix. It's my first ever road race, so I'll probably just run C grade. The plan is to just stay rubber-side down.

[l33t_sas]

Bump. So who's coming tomorrow. I'm bringing another two friends. Recently converted to the awesomeness that is xkcd.

[Bruce]

I am in Brazil, so attendance will be a little awkward.

[Balrog Boogie]

Ryan, Courtney and I will definitely be present.
Who are you bringing, Jonathan?

I hope you are having fun in Brazil, Bruce. (:

[Rowan_of_Rin]

Well shit. I missed this by a day, gah! Probably lucky, I needed to do work...

Brazil! You better go to the Amazon for me, Bruce, there are just too many things out there that can potentially kill you. Awesomeness.

[Bruce]

Brazil! You better go to the Amazon for me, Bruce, there are just too many things out there that can potentially kill you. Awesomeness.

.... thanks... I think. I am not going to be making it that far north, but plan to go to Rio at least.

[Rowan_of_Rin]

Haha, sorry for being incomprehensible, I hadn't slept for 43 hours... Well, enjoy your holiday(?), and take pics!

[Amarantha]

Road cycling - one of the support races for the Phillip Island Cycling Grand Prix. It's my first ever road race, so I'll probably just run C grade. The plan is to just stay rubber-side down.

Oh, of course! I do now remember you giving me some advice about cycling.

Personally, when I go to the Island it's usually to watch the motorcycling

[Luthen]

Anyone want to obey the geohashing comic?

Going to the country this weekend so I can't come but I'd like to know how it turns out.

[theduffman]

it's a shame that Melbourne is divided pretty-much into four 'geohashing' spots. None of the rectangles fit nicely over particularly interesting or particularly accessible places

[l33t_sas]

I didn't get the comic.

I feel stupid.

[Hawknc]

It's a method of finding a random location near you - take your date and the opening value of the Dow Jones index, md5sum it, convert the two numbers to decimals, take the decimals and add them to the degree of latitude and longitude and voila, random geohashing location. For Melbourne CBD, today's (well, yesterday's because the Dow isn't open yet) is somewhere between Melton and Sunbury.

[Luthen]

We could work out how to center a rectangle on Melbourne and use that, I guess.

[visibleprocrast]

Of course XKCD have defined Melbourne as -38, 145 so we can plug this into the Atom feed generator to get a Atom Geohash for Melbourne.
http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/-38,145
Of course, this always puts us in the SE Melbourne graticule.

Cheers

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Visible Procrastinations - Melbourne, Australia
http://visibleprocrastinations.wordpress.com/

[gnat]

Well, I propose that if we try out this geohashing thing, that we simply pick out the best of the four possible locations. Either that or we rotate through them, but it seems to me like it would be more enjoyable to have a selection.

[theduffman]

guys we need to recover the other pictures from our first meetup. See I've just discovered facebook and I look evil in my only photo that I have

edit: crisis averted. I found a different appropriate picture.

[Bruce]

You say that like looking evil on farcebook is a bad thing...

[l33t_sas]

See I've just discovered facebook and I look evil in my only photo that I have

Facebook is so crap, I'll never forgive the friend who induced me to get one. Ugh.

Also:
1. Get digital camera
2. Take photo
3. Like photo? No? repeat from step 2, if yes:
4. Upload photo to Facebook.

And there you have it

[theduffman]

haha thanks. There's not a lot of love for facebook from the xkcd forums I've noticed.

And frankly, a day in, the enjoyment /is/ already starting to decrease.

[Bruce]

There has been some off-board talk of a meet up on Sunday. Posting here to see what people think. Maybe meet up for some Pizza? Better Ideas?

[joff]

I'm pretty keen for Sunday, for whatever really

Is this related to Meowgan having a ticket to travel to Melbs?

[Bruce]

I'm pretty keen for Sunday, for whatever really

Is this related to Meowgan having a ticket to travel to Melbs?

It was mostly related to Gnat having an xkcd order for some of us. But sure, what you said too!

[joff]

FYI, I have no idea when she's here....

[Bruce]

This just in:

Melbourne Zombie Shuffle on Saturday. Some site which may or may not be official here:

http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/mel ... e-shuffle/

Unfortunately I do not think I can make it.

[gnat]

Yeah, I was thinking of going to the zombie shuffle too. But I think I'll just end up watching it from the sidelines. Lame-o.

By the way, I thought that the next meetup was going to be next weekend, not this weekend. What's going on, people? If it's this weekend, then I absolutely cannot do Saturday (the 14th).

Honestly, I'd prefer it next weekend...

[Toeofdoom]

I have a pretty full weekend :s middle of the day saturday might work though as would any non-middle of the day time on sunday. I doubt I'll go to this zombie shuffle thing though...

[l33t_sas]

I'm busy this Sunday sadly, have a birthday party (rock climbing! ) and then work. But damnit, I want my shirt!

[theduffman]

personally I'm not especially into the idea of meeting up this weekend cos I'm at my sister's batmitzvah this saturday and my exam is just next friday. Are you guys busy next weekend?

[joff]

I'm totally gonna attend the Zombie Shuffle.... next weekend should be fine for a meetup though

[Bruce]

Sorry, probably just me being confused. Have fun at the shuffle.

[joff]

Photos from the shuffle

Did anyone else go?

[Hawknc]

Man, I was even in the city today, though I was at Southbank looking at the fish rather than in Carlton hungering for braaaaaaains. Next weekend could work, though.

EDIT: OH! OH! NOW I understand why I saw the dead walking among us and eating lunch at Crown!

EDIT 2.0: Ha, I just found a friend of mine in that collection of photos. Would you believe I was mere hundreds of metres away at the Aquarium? So annoyed...

[l33t_sas]

I think I'm good for next Saturday.

[RandomAbuse]

so anyone meeting up at the alternative site today? map seems to indicate that 2 people are interested...

[Bruce]

Current my plan for this Saturday is to do the Geohash. Others have shown interest, so I think it is on. I have a car and can provide transport if people want.

http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Melbourne%2C_Australia

[joff]

I'm in.. but will need a ride if it's not somewhere easily accessible via public transport...

[theduffman]

Geohash this weekend? Sounds great! I'll contribute my car if we can't fit in Bruce's. We should probably pick between the East and West graticules shouldn't we?

[l33t_sas]

I have work this Saturday so sadly, I am out.

(Sunday is good though)

[gnat]

I am in! and it looks like my plans for saturday have evaporated, so I don't need to be back in the city in a rush, yay!

I will however need a ride if the spot is not conveniently located at a train station.

I propose we use the East graticule. I think most people are in the East, right? I'm near Frankston, so the East one would definitely be better for me. What about everyone else?

[Toeofdoom]

Sounds good to me, if I can get there, anyway. Meaning in public transport range...