Archive for May, 2009

Geohashing: 5/25/09 in 39, -82

Monday, May 25th, 2009

The satellite photos of the hash point were ambiguous about whether the hash would be accessible, but we decided we’d drive by to see what was there, and if we could reach the hash, we would. The Google Street View photos showed there was a sign by the driveway/entrance, but we couldn’t tell what it [...]

Geohashing: 8/20/08 in 39, -83

Monday, May 25th, 2009

This post is extremely late in coming.  Last August, Chris and Bobby and I did what would end up being our last geohashing adventure in 2008.  The hash itself was very close for once, being between Hunter and Highland down on 9th avenue, which is just south of OSU campus. More pictures and details of [...]

AP09 Art: Martial Arts

Monday, May 25th, 2009

The Martial Arts badge was, for some reason, a difficult one to do.  It sounds like a simple thing to do, but the term (and genre) is also broad, and was thus hard for me to pin down.  I ended up doing some Google Image searches and found this great picture of Ranma Saotome (Ranma [...]

AP09 Art: Local Deity

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Kamichuuuuuuuu! This adorable anime was the basis for this badge.  Yurie becomes a Shinto god one day, and adventures ensue.

AP09 Art: Knight Saber

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Knight Sabers are the power armor worn in the various incarnations of Bubblegum Crisis.  The clip below has some good action shots of them, and is from BGC Tokyo 2040: I never thought of myself as good at highly technical drawings such as this (or mecha), but I was quite happy with the suit I [...]