Installed the Leet key extension to Thunderbird so that I now have two click access to rot13 encoded text in incoming emails about a cache that I am watching. Beats going to the web page and then decoding the information.
My first US cache was placed today, You Don't Know Jack so if you are reading this, you get a sneak preview that there is a cache in the pipeline, but you won't be able to access it until it has been approved. it has been live since 9.30 last night so what are you waiting for?
Did my first letterbox, Watch House this afternoon. Very similar to geocaching but a cool stamp was made onto a sheet of paper (as I can't find my geocaching log book at the moment). Left my own stamp behind on the log book.
In other news I have started to build my first Dublin, Ohio geocache - the box has been found, logbook obtained and a park to place it in found.
An alternative is ecoscavenging - basically virtual geocaches with no physical box/log book etc - you sign them online. Not many caches to be found at the moment though.
More greasemonkey scripts at the script list now give the ability to show nearby caches from maps.google.com. Works great
At a good night at Cache And Coffee which even Kristen enjoyed, Bjorn demonstrated the use of the Franklin County auditor map database which enables you to see who owns a piece of land - excellent for working out who to get permission from. Use it to find out the names of your neighbours (if you don't know them)