Hows my little happy worker?

This image basically sums up where i would consider future employment. If someone refers to soft drinks as coke count me out. Not for any sum of money.

Hows my little article writer?

I have to write 4 articles about Geocaching in my advanced comp class and since I haven't posted lately I'll give you the pleasure of reading my first one, suggestions welcome.

A Beginners (In Depth) Guide to Geocaching

Geocaching is a term I am very well in tune with but when nice weekends come to a close and I head back to class most of my friends balk at the meaning of this activity I do for fun. Out of necessity I am here to fill in those who have a general idea about geocaching and those who don't have a clue.

Geocaching began shortly after the US government unlocked it's global positioning satellite system for public use in may of 2001. The first cachers used a popular GPS forum to post where they had hidden caches for others to find and log their visit. This eventually evolved into the main geocaching website used today geocaching.com.

Using this website a user can find the coordinates for caches anywhere in the world. The coordinates are reported using latitude and longitude measurements that can pinpoint a particular area on the planet down to the foot. Once the coordinates are programmed into the GPS the hunt begins. As long as one knows how to operate a GPS unit they could begin caching.

There are several types of geocaches that can be found around the world, I'll cover the basic ones here. The first and most popular type of cache is the traditional cache which is a waterproof container of some sort, in varying sizes. The next type of cache is a multi-cache these caches are more adventurous and take longer to find. Multi-caches are a series of two or more traditional caches with clues leading one from cache to cache to reach the final. Often times there are puzzles that must be solved in order for one to decipher the coordinates for the next find. Another type is for the less adventurous soul is the virtual cache, which brings cachers to areas of interest or that are important to the hider for various reasons. A spin-off of virtuals are earth caches where one can learn about the history and formation of the particular area they have been brought to. The last of the main types is the puzzle cache, these caches generally require some thinking or problem solving in order for one to decipher the coordinates of these types of caches.

There are many variations to the containers which caches are stored, some of the most popular are ammunition cans, but they can vary from film canisters, coffee bean containers, to rubbermaid tubs. There are some others that have shown more imagination such as inside dolls (or their parts), stuffed animals, fake rocks, and hollowed out logs or stumps.

To make a geocache official the container must hold, at least a log book for the finder to sign their name. The container is generally large enough to store a multitude of other trinkets that can generally be found in a dollar store. The best prize of all (I think anyway) are Geocoins and Travel Bugs, which are little objects with unique numbers that can be tracked from cache to cache. These are exciting finds because the finder can see where it has traveled, then hide it in a new cache to continue it's journey.

If you begin this new hobby make sure to watch out for Muggles! This is a term borrowed from the Harry Potter series describing people who are ignorant to wizzards who use magic or that it exists. Just like geocaching, curious people who don't know of the sport might take the container (having it Muggled) or just not replace it correctly.

Geocaching has many advantages for people of all ages and education. The first one is it gets people outside and exercising. It also takes people to places that they wouldn't know have existed otherwise. The best way I have decided to sum up the sport is that it is a treasure hunt with a GPS. Now that you have a background on the sport get out there and go hunting!


Here are a bunch of the caches in Duluth by my house, The smileys are the ones I've found either by myself or with help of great people.

Hows my little Headliner?

what victims are the catholics going to abuse?
[as seen on CNN.com]


I always thought there was some weight behind this correlation...

Hows my little Identity?

So I am about sit down to craft a gateway into the field of graphic design and promptly asked myself, well, Who am I?

I then took a pause to fold my laundry and tidy up my room to try and decide the best way to answer that question in interesting detail.

Who am I is an excellent question I've decided thus far. Well I can say in my life I've been a lot of things, a cub scout, a boy scout, a volunteer, a joker, annoying, a liar, a bearer of bad news and good news. I've celebrated and mourned, I've cried and laughed. I was a High school tri-sport athlete, an NCAA athlete, a student, and an employee. I've been in love and I've been a traveler. I've been a confident, a shoulder to cry on, a complainer, and mystery solver. These are mostly good things many of them I am now, but still who I was.

Who am I today? Who will I be tomorrow.

Well My parents raised me well, I usually remember My pleases and Thank Yous, I push in my chair when I am done sitting in it and I try not to interrupt people, but I do have a problem with finishing their sentences. I'll hold the door open for people to walk through assuming I'm not in a hurry myself, and I say thank you to the bus driver when I get off the bus. I smile a lot and complain very little. I don't put my napkin in my lap nor do I make my bed. I'm rude to people who I think are dumber than me and I am sarcastic when I get mad.

That is a little about me but who am I really.

If we go off the little quote "It's not what you say that defines you, It's what you do." Well I don't do much, I am a motivated person but I can get very lazy sometimes. I firmly believe if it weren't for the last minute nothing would be done. A procrastinator?

So to a perspective employer who am I?

I am Tony Jacobson, I'm friendlier than your average person, I have an interest in variety of things and still want to learn how to wind surf. I'm a student nearly graduated with a BFA in graphic design and I've learned the skills necessary to be competitive in the working world, more so than many of my peers because I scrutinize design wherever I go. I think that a well designed thing is the best kind of thing. I've bought things before simply because I've liked the label, why wouldn't the rest of the world do the same? As a person I am eclectic and evolving just like my work, I constantly try to expand my vocabulary and think I can hold my ground in a conversation with anyone who might think they are smarter than me.

So who am I?

I'm not just a guy nor am I just me. I am Anthony Christopher Jacobson, I write kisses in the little electronic box when I sign for my card, and I have a personality that thus far has gotten me where I want to be in life.

I know, and now you know what exactly my mark means when its seen. It's not just me being cute, there is a person behind it, a guy who has a life, and is driven to be happy, and most of all I am..



Tony!

Hows my little reviewed?

This weekend I headed down to the land of mini apples to get my graphic design portfolio reviewed in the (drums rolling) AIGA Portfolio 1 on 1. What an event it was. I visited studios, learned about the programs I use to get things done, got some advice for things to work on, not to mention some job hunting tips (many of which were taken with grains of salt) I even went to a bar called brits and had a deep fried hardboiled egg, wrapped in bacon. My heart squealed with joy! I am not more prepared to get a job! woohoo!

Today I did a really hard and fun route climbing.

Pickled beets are gross.

Hows my little Brewfest#2?

Laura came up for brewfest this weekend it was a rip-roarin' good time.



I used my (manly) charm on some strange woman and she bought me a whole pizza and I shared it with all my friends. Let it be know this was the first and likely last time that has/will ever happen(ed).

Hows my little Decision?

Well folks I've had it.

Lately I've just been in a downward spiral with school (going to class, homework, ect.) my UROP is too demanding, if you pile in my work with Late Night Kirby as well as me trying to find a job and maintaining a long distance relationship you can obviously see that I've got a lot on my plate right now. So I've decided to cut out some of the fat. I've learned enough of the programs and principals at school and the last few weeks are going to be just too stressful to deal with. I've decided that I think I can safely stop going and get a good job as a jr. designer somewhere in the country. I've decided to stop going to classes and just find a job full time and to be honest it makes the most sense right now. Finding a job seems to be the most important thing to me right now finishing school at this point just seems to be a formality. I've even made it more official on facebook by joining the Minnesota alum network.

To those who have helped me reach this decision thank you for your support.

[a failed april fool]