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Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:13 am

OW'ers set off to go ice hunting with Bob's new spreadsheet system.

AvastMH wrote:Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:49 am Awwwwww -GREAT picture hanibal - I love it. It catches that epic moment of the start of a major journey for our wonderful crew. Fair winds!

Randi wrote:Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:16 pm Good work - Thanks, Hanibal!

Michael wrote:Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:39 pm Yes, indeed!

Bob wrote:Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:42 pm Nice!

Helen J wrote:Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:57 pm Brilliant find hanibal. I hope the number of ships in the fleet reflects the number of ice finders!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:05 am

OW'ers and scientists planning the new Ice Hunting system: "Breaking the voyages into one-year blocks was a great idea - next, we should make sure the pages are scanned so that 'Amount of Clear Sky' is always clearly visible on the weather page!"

Michael wrote:Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:45 pm Good choice, but where are our valiant and hardworking ladies???

Probably out doing the work while the men stand around talking about it.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:55 am

OW'ers try using the Ice Hunting system on a tablet computer.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:59 am

Exploring the icy wastes of the Artic is a dangerous business.
Please do not do so unless you really know what you're doing.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:20 am

Veteran OW'er gets interrupted by Real Life.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Nov 25, 2017 11:28 am

Maikel discovers AutoHotKey, an awesome tool that has saved hours of work and hours of frustration for many OW'ers.

Randi wrote:Sat Nov 25, 2017 2:00 pm Good one, Hanibal!

And thanks to Maikel! Even if I only use the very basic features AHK has been a big help.

Michael wrote:Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:04 pm Yes, Bravo to you both, Maikel and Hanibal!

AvastMH wrote:Sat Nov 25, 2017 6:29 pm

Craig wrote:Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:14 pm Is that a quantum computer that Maikel's using there?

Don't know, but my pressure cooker does that sometimes

Great picture and caption hanibal - and many thanks to maikel because AHK is a life changer

Dean wrote:Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:02 pm Just for Information.......

AvastMH wrote:Thu Dec 07, 2017 11:57 pm

Hanibal94 wrote:Thu Dec 07, 2017 7:14 pm

Do birds also use the Beaufort code?

Only in second grade - before that they are simply learning their alphabet

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:01 am

OW'er looking for new recruits: "Excuse me, sir - do you have a moment to talk about Arctic sea ice?"

Dean wrote:Wed Dec 13, 2017 6:22 pm

Hmmm. Interesting writing style on this new set of Logs.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Dec 16, 2017 9:35 am (Nice one Dean - I like how he also has a sword!)



Signs of OW Addiction #274: You can't decide between making Journey Plotter maps and stargazing, so you try to do both at once!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Dec 24, 2017 1:35 pm

OW'ers hold a mighty feast to celebrate Christmas and the almost-completion of OW Classic AND the launch of Ice Hunting.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:43 am

OW'ers celebrating the new year in the tropics.

Dean wrote:Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:47 pm

The Mods have bestowed upon us a new set of Logs to work on.

Helen J wrote:Sat Jan 06, 2018 4:02 pm Very clever, Dean. And I'm delighted to see that the Mods are still dressing with style ....

Michael wrote:Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:59 pm

Three transcribers setting out on their next Ice Hunt.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:47 am

Signs of OW Addiction #491: When you run out of paper for Journey Plotter notes, you take off your clothes and write on them instead!

Dean wrote:Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:51 pm Talk about giving the shirt off of one's back..............

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:43 pm

OW'er to noisy roommate: "Could you puh-leeze turn it down a little? I'm trying to work here!"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:10 am

Ice Hunters take a very wrong turn: "Wait a minute - this doesn't look like Alaska at all!"

Dean wrote:Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:28 pm

Damn the icebergs!! Full speed ahead!!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:08 am

Zooniverse dev discussing the history of Zooniverse: "Almost all of our early projects were astronomy, but since then we have expanded to a wide variety of fields, such as nature, literature, physics and climate!"

Helen J wrote:Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:12 pm I knew Zooniverse developers were pretty splendid, but I hadn't realised they were actually angelic!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:01 am

OW'er gets interviewed by journalist: "Whatever you do, do NOT ever cook dinner while working on OW - I learned that one the hard way!"

Michael wrote:Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:19 pm Who has time for things like dinner when OW is calling????

AvastMH wrote:Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:48 pm I'll take a slightly different tack: 'if you don't like what's coming up for dinner you can always incinerate it by working on oldweather'