A few weeks ago I finally became a full subscriber and supporter of Geocaching.com. I really didn’t expect a great benefit from it other then showing some love to a site I’ve useing more and more and have really been enjoying.
Little did I know it would reach out and try to increase my addiction. One of the features of being a member is having the ability to create instant alerts based on various criteria. Since my pattern has been to start with the closest cache to my home and work my way out, I thought it’d be cool to be alerted whenever a new cache is placed just so I don’t overlook one.
Well, as I’m sitting at home watching a movie an email comes in and I notice it was a Groundspeak alert. I just had to take a peek.. this was my first one. As soon as I saw it was a brand new cache I immediately got excited.. wow.. the opportunity to be the very first to log a find on a new cache! But after some quick Google mapping and looking at the setting sun I decided I couldn’t pull it off before nightfall. Sure enough, someone else did.
I guess the point I wanted to make is now there’s a whole new set of things in my head that I’m resisting. For example, for years I’ve wanted a mobile broadband Internet connection for my laptop but I’ve always concluded that I’m either at the office or at home and otherwise driving from one to the other with no opportunity to surf. Now I’m starting to think that I can have these alerts page my phone and where ever I am I can pull over and get details on a new cache!
For now I will resist my urge, but it is just one more log on the fire towards a new full-on addiction. Not that I’m not already addicted to caching, but I just sense that “next level” on the horizon.
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