http://boingboing.net/2007/09/30/geek-exercise-challe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/30/geek-exercise-challe.html#comment-32366 dishliquid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-32366 Some one should make a Facebook app so you can show off your progress to your friends. Some one should make a Facebook app so you can show off your progress to your friends.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2007/09/30/geek-exercise-challe.html#comment-32194 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-32194 According to the book, (which I don't have with me at the moment, so I'm trusting <a href="http://www.lordotrings.com/books/timeline4.asp">this time line</a>'s accuracy) the hobbits walked those 1625 miles from Minas Tirith to Hobbiton between Aug 14 & Nov 3. That's a bit less than 20 miles a day. Quite a bit of walking, especially when you consider how short their legs were.:) Not unrealistic, though; you just know that's the sort of thing Tolkien would be a stickler for. Er, "for which Tolkien would be a stickler." According to the book, (which I don’t have with me at the moment, so I’m trusting this time line‘s accuracy) the hobbits walked those 1625 miles from Minas Tirith to Hobbiton between Aug 14 & Nov 3. That’s a bit less than 20 miles a day. Quite a bit of walking, especially when you consider how short their legs were.:)
Not unrealistic, though; you just know that’s the sort of thing Tolkien would be a stickler for. Er, “for which Tolkien would be a stickler.”

]]> http://boingboing.net/2007/09/30/geek-exercise-challe.html#comment-32250 wray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-32250 You can use the Google Earth tape measure tool to calculate the length of your route. Accurate and geeky. You can use the Google Earth tape measure tool to calculate the length of your route. Accurate and geeky.

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