Recently, I found myself instructing my class on this topic. Students in recent years have made a link between Terrell Owens and myself. Other than our surnames, there isn’t much we have in common. I use T.O. as an example of how not to behave. True, he has phenomenal talent that has earned him millions of dollars, yet he cannot keep a job. At least a few of those were due to his behavior. For my students, I caution them from thumping their own chests.

Yet, there was a student who wanted to show off. It’s a delicate task in modifying others’ behaviors. I found myself saying the following:

Your task is to be so remarkable that others take note and comment on your performance; not for you to point out to others what you have done.

As I reflected on what I had said, I realized that summarizes my issues with those who proclaim FTF (first to find) in geocaching.

Disguised coordinates: 40.815767 -74.325833

Have you seen this in Essex County?

• Find the exact spot these photographs were taken. Post your find along with a photograph of you at the spot here.

Disguised coordinates: 39.407717 -75.099217

Have you seen this in Cumberland County?

• Find the exact spot these photographs were taken. Post your find along with a photograph of you at the spot here.

The organizational campaign is still underway. What I once thought was a summer project is turning into a massive job. Believe it or not, I can see the end . . . I think. I have tentatively set a completion date for uploading all the photographs and videos. That is the end of June.

Tonight I found another cache of files I had forgotten. I stumbled across this video clip. I sometimes get into video mode accidentally when I juggle my gear. I think that is what happened here. I was able to determine with some work what geocache this is.

Can you?

Admittedly, I have an interest in geo-location. Shoot, my free time is consumed by it. The hot trend now is checking in at various locations. It’s valuable information for businesses, but right now other than futzing around, there isn’t much for the end user other than the kewlness factor.

Like all emerging markets, there’s a rush to win the early adopters. Will it be Gowalla, Foursquare, Brightkite, etc.?

There’s a new player entering the market. Good ol’ Jeremy Irish is putting Groundspeak right smack in the middle of all this with its new service Whibbit. Gotta love those premium memberships footing the growth into new markets, eh?

I’ll be interested in seeing how this is marketed. It appears Whibbit is going to expand into the asking questions end of things. While that appeals to some, I suspect it will not draw a heavy user base.

I am hoping that someone will write a decent android caching app, that is open to whichever site…

Why would anyone spend an iota of time developing for TC.com? The site’s creator doesn’t even develop for the site. There’s been no development whatsoever in years.

AK and ScottO have shown disdain for site users who wanted to develop tools to enhance the experience. It’s been more than two years since I made that request. It would take less than a second of processor time and no coding since I wrote the script. Of course, my project stalled. My understanding is that the guy who took it over after me abandoned it too for lack of assistance from TC.com.

So again, why would anyone even consider this abandoned relic of a geocaching site in his coding time?

Disguised coordinates: 39.502517 -75.5373

Have you seen this in Delaware?

• Find the exact spot these photographs were taken. Post your find along with a photograph of you at the spot here.