The cache is not at the posted coordinates. To find the cache, turn up your favorite 90's mix tape and solve the following puzzle:
8 44 444 777 8 999 333 666 88 777 9999 33 777 666 333 666 88 777 7 666 444 66 8 9999 33 777 666 333 444 888 33 333 666 88 777
33 444 4 44 8 999 333 666 88 777 8 9 33 555 888 33 7 666 444 66 8 66 444 66 33 7777 33 888 33 66 66 444 66 33
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This cache is located within Webb Bridge Park, a City of Alpharetta Recreation, Parks & Cultural Services Department property. Permit # R30959
{everything below this line is not needed to solve the puzzle. Well, except the geo-checker. The geo-checker is below this line and I encourage you to use that. Everything else is just my nostalgic ramblings for your reading pleasure. Not that anything I wrote is enjoyable to read, but maybe it will guide you on your own nostalgic journey of the 90's}
Wow, 30+ years later, looking back at the 90’s and how far we have come. Some great innovations and pop culture moments happened during this decade. This was truly the start of the digital age.
- Global Positioning System (GPS) fully operational - harder to find Tupperware in the woods without it
- World Wide Web (WWW)
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Computing Technology:
- CD-ROMs
- USB Ports
- Flat panel Monitors
- Computer Software:
- Windows 95
- Linux
- Java
- “Clippy” the helpful paperclip
- Y2K - maybe, technically, this was a 00's problem, but we had to prepare for it in the 90's
- Home Entertainment:
- Satellite TV - the small house-mounted dishes
- DVDs
- DVRs
- MP3 and MP3 Players - Napster anyone?
- Home Gaming:
- Sony PlayStation
- Nintendo 64
- Personal Tech:
- Beepers
- PDAs & Palm Pilots
- Digital Mobile Phones (2G CDMA/GSM) - goodbye static, hello blanking
- Text Messaging - yeah, and they want it back
- On-line Shopping:
- Amazon
- eBay
- Netflix - by mail only
- Kids Toys:
- Tamagotchi
- Beanie Babies
- Bratz Dolls
- Furbies
- Tickle Me Elmo
- Movies: {too many to list them all}
- Titanic
- Home Alone
- Forest Gump
- Space Jam
- The Matix - just squeaked into the list, 1999
- Pixar Films!
- Toy Story
- A Bug's Live
- Toy Story 2
- TV Shows: {again, too many to list them all}
- Friends
- Seinfeld
- Fraiser
- Law & Order
- The X-Files
- South Park
- That 70’s Show - started in '98
- SNL was good - Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, Dennis Miller, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Al Franken, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Robert Smigel, Norm Macdonald … just to name a few
- Music: {way, way too many to list}
- Everybody (Backstreet Boys)
- U Can’t Touch This
- Gangsta’s Paradise
- Barbie Girl
- Ice Ice Baby
- Macarena - aight
- Life Is a Highway
- My Heart Will Go On
- Fashion: {in general, some 90’s trends}
- Neon Colors
- Leggings and exercise-wear
- Grunge
- Modern preppy
- Hip-Hop
Not a comprehensive list, but some 90s era items that influenced my life in that decade.
What did you like from the 90’s? What did I forget?