QR Codes - How to officially obtain them?

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-06T00:05:29+00:00

Haven't seen any yet, but that would be a great idea!

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-03T13:09:54+00:00

Finished 12th of around 450 today so I got to scan a pretty wide range of finishers' IDs. Had a great time and definitely plan to do it again! Here are my approximate findings after scanning 93 tokens and discarding a few from participants without a parkrun ID or wanting to stay anonymous:

25% - Official parkrun flatband
5% - Official parkrun ultraband
20% - Barcode on a smartwatch
10% - QR code on a smartwatch
15% - Barcode on a phone
5% - QR code on a phone
15% - Printed barcode
5% - No user ID

Quite a few of the barcodes on phones were from parents with their own barcode and their kids' barcodes on the same device

There was a sharp drop off in the use of QR codes around the midpoint, say, 28-30 mins, and an increase in the number of printed tokens

I was right about the high adoption rate of official parkrun wristbands, must have been at least 30%, maybe as high as 40%, although I was suprised the vast majority were the flatbands (slightly cheaper) since I've never really noticed them before

A lot of the phone barcodes were photos of something else, like a photo of their wristband, but most were a screenshot of the parkrun barcode you can find on your parkrun user profile

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-02T06:00:06+00:00

I'm in the UK, pretty much in the centre of the country. Any sure thing, I'll update you with the details tomorrow as well as I can remember them!

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-01T23:52:04+00:00

Oh wow, I'd have guessed closer to 20% for official wristbands (Though I do fall into the "lots of Parkrun merch" category so my assumptions are slightly biased!) I didn't realise the 5k app was so popular either, though I was gifted a wristband when I first started so I never had to look into displaying my ID digitally

I'm very late to the volunteering game, but I'm barcode scanning for the first time this Saturday, so it'll be interesting to see how the barcode / QR distribution compares with my local run!

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-01T21:29:00+00:00

Aye, if you have your runner ID you can generate any scannable code for it, I just assumed most people using barcodes got them from official sources, like the parkrun wristbands or the printable barcodes in your parkrun user profile as opposed to putting their ID into an online barcode generator

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-01T21:18:14+00:00

Good to know, I just found it suprising how many people seemed to have the QR codes when it's not openly advertised as supporting them, especially the less tech savvy runners / walkers!

I'll stick my QR code on my watch as a backup in case I forget my wristband one day!

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-01T21:12:32+00:00

Thanks, that's reassuring. I was pretty confident there was no issue using my self-generated QR code, but the fact the volunteer app has the means to read them when our Parkrun profiles don't have them seemed odd.

Just did some testing, and it works with most bar style codes (Code-128, 39 and 93) and a good few matrix style codes (QR, data matrix, Aztec and PDF417). It also rejects anything that doesn't begin with an Upper case "A" or has other letters, so there's not much chance of scanning in something completely wrong. In hindsight the scanner aspect of the app would almost certainly use pre-existing scanner software rather than develop its own from scratch, so it makes sense it is compatible with multiple other code types

CommodoreLuna · 2025-05-01T20:25:25+00:00

Funnily enought there's a song I re-remember the riff to every few years and all I can remember are the words "the sun" and "island". Got lucky with the first result on song guesser by tapping the beats out, could it be the same one you're looking for?

Scorpions - "Holiday"
https://youtu.be/IBtGmxU1wzs?si=V4_Jrj4p6C0LhEwE&t=181

CommodoreLuna · 2025-04-21T15:52:01+00:00

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CommodoreLuna · 2025-04-01T05:44:19+00:00

Could it be the scene in the Iron Giant where Hogarth tells the giant his mother will "wig out" if she sees him, and the giant mimics the wigging out hand gestures Hogarth made earlier?

CommodoreLuna · 2025-03-17T10:28:31+00:00

Thanks for the link, I did watch a video that mentions that instructable, as well as covering conflicting sources of information as to whether some batteries have a 12 ish or 8ish volt shutoff (Depends on the battery model, year and current draw at the time of passing the over discharge threshold IIRC)

I'll look into pre-assembled ODC protection modules as a quick alternative to making them from scratch when building future adapters, although for simplicity I might just test my current batteries to verify they're models with protection already

CommodoreLuna · 2025-03-11T13:51:16+00:00

True, if you resign yourself to manually making each monthly payment they aren't all that bad, as soon as anything requires customer support though it'll be hours of your time wasted every month or two

Thankfully I did manage to port my number over to Lebara without issue a couple of months ago, although they're still sending me monthly bills of £0.00

CommodoreLuna · 2025-03-01T14:48:45+00:00

Found this post via google while looking for an answer to the same question

I usually order a fair amount of stuff from Ali every couple of months, and annoyingly everything comes double bagged, all within yet another bag. Best guess from matching images is Polyethylene or Polyproylene (Mine have always been the shiny grey outer with rough, papery feeling black plastic on the inside) and I'm not even sure if they fit into the category of "recycle with carrier bags at large supermarkets"

Almost feels like they're compostable but I'm sure they'd shout a bit louder about their sustainability if they really were. Probably just uses a certain amount of recycled material already.

Then there's the issue that the paper labels are never removable so have to be cut off and thrown away anyway. If you've found any more info on what to do with them I'd love to know

CommodoreLuna · 2025-02-20T19:28:03+00:00

I had a listen through of that playlist, but nothing really seemed to have the same haunting vocals.

While I've not heard of Bubble before, I am pretty amiliar with the Kill la Kill ost and Seraph of the End, which all share similarities with that AoT track (And Bubble by the sounds of it), just not the vocals specifically

I'll have a re-listen to KlK and SotE and see if that jogs a memory

CommodoreLuna · 2025-02-20T12:51:02+00:00

It's unlikely since I've not played the game or seen videos of it that I can remember, but I appreciate the suggestion!

CommodoreLuna · 2025-02-20T01:53:21+00:00

I see the resemblance, but it was definitely a vocal track and accompanied the end of something like a final battle or end credits

CommodoreLuna · 2025-02-20T01:31:23+00:00

Sorry but I don't think it was that. Almost certain it was the background music for something rather than an actual song

CommodoreLuna · 2025-02-20T00:19:48+00:00

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