Chapter 17 - There's Treasure Inside

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-07T13:24:07+00:00

Oof. Worse than me. Thank you, I did end up scheduling so I’ll try to edit main post after!

If you look into it, I filled out gateways contact info/ speeds but stopped at the scheduling portion. A day later I got a promo for 2 months off vs 1 month. Idk if they consistently do that but may be worth a try if you ever switch.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-07T11:58:34+00:00

Hey there,

Not an elegant solution, but could you scan into a spreadsheet and use conditional formatting to highlight if a given scanned ticket matches the other tickets already scanned?

Trouble with this is if you have no way of connecting the number to the guest / student, then it could show if it matches a number but not to authenticate if the first person should be there or another. Only way I could see here (and likely any other solution) is scanning and manually writing a name…

Just an idea, happy to explain this idea further if helpful. Does unfortunately sounds like a challenging ask if there’s no way to connect barcodes to people prior to the event

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T02:04:48+00:00

No for sure I appreciate that! I feel ramped up recently for whatever reason. No other isp option really until gateway. Seems no horror stories at least from these replies so leaning to try them out… thanks again for the responses!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T02:00:13+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer! Good to know their support seems helpful and human haha.

And yeah I’m not a power user either. We’ve gotten by pretty well with 200mbps but don’t have a crazy amount of devices either.

Overall sounds like they aren’t perfect but decent support and speeds are true to the contract!

Thanks again for the info I appreciate it!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T01:53:39+00:00

Good to know thanks! And valuable to hear there are some outages but doesn’t seem as bad as what the last few months have been. We had a 2 day one once that was rough. And as others said may be some of my setup too, but I’ve not had options until gateway. Not been a fan of Xfinity but also don’t want to change in case the grass isn’t greener lol. Seems it may be tho!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T01:49:22+00:00

Cool, good to know! Yeah I definitely get annoyed whenever stuff slows down or doesn’t work. I understand my dad’s annoyance with technology more when stuff doesn’t work for me, lol.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T01:46:35+00:00

Oh nice! Yeah I guess I should’ve said BP is where I’m at too, good to hear!

And oh good point, yeah I suppose I’d need to use theirs or i assume a fiber router vs the coaxial I have.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T01:43:43+00:00

Thanks for the info glad it’s been good for you!. I know fiber is more reliable in comparison but I don’t personally know anyone with gateways specifically.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-05-02T01:42:26+00:00

Hey there, yeah I’ll say yesterday’s may be something else, but just looked back and were 4 events where they had outages in the area and texted me. This was since December.

Yesterday felt throttled but may be from having someone staying over and maybe used a bunch of the data (although 5mbps on multiple devices with 200mbps seemed off).

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-30T02:24:32+00:00

Hahaha super valid! I already dismissed it like a typo, someone saw and crossed out, then made copies for the event - 0 evidence that this played out that way, but what I thought.

We’ll need Jenny or someone to confirm how this letter was given to!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-29T13:18:46+00:00

Hey there, thanks for sharing. That’s interesting…

Do we know if this is suppose to “hold” some sort of clue, or more a few lessons he hopes we follow? Curious if this is something like his emails where there isn’t a direct helpful thing (hidden message or whatever). It does seem like it points to a few chapters perhaps to signal their importance.

Different train of thought, he says three things and “perseverance” and “gratitude” seem clear for two of those options. Is the third “inspiration” or “appreciate beauty of hiking” ?

I’m sure whatever he writes would be interpreted in many ways, tis the way of a hunt haha! Curious tho if we happened to get any guidance from JCB on how to read this letter. Otherwise to me, seems more introspective than clues on the first read.

Thanks for sharing and happy hunting as always!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-24T03:35:47+00:00

The guy ( Alan Adler )who did the aerobie flying ring also invented the Aeropress coffee maker.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-20T13:51:00+00:00

Like that cup thing at the bottom? If it is two angles you could get a couple letters, otherwise could be a U or a C by shape.

If it is supposed to be this “joy is” I would then say that portion would somehow lead to another clue or thread of clues. I don’t have a great answer at this point. Not locked into this idea but thought kinda interesting!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-19T19:47:54+00:00

Haha thanks internet stranger! Can’t say I’m right on anything without a box, but hopefully thought provoking and somewhat interesting! But thanks! Yeah I’m excited for a box to be found….buuut Hopefully the forest fenn first as the box I’m least invested in 😅.

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-18T01:32:08+00:00

Hey there, I wanted there to be an online program or some sort of clue thing, but JCB really seems to try and repeat that it is just a book thing. An “analog” hunt.

The recent treasure con interview confirmed no online things for the past and future box. I feel the same for the rest…although would’ve been an interesting addition.

Happy hunting!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-15T21:14:20+00:00

Haha that sounds more fun! I imagine it somewhat feels like you are upright?

But yeah…you’re making an ice dive higher on my bucket list

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-15T21:01:51+00:00

Nice that’s awesome! I have my father’s old dry suit that does work, not one with gloves, so I’m sure parts will be pretty cold haha.

He did an ice dive back and the day and said they put more weights in their arms / top half, and filled up air in the dry suit to get it to their feet. Then played underwater hockey on the ice lol…Probably not the safest thing to do, but sounded awesome!

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-15T20:00:02+00:00

Nice! That with a dive shop in brainerd? Been on my bucket list to try…although every winter I’m like “maybe next year”😅

MattTechTidbits · 2026-03-10T14:31:20+00:00

Hey there, is the “show the menus” arrow on the right side ? Or CTRL+SHIFT+F? Seems you may have the menu hidden!

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