Ryan Hellyer

Year: 2013

  • Nooks and crannies at Lier sykehuset

    Most of the old medical equipment at Lier sykehuset has been removed, but Alice and I did find a few things which were still there. There were a few devices which seem to have been medical waste disposal units, but the purpose of other things were less obvious. If you know what they’re for, please let me know in the comments 🙂

    This strange stretcher like thing was bolted to the wall. My best theory, is that it was used to strap patients to the wall when they didn't want to leave them sitting down. Clearly others were wondering what it was for too as the text beside it says "Hva er dette?", "Pliss svar!" and "Godt spørsmål", which means "What is that?", "Please answer!" and "Good question" in ENglish.
    This strange stretcher like thing was bolted to the wall. My best theory, is that it was used to strap patients to the wall when they didn’t want to leave them sitting down. Clearly others were wondering what it was for too as the text beside it says “Hva er dette?”, “Pliss svar!” and “Godt spørsmål”, which means “What is that?”, “Please answer!” and “Good question” in ENglish.

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  • US vs regular keyboard

    The top one is my current keyboard, the bottom one is the US equivalent. I always thought the keys were identical between countries! I guess not :/

    Does anyone know if NZ computers come with US keyboards? I know the layout is typically set to US, but I’m wondering about the actual keys themselves.

    deutsch-keyboard

    lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-s531-gunmetal-keyboard-backlit-8

  • Google Glass

    Thanks to the lovely Sophia Dominguez for letting my try out her Google Glass. I had the pleasure of meeting her as she was touring around Europe writing about her experiences with Google Glass.

    They were surprisingly easy to use and the screen was relatively non-distracting. I don’t think I would make much use of the photography functionality which seems to be one of the primary uses people find for it, but I love having a constant feed of information and I love walking, so having a constant feed of tweets and whatnot whizzing past the corner of my eyes could be quite useful on my way to work in the morning.

    Check out Sophia’s Google Glass blog at sophiathroughglass.com.

    Me trying out Google Glass for the first time

  • OpenVPN on Ubuntu

    Tutorials I’ve followed trying to get OpenVPN working in Ubuntu (none are working for me) …

    http://naveensnayak.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/ubuntu-openvpn-with-ovpn-file/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/187511/how-can-i-use-a-ovpn-file-with-network-manager
    https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/459675:configure-linux-clients-to-connect-to-openvpn-server

  • Typing test result

    Hmmm, it seems my typing speed has improved lately. That was with no warm up, no double take. Just randomly decided to do a test and out popped that result 🙂

    typing-test

    Typing test result

  • Christmas in Berlin

    Berlin is by far the busiest city I’ve ever been in at Christmas time! The place was cranking full tilt with hundreds of restaurants, shops, bars, cafes, malls, stalls and everything in between open the whole day.

    Brandenburg gate, Berlin

    Christmas at the Reichstag

    Brandenburg gate, Berlin

  • God jul!

  • Artwork at Lier sykehuset

    We found quite a bit of graffiti on the walls at
    Lier sykehuset, but I was actually surprised how little there was. Considering that the buildings have been abandoned since 1985 and are just sitting there with no lock or secure fence around them, I assumed they would be filled with abusive graffiti and general idiocy.

    There were a lot of pentacles painted on the wall
    There were a lot of pentacles painted on the wall
    Label on the toy room door
    Label on the toy room door
    Label on the womens bathroom door
    Label on the womens bathroom door
    One of many rooms riddled with graffiti
    One of many rooms riddled with graffiti

  • Giant fruit in Germany

    I saw this giant monstrosity of a fruit in a small stall in Berlin. I’d have bought one, but I don’t think I would have managed to finish it 😛

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  • Lier sykehuset destruction

    During our visit to Lier sykehuset, Alice and I checked out building A, which was unfortunately being destroyed. There was a small warning sign in front of the building, but it was rather obvious that entering was horridly bad idea, since half of it had been pulled down already :/

    View from the front of block B at Lier sykehuset. It looked fine from this side, but a quick look around the other side of the building revealed a different story.
    View from the front of block B at Lier sykehuset. It looked fine from this side, but a quick look around the other side of the building revealed a different story.
    This building was clearly marked as being dangerous.
    This building was clearly marked as being dangerous.
    They weren't pulling anything down when were there as it was the weekend.
    They weren’t pulling anything down when were there as it was the weekend.
    Lots and lots of bricks!
    Lots and lots of bricks!
    The former morgue at Lier sykehuset
    The former morgue at Lier sykehuset