Ryan Hellyer

Year: 2016

  • Stasi Museum

    Michelle and I visited the Stasi Museum in Lichtenberg, Berlin. The museum is based in the old Stasi head offices.

    This is no ordinary belt ;) The belt clip includes a small semi-transparent window which allows a camera to be placed behind it.
    This is no ordinary belt 😉 The belt clip includes a small semi-transparent window which allows a camera to be placed behind it.
    The office of Erich Mielke, head of the Stasi.
    The office of Erich Mielke, head of the Stasi.
    An envelope steamer
    An envelope steamer

    A toy grenade, used for school kids to practice their throwing technique!

    Key soap, used for replicating keys.
    Key soap, used for replicating keys.
    Matt Damon was apparently a member of the Stasi before taking up acting.
    Matt Damon was apparently a member of the Stasi before taking up acting.
    Old school Stasi microphone and listening device
    Old school Stasi microphone and listening device
    Stasi uniform and weaponry
    Stasi uniform and weaponry
    Get Smart would be proud. A shoe designed to hide various equipment, including listening devices.
    Get Smart would be proud. A shoe designed to hide various equipment, including listening devices.
    A Stasi paper shredder. Useful for when you are doing things you shouldn't be doing.
    A Stasi paper shredder. Useful for when you are doing things you shouldn’t be doing.
    Erich Mielke's telephone. It includes hot numbers for all of the major communist bloc places the Stasi needed to communicate with.
    Erich Mielke’s telephone. It includes hot numbers for all of the major communist bloc places the Stasi needed to communicate with.

  • Adjusting my camera

    Photo of me adjusting my camera.

    Ryan Hellyer

  • Growing old

    old

  • Uplifting others

    thought

  • Tools menu on meetup.com

    Sometimes when I create an event on meetup.com, the tools menu is present, and sometimes not. Any ideas on why this is the case?

    I really need access to that, so that I can edit the number of members who can attend. I usually want to cap it at about 70’ish, but today I want it even lower, around 25 (limited by the number of people who can fit on a ferry).

    tools-present
    This is it with the tools menu present
    tools
    Here, there is no tools menu present

  • Brisetal hike

    Some photos from a recent hiking trip near Brisetal in Brandenburg.

    Walking on the Brisetal hike

    Brisetal hiking path

    Brisetal hike

    Brisetal hike

    Brisetal hike

    Sheep

  • Architecture in Vienna

    Some beautiful architecture in Vienna, Austria.

    Building in Vienna, Austria

    Building in Vienna, Austria

    Building in Vienna, Austria

    Building in Vienna, Austria

    Building in Vienna, Austria

    Building in Vienna, Austria

  • Capsicum

    This is an old photo I had lost. It was taken in 2008 and sent to my mum, to show how my capsicum plant was so much better than hers. Photo was taken in 8A 245 Cumberland St, Dunedin.

    Capsicum plant

  • My first solo home!

    It’ll be coming up a year soon that I’ve entered the world of grown-ups and gotten my first own pad to live in. It feels a little weird having a whole place to myself, not to mention excessive, but I am enjoying the benefits of being able to do what I want when I want.

    My living room

    My living room

    My living room

    My kitchen

    My kitchen

    My bedroom

    Meet Diego, my neighbours cat, who comes to visit sometimes.
    Meet Diego, my neighbours cat, who comes to visit sometimes.

  • I bought a new camera 🙂

    Out with the “proper” camera and in with the GoPro 🙂 I remember seeing these when they first came out. I was super jealous, as I had attempted to make action cameras out of old camera parts before and the quality was nothing like as good as these fancy new GoPro things. Unfortunately their price was stupidly high too. The price is still stupidly high, but I’m not as poor now, and the quality is even better. After the death of my old Canon G1X, I realised that I really enjoyed having an indestructible easy to use camera which I could use at any time and anywhere, hence I decided to upgrade from my little Mobius to a GoPro Hero Silver and don’t have any immediate plans to replace my old “proper” camera.

    Thanks to Mo for taking the picture of me, and Anna for posing for the giant eye shot.

    Anna

    Ryan