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Williams Renault

ryan — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:56:53 +0000

More Formula 1 photos. Nigel Mansell’s World Championship winning Williams Renault this time.

Storm Trooper Tattoo

ryan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:07:27 +0000

Check out the amazing Storm Trooper tattoo of artist Gene van der Zanden.

Thanks to Gene for letting me take a photo of his arm

Aryton Senna's McLaren

ryan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:32:50 +0000

More photos from the F1 exhibit at Te Papa. This bunch are of Ayrton Senna’s McLaren Honda.

Britten

ryan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:00:29 +0000

Here are some photos of the Britten V1000 on display at Te Papa.

RIP John Britten

Ferrari F1

ryan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:05:29 +0000

Te Papa had a Formula 1 exhibit on so I went to check it out. Here are some photos of Fellipe Massa’s Ferrari F2004. More photos to come …

I'm an uncle

ryan — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:40:09 +0000

My sister inlaw Marthah gave birth to my first niece, Brianna Hellyer, last weekend.

Marthah and Scott have their own baby blog if you would like to know more:
Tired Mum
Photos of Brianna Hellyer
Introducing Brianna Hellyer

McLaren Mercedes

ryan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:41:25 +0000

More photos from the Formula 1 exhibit at Te Papa. This time around it’s the 2006 McLaren Mercedes.

Shoulder surgery

ryan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:16 +0000

I’m having a Bankart repair done on my shoulder on Monday. Below are some photos of my shoulder. Uunfortunately you can’t see much damage as it’s the soft tissue which needs repaired. My shoulder pops out of the socket on a regular basis ever since I was body checked in a non-contact ice hockey game. I even managed to dislocate it picking up a bottle of coke the other day!

Here is a video explaining the type of surgical procedure I’ll probably be getting.

Dell release pedestrian safety device

ryan — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:10:32 +0000

Dell have released a new high tech pedestrian safety device. They are calling it the “Dell Inspiron 6000″. It features a hard outer casing and a protective LCD screen to take the brunt of any impacts pedestrians may face due to vehicular collisions.

I tested out this new device this morning. I placed it in my backpack and headed off to work, then whilst crossing the road a crazy women crashed into me from behind, sending me tumbling across her bonnet. I landed splat on my back on the road. My trusty Dell took the brunt of the impact and I was able to stand up unscathed The only injury I have is a sprained ankle which wasn’t protected by my computer. And guess what! The computer is still working and I’m posting this message on it right now

Apparently the little green man was indeed flashing when I crossed and the lady who hit me is in a whole lot of trouble. She will probably be charged with careless driving or careless driving causing injury. My computer will live for another day – and thankfully so will I!

EDIT: Thanks to my cousin Alison Petrie for the following photos (she saw it happen).

There were two ambulances, a fire truck and two police cars. Kinda overkill for an itty bitty test of a new safety device, but anyhows …

The woman on the right is the one who drove into me.

EDIT: It also turned out that I was badly bruised behind me knee. The woman who hit me lost her drivers license for six months and was fined for $250 for her failed efforts to remove me from the gene pool.

EDIT 2: It happened again! Lightning strikes twice.

Pink Fury

ryan — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:36:00 +0000

The field hockey team I usually play for (The Soft Sticks) had no opposition at our last game. So they played a game amongst themselves while I took some piccies from the shade on the sideline – I’m still recovering from a dislocated shoulder. The temperatures were searing (26 deg. C I think) so there were some very hot looking pink hockey players by the end of their game.

Mallory Handcock (left) and Natasha Munro (right)

Jonathan Kitchen firing off a shot

Rebecca Brassett in her first game since she was 12!

Victoria Adlam

Paula Ross, Rebecca Brassett and ???

Mallory Handcock and Kara Ross

Rebecca Brassett and Kara Ross battling for the ball

Jonathan Kitchen and Natasha Munro battling for the ball

Victoria Adlam, Jonathan Kitchen and Natasha Munro

Mallory Handcock showing off her golf shot