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GimpCam and NetCam

ryan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:16:09 +0000

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about GimpCam and NetCam recently. To save me feeling like a broken record, here’s a selection of pre-prepared answers …

Yes I did look like a gimp while wearing it
No I’m not going to lend it to you to wear to school
No it doesn’t have X-ray vision
No I don’t use it to spy on girls in the changing room
No I’m not going to lend it to you for that purpose!
No I’m not going to buy a pinhole camera instead (too expensive)
Yes GimpCam and NetCam have the same internals
It cost $80 from a dodgy computer store in SE Calgary
Yes NetCam is housed inside a tupperware container and no I’m not going to integrate it inside the goal post instead
Yes GimpCam looks stupid and no it can’t fit inside the lip at the top of my helmet
Yes I am considering allowing goalies to wear GimpCam but I need to find an appropriate way to protect it as its unlikely to survive a puck impact in it’s current form
No I’m not planning to stream it direct to a projector screen in the warm room
Last of all, NO! You are not allowed to fire slapshots at my head while I’m wearing GimpCam!

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GimpCam

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NetCam

What Now!

ryan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:55:22 +0000

I’m now famous! My rather crappy videos have made their way onto the What Now TV show. I received an email from them the other day asking if they could screen some of my videos of the recent New Zealand Ice Hockey National Championships on their show. Pity I didn’t know before hand as I’d have prepared some far better quality footage for them.

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What Now: If you are reading this and don’t want it posted here, then email me via the form on my contact page and I’ll remove it ASAP.

Megan takes one for the team!

ryan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:29:39 +0000

I’ve been trying to avoid over-running the site with hockey videos from the Nationals, but this one definitely deserves it’s own post

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I’ve also posted a higher resolution version here.

Aardwolfs video footage

ryan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:08:09 +0000

Thanks to Abby for the excellent video work. I’m number 98 with the black helmet and white gloves.

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NZIHF Nationals videos

ryan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:27:51 +0000

The New Zealand National Ice Hockey Championships are on in Dunedin at the moment. I’ll be videoing a few of the games to post on here. I’m not bothering to play as I object to the ~$200/game fee!

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Women: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Juniors: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Peewees: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Midgets: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Peewees: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Senior Non-Checking: Southern Knights vs Auckland

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Women: Southern Knights vs Canterbury

Aardwolfs on/in Manorburn dam

ryan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:39:37 +0000

During the Christchurch Aardwolfs Southern Migration we stopped off at the Manorburn dam to see what the ice was like. We expected to see nothing but water, but a slither of ice on the bottom basin was enough to give our resident

ice expert Clive the hope to have a crack at skating on the top basin. So we trudged up the valley and had a gander at the ice up there. Apparently there was enough ice in the middle to skate on, but getting their proved a tad treacherous!

Ted had a decent crack at standing on the ice but kept dipping his foot into the water. He even clambered over a branch like a monkey to reach the ice further toward the center which looked skateable, but couldn’t quite make it far enough from the shore.

Clive also had a crack at getting on the ice too, but even with the help of a branch to distribute the load, he still kept breaking through the ice.

In the end, we gave up and instead spent yonks trying to sink a glass bottle which Craig kindly hurfed onto the middle of the channel. Numerous rocks later the bottle was smashed, but still sitting on the surface unsunk. Hopefully our aim with the puck is better than our aim with a rock

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Video clips from the Manorburn dam

ryan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:24:53 +0000

I did a bunch of videos of our trip to the Manorburn dam recently. They aren’t very long and I don’t have any of myself unfortunately

This first clip is of Sarah practicing her spins …

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here’s me chasing down the puck while holding the camera …

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and lastly Sarah and Jane doin’ some ice dancing

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Meals on wheels?

ryan — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:45:35 +0000

This is blatant piracy. So if you are the copyright holder and don’t want me hosting this video then just wing me an email and I’ll remove it. But since this is my own personal site, I’m not trying to make any money out of it and the news item is about me; I figured it would be okay. And no, I’m NOT planning on becoming a meals on wheels delivery boy! I also wasn’t distraught, I hated that car anyway.

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There’s some gossip behind this video. If you want to know about it, just email me to hear all about it.

Intramural Finals

ryan — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:11:59 +0000

Here’s some videos from the finals of the University of Calgary Intramural B-grade and A-grade non-contact hockey leagues.

First up are the Stubble Jumpers (the winners). I often played at lunch time with a bunch of these guys and they were pretty pumped to win the B-grade.

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The next video is of the A-grade. The white team is the “individuals team” which my friend Janay Magowan played for who also won Janay is the short fast one with the yellow socks.

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Jenns Video

ryan — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:16:07 +0000

Thanks to Jenn Yamagishi for making this video for me It’s of me and two of my inline hockey team mates Christian van Eaden and Steve Pelzer playing ice hockey at Arcadia Arena and in SE Calgary.

The week before, my team mate Janay Magowan and I caught the train down south and walked to the arena. Erm, it turned out to be somewhat further away than we thought So luckilly Steve offered me a lift the week after

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