http://ryanhellyer.net A storage spot for information and photos I want to share with family and friends Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/05/19/dell-release-pedestrian-safety-device/ My blog was being over run by various softwares, themes etc. I'd written. Plus the blog format of this site didn't lend itself too well to replying to support questions, so I've moved all of my web development posts over to a new site called PixoPoint Web Development. It features ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/04/29/pixopoint/ Our 500 MHz NMR machine quenched itself today :( Here is an awful quality photo I took of the aftermath. To make things worse, our other machine (300 MHz one) has been out of action since late last year, so we now have no NMR access whatsoever ... for any non-chemists ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/03/24/nmr-quench/ I'm out of action from playing sports at the moment due to my silly shoulder popping it's self out of the socket again :( But the chemistry department soccer team said they were usually short of female players so I dragged along Becky Brassett to help them out. The games ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/02/12/soccer/ 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. ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/11/23/pink-fury/ I was/am supposed to be playing for the Soft Sticks field hockey team. Except I decided to dislocate my shoulder last week instead :P The opposition for the day were 'Out 2 Score'. Unfortunately my batteries were running on empty so I couldn't load up the LCD screen to ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/11/06/pink-warriors/ Some photos from my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary. Thanks to Scott and Marthah for organising everything and eventually remembering to invite me :) The lighting was utter crap so the photos are a bit blurry. My Mum (Joan Hellyer) and Dad (Ken Hellyer) posing for the camera. The cake. It was ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/10/27/mum-and-dads-35th-wedding-anniversary/ Miriam Schwab, the owner of one of my favourite websites WordPress Garage, has published an article of mine on integrating WordPress blogs with your FaceBook profile. My article is here ... Finding the perfect Facebook-WordPress system The solution that I am using is now Simply RSS, rather than WordBook which I ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/10/26/wordpressgarage-facebook-post/ Our uber awesome, wonderful and truly incredible professional ice hockey coach Jenel Bode is leaving :( Hopefully she'll be back next year though :) Rhyan McMillan and our uber awesome coach Jenel Bode For her goodbye bash, she organised a goodbye party in a cave at Longbeach. It sounded boring, getting ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/10/01/bode-cave/ After playing a round at Stewarts Gully Mini Golf, the Beasts found other ways to stay amused, including swinging and tandem bike riding aroung the golf course. Jane Soper providing amusement to the team by swinging towards a tree at full pelt Neil Dudley doing a jig while Rob Owens learns why ... http://ryanhellyer.net/2007/09/30/swinging-beasts/