I’ve been to quite a few abandoned places now. But Beelitz-Heilstätten is definitely the biggest. It’s also one of the most remote as there’s not a lot else in the area. I think the size and remoteness has resulted in a lot less vandalism and graffiti inside the buildings. There were some interesting creations though, […]
Context: Betahaus cafe intercom system was calling out (in English) when meals are ready. All I could hear was “chicken garble garble bla bla”, so I strolled on up to let them know it was inaudible. Me: “All I can hear is garble” Cook: “Gabel? Hier ist eine Gabel!” Me: “No, GARBLE, I can’t hear […]
It turns out the sun is harder to photograph than what one may imagine 😉 This photo was taken at 1/2000 of a second at F16.
I visited Akershus festning, a medieval castle built in the 1290’s in Oslo, Norway.
Comic app in development …
I suck royally at checking my mailbox. I decided it was time to fix that by buying a virtual office.
I went sledding at Korketrekkeren in Oslo. Don’t ask what the yellow stuff is, you don’t want to know!
Catching up with an old friend in Olso.
Some people fly across the ocean. But sometimes, so do cows!
It’s not often you stumble across a web page explaining how to burn an Islamic flag, and then find your name listed at the footer of the page. This happened to me this evening … http://beirutspring.com/blog/2014/08/30/how-to-burn-islamic-flags-without-upsetting-muslims/
Go home Google, you are drunk. I viewed the page https://www.google.com/work/search/products/gss.html and got the German language. I couldn’t read some of it, so I changed to a UK based IP and the page wouldn’t load. So I tried a USA based IP and I got the following. Basing languages off of geolocation is mind numbingly […]
One day the streets and dry and bare. Next day …
So it turns out that the Dear Leader Kim Jong Un uses exactly the same model of roller ball mouse as I do.
The “Beast of Beelitz” killed a total of five women, and had a propensity to steal pink lingerie.
In Canada, we must be polite.
Egads, this is what happens in Australian mode!
These are photos of an old, but once very grand bathroom in Beelitz-Heilstätten, the former military hospital I went to recently.
EDIT: The kind folks over at IFTTT fixed it for me 🙂 The folks over at IFTTT.com have a bug. I can no longer use my domain with it since I changed to hellyer.kiwi 🙁 Hopefully they’ll get it fixed soon 🙂
Sometimes Google outdoes itself with it’s shear awesomeness. I didn’t even need to click a link to get my answer.
I went on a hiking trip around Wandlitzsee, near Berlin. There were some really cool things to see, like mushrooms stuck to a tree, and a tree half chomped to bits by a beaver.
Need a fridge? In the Beelitz area? Well, just head on over to the Beelitz-Heilstätten (the old military hospital I went on a cycling trip to recently).
This was my view during my bike ride home recently. All I could hear was “Come to the light Ryan! Come to the light!”.
I took these at a small lake a few kilometers from my apartment this evening. Not enough to skate on, but it looks promising if we get a few more frosty evenings.
I went on a bike trip from Berlin to Beelitz-Heilstätten, an abandoned military hospital where Adolf Hitler was unfortunately repaired after having his ball blown off during World War 1.
I got to see some crazy looking drones at the Berlin airshow earlier this year.
Some idiot decided it was a good idea to go test out his new inline skates at 34° C! This was the hottest day of the year so far.
This is the price you pay for getting some exercise at the weekend! I managed to do this whilst walking for 27 km during a hiking trip just outside of Berlin.
Some more photos I took at the Berlin airshow earlier in the year …
I can prove that hocus pocus scammy herbs sold by some dude making a profit in his shop works. Next time you have a cold, just walk into the herb shop, buy ANYTHING (the shit they sell is this good), then go home, follow the instructions on the label, and wait two weeks. I can […]
Berlin celebrated 25 years since the Berlin wall fell, by launching 8000 lighted balloons from an 11 km section of where the wall originally lay.
I cycled up the fierce Teufelsberg mountain in Berlin last night.
This crazy looking aircraft is the Eurofighter. The most advanced fighter jet currently in use publicly within European air forces. I took these pictures at the Berlin airshow earlier in the year.
My tootsies were getting cold during the evenings, so I decided to buy some slippers to keep them warm. I decided to get some manly looking ones to impress the ladies. They’re super awesome and super warm 🙂
Here are some more photos of F16’s at the Berlin airshow earlier in the year.
My bedroom back in the 1980’s was adorned with multiple models of the F16 Fighting Falcon, an American fighter jet which capture my imagination after watching the overly cheesy movie Iron Eagle.
No I haven’t been visiting Oslo recently, but I forgot to post these pictures of the crazy looking statues found in Frogner park in Oslo.
I learned a valuable lesson recently. You should never agree to move into a new apartment without seeing it first, no matter how temporary the arrangement may be!
Since when has YouTube been selling movies? Is this news, or did I just stumble across something new? EDIT: I tried buying a movie, but it doesn’t seem to accept any of my normal methods of payment (various Visa cards). So I’m guessing this is some sort of malfunctioning test that YouTube is running.
I decided to make homemade protein bars this evening. I mixed up some rolled oats, dried cranberries, vanilla flavoured whey protein and chopped almonds. Then I got some peanuts which i turned into peanut butter and mixed that up with chocolate, honey, almond milk and some apple sauce which I nuked on high for 45 […]
I was hungry whilst shopping on Amazon.de. A week later, 3.5 kg of peanuts arrive on my doorstep.
One minute it’s sunny, nekminit …
I cycled the entire length of the Berlin Wall. 160 km’s later, and I feel a tad wrecked, but it was definitely worth the effort 🙂
I decided it was a good idea to cycle the entire length of the Berlin Wall (Berlin Mauerweg). 160 km’s later, and I feel a tad wrecked, but it was definitely worth the effort 🙂
I went on an awesome hike in Berlin today to Pfaueninsel (Peacock island). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Solved! Special thanks to @Japh and John Blackbourne for figuring out where I went wrong 🙂 I’m trying to abstract some strings from a JavaScript file, but I can’t get it to work. I’m hoping some kind soul somewhere out there on the interwebz can tell me what stupidly obvious thing I am missing. The […]
Almost three years on, and my shoulder feels great. My left arm will never have a full range of movement, but it is at least stable.
I’m confused as to what the benefit is in having two places to do the same thing is. Why does clicking here: Lead to here: Whereas clicking here: Leads to here.
I stumbled across an amusement park called “Spreepark” which has been abandoned since 2001.