My hamster Lucy^(2.0) tracked with HamsterTracker™
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Created by Mathijs van der Paauw
- Online since September 5th, 2004 -

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It is really doing what it has been designed to do; Tracking my hamster Lucy!

Our favorite internet DJ's, (7 banners, rotate every 15 sec.) DJ Mitch, DJ Quincy Jointz, DJane Vibrella, Simon Harrison, Christina Long, DJ Elliot & DJ Artek:

Our favorite internet DJ's: (alphabetical order)
DJ Artek, DJ Christina Long (www.citrona.net/sorbet.htm), DJ Mitch (www.djmitch.it), DJ Quincy Jointz (www.quincy-jointz.de), DJane Vibrella (www.vibrella.de), Simon Harrison (www.basic-soul.co.uk). To name a few.

Current News:

Say hello to Lucy, by signing her Guestbook!

And/or download your own Do It Yourself Extreme HamsterTrackin' kit.

Proud to have
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Inside My Yahoo!: Meet Lucy. The most precisely measured, colorfully charted, and odorably photographed hamster on the Internet.

may 23, 2006
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Saturday, June 17, 2006 - day 366 - current treadmill total: 407,207.59 meters! (22:10 CET)

Yoghurt served in a Cucumber bowl

Here's some more,

Cookin' for Lucy

Cut out a small bowl out of a cucumber

Carefully fill with yoghurt

Clean up the mess...

Serve:

Picture of my hamster Lucy enjoying her yoghurt in a cucumber bowl.

mmmmm... - Lucy

Lucy didn't really like the yoghurt, but loves the cucumber!
She took a bite out of the side of the cucumber bowl, spilling yoghurt all over her paws, cage etc.
Very funny to watch, sorry no pictures, too busy laughing.

I noticed that she took quite a while cleaning her paws, maybe secretly liking the taste of yoghurt.

I guess another cookin' for Lucy well done!

Friday, June 16, 2006 - day 365 - current treadmill total: 406,932.16 meters! (18:15 CET)

My first year with Lucy!

What a blast it is so far...

Collage of some Lucy pictures.

This last year Lucy has

ran 406+ Km in her treadmill,
spent 19 days 11 hours 37 minutes and 27 seconds in her treadmill,
drank 2003 ml (a tat more than 2 liters) of water,
an expense bill of € 59.36,
223 pictures of herself online,
provided me with countless hours of pure hamster enjoyment,
conquered my heart.

I hope we will celibrate many aniversaries, dear littl' Lucy!

You can congratulate Lucy (and/or the HamsterTracker™ staff), by signing Lucy's Guestbook!

HamsterTracker™ shouts to Donna's Maltese (-dog from New York);
Mr. Love for his 98-th (dogyears, 14-th in human years), birthday today!
(Great name, btw!)

Thursday, June 15, 2006 - day 364 - current treadmill total: 406,764.72 meters! (18:40 CET)

Lucy made it clear again

I've written about it before, that Lucy has so her ways of making me clear her bedroom needs refreshing:

Yesterday:

Picture of my hamster Lucy, making me clear that her bedroom needs cleaning.

The red arrow, shows where she put all the stuff she wants out

Today

Picture of my hamster Lucy, the day after making me clear that her bedroom needs cleaning.

The day after (getting a cleaned bedroom), she has already made her bedroom her own!

By the way:

Tomorrow, Lucy and myself will celebrate our first anniversary; her first year living with me!

You can congratulate Lucy (and/or the HamsterTracker™ staff), by signing Lucy's Guestbook!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - day 363 - current treadmill total: 406,631.12 meters! (18:10 CET)

Bit of old news brought fresh

Somehow this item got lost in the HamsterTracker™ administration:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' by Kinki Kappers Eindhoven!

May 14, 2006
Kinki Kappers (Hairdressers) has merged their two locations into one single location in Eindhoven.

After they moved out of the location, they did some Extreme HamsterTrackin' on the go:

This Extreme HamsterTrackin' photo was taken in the Netherlands

This Extreme HamsterTrackin' photo was taken in the Netherlands

Extreme HamsterTrackin' by Kinki Kappers Eindhoven.

"WIJ ZIJN VERHUISD" means "WE HAVE MOVED"

More in close up:

HamsterTracker™ shouts to the crew of Kinki Kappers!

(Many thanks, Agatha, Daniëlle, Elian, Jeske, Kees, Mark, Michelle, Nicole, Rafael, Shelly and Suzan!)

When you visit them on their new location in de Witte Dame, Eindhoven,
after a great haircut,
be sure to check out the bathroom there;
They've done some Extreme HamsterTrackin' there also, so I've been told!

I must not forget my camera the next time I get my hair cut.

To be continued...

More info:
Extreme HamsterTrackin',

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - day 362 - current treadmill total: 406,470.75 meters! (19:00 CET)

Sleepin' Cutie

Or should I say;

Sleepin' Beauty!

I spotted Lucy sleeping in the following way. Because of the warm temperatures I guess Lucy is cooling down a bit...

Picture of my hamster Lucy sleeping on her back.

Picture of my hamster Lucy sleeping on her back.

Then I dared using my camera's flash, hoping not to wake her:

It didn't!!!

Looking at this picture I discovered the following.

Here's the bottom of Lucy's right foot, in more detail:

Picture of my hamster Lucy's bottom of her right foot.

Lucy is so awesomely cute, I am totally in Hamster Love!

Monday, June 12, 2006 - day 361 - current treadmill total: 406,246.50 meters! (16:30 CET)

Lucy's Statistical Graphs update

My hamster Lucy lastest statistical graph.

HamsterTracker™ Server crashes/ISP blackouts/Sensor misalignments:
Day: 12, 30, 44, 57, 67, 68, 76, 90, 91, 96, 99, 116, 182, 292, 318, 319, 330, 331, 332, 336, 340, 355, 356

My hamster Lucy treadmill time graph.

Total Distance Trend Graph:

My hamster Lucy water consumption graph.

Saturday, June 10, 2006 - day 359 - current treadmill total: 406,039.12 meters! (20:10 CET)

Hamster Real Estate Negotiations

The HamsterTracker™ Real Estate Concept Department came up with the following cage-concept:

Hamster cage concept by the HamsterTracker(tm) real estate department

Total view of cage, in concept here!

Hamster cage concept by the HamsterTracker(tm) real estate department

Giant walk to some new hamster-quarters!

Hamster cage concept by the HamsterTracker(tm) real estate department

Looks a bit like an engine with all those twists and whirls.

Hamster cage concept by the HamsterTracker(tm) real estate department

I still have to negotiate about size and all, although I really like it!
(Btw: this is my right foot starring as background material!)

How awesome is this cage expansion???

I am negotiating with the HamsterTracker™ Financial Department, the HamsterTracker™ Real Estate Departement, the HamsterTracker™ Sanitation Department and the HamsterTracker™ Real Estate Concept Departement, as you read this.

Tough negotiations though...

As you can imagine!

Maybe I should discuss this with Lucy...

No, I guess I will not!
I want to suprise her!

To be continued...

Thursday, June 7, 2006 - day 357 - current treadmill total: 405,198.62 meters! (17:45 CET)

Extreme HamsterTrackin' in Kas, Turkey - UPDATE

Kok (Temporary HamsterTracker™ correspondent in Turkey), updated me on his HamsterTracker™ promotion tour:

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

What a scenery!

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

More info:
Extreme HamsterTrackin',

Download your own Do It Yourself Extreme HamsterTrackin' kit.

To be continued...

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - day 356 - current treadmill total: 405,041.84 meters! (19:25 CET)

Treadmill sensor misalignment last night

When doin' some cage-maintenance, I accidently misaligned the treadmill sensor.
This is why no data was recorded last night.
I've checked it, and it should do it's job tonight!

Lucy hoarding it up to the max

I gave Lucy a small corn on the cob, to keep her busy:

Picture of my hamster Lucy hoarding some corn.

" hmmmmm " - Lucy

Picture of my hamster Lucy hoarding some corn.

" hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm " - Lucy

So I asked Lucy if she wasn't hoarding too much in one go:

" Huh? Who? Me? " - Lucy

Picture of my hamster Lucy hoarding some corn.

" Hoarding too much in one go ... Where does he get his ideas? " - Lucy

Or in close up:

Close up picture of my hamster Lucy hoarding some corn.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - day 355 - current treadmill total: 405,041.12 meters! (19:30 CET)

Lucy's first naughty-ness - the day after

Lucy was extremely cautious after her Jumping yesterday (see below).

Picture of my hamster Lucy after her big jump, yesterday.

So I asked Lucy if she would attempt this again...

Picture of my hamster Lucy after her big jump, yesterday, shaking her head: NO NO NO!

" Noooooo, No No No " - Lucy

Lucy is behaving quite a bit more cautious.
She stays clear of the edges of my couch.

After a while she attempted to make a Lucy Touchdown (day: 276) (reach the top of my couch and explore the table next to it)!
Quite funny to experience, and good to know she is allright!

Monday, June 5, 2006 - day 354 - current treadmill total: 405,039.00 meters! (18:05 CET)

Lucy's first naughty-ness

Yesterday evening, after Lucy had spent 25 minutes in her Explorer ball and about 15 minutes on the couch, I wanted to put her back in her cage.
So I carefully put Lucy in my hands and walked over to her (al ready opened) cage.

The following is a reconstruction of the events that followed;

Note: I used both hands while handeling Lucy,
while taking pictures in this reconstruction,
I used one hand for taking the actual photograph.

Picture of a reconstruction of Lucy jumping out of my hand.

Lucy jumped out of my hands, and fell 60 cm on the floor

Picture of a reconstruction of Lucy jumping out of my hand.

After a small search, I found my Lucy here (Not a good hamster environment!)

Picture of a reconstruction of Lucy jumping out of my hand.

When trying to get her out of there she had jumped again, this time to this location on the left of the previous

Picture of a reconstruction of Lucy jumping out of my hand.

Ending up here, she was sitting still, overthinking it all, I guess

Picture of a reconstruction of Lucy jumping out of my hand.

Here I grabbed her, gentle but firm (with both hands), and put her back in her cage.

It took Lucy a few minutes to adjust...
I myself was very worried if she was injured in any way.
But after observing my littl' Lucy she seemed fine!
And because she ran more than 200 meters last night, I also don't think she has broken anything!

Frightfull experience for both of us, which seems to have turned out OK!

Sunday, June 4, 2006 - day 353 - current treadmill total: 404,782.59 meters! (22:10 CET)

Explorerball fun

Lucy has had quite some time in her explorer ball these last couple of days.
Even though not all photographs are all in focus, the next pictures show how much fun Lucy has when in her Explorer ball:

Picture of my hamster Lucy, enjoying her Explorer ball.

Picture of my hamster Lucy, enjoying her Explorer ball.

" Jippeeeeeeee! " - Lucy

Friday, June 2, 2006 - day 351 - current treadmill total: 404,198.28 meters! (18:30 CET)

Extreme HamsterTrackin' in Kas, Turkey - UPDATE

Kok (Temporary HamsterTracker™ correspondent in Turkey), updated me on his HamsterTracker™ promotion tour:

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

Lucy is also loved by other animals!

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

First test to see how it looks on a ship

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

Final implementation of Extreme HamsterTrackin' on a ship

HamsterTracker™ shouts to Kok;

More info: Extreme HamsterTrackin'.

To be continued...

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - day 349 - current treadmill total: 402,410.31 meters! (15:20 CET)

DIY - Extreme HamsterTrackin' kit

After being asked numerous times, I finally found the time to make a " Do It Yourself Extreme HamsterTrackin' kit ".

Step 1, Download:

Download the Extreme HamsterTrackin' card

DIY_ExtremeHamsterTrackin.doc - 289 Kb, Microsoft Word document

Step 2, Print:

Print the downloaded file, and cut out the card.

Step 3, Get creative:

Please don't break any laws while you're Extreme HamsterTrackin' it!

Get creative, shoot an Extreme HamsterTrackin' photograph.

For Example:
Silvia did some Extreme HamsterTrackin' at home:

This Extreme HamsterTrackin' photo was taken in the Netherlands

Picture of Extreme HamsterTrackin' at Silvia's home

Step 4, Send it in:

Send your picture together with details on where you made that picture, (who's on it), and why you think it is worthy of posting,

to Peacoque.Labs (at) iae.nl

Step 5, Hope it gets published...

The HamsterTracker™ staff (eh, I) will process your request, as soon as possible!

More info: Extreme HamsterTrackin'.

HamsterTracker™ shouts to:
Silvia (for testing),
Kris and Donna J (for their suggestions)!

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - day 348 - current treadmill total: 402,045.88 meters! (12:40 CET)

My birthday 2day!

My birthday started at exactly 0:00 last night. I had some champagne and got an awesome HamsterTracker™ gift.
When I came home, Lucy was up to congratulate me:

Picture of my hamster Lucy, greeting me

" Happy B'day dude! " - Lucy

So I showed her the gift I got:

Picture of my hamster Lucy, greeting me

Picture of a HamsterTracker(tm) related birthday gift.

" Great gift! " - Lucy

I am going to do something with those T-shirt transfers, that's HamsterTracker™ related ofcourse!
To be continued...

Picture of my hamster Lucy, greeting me

" Is that MY cellphone ringin' ? " - Lucy

Monday, May 29, 2006 - day 347 - current treadmill total: 401,791.62 meters! (18:20 CET)

Extreme HamsterTrackin' in Kas - Turkey

Kok (Temporary HamsterTracker™ correspondent in Turkey), updated me on his HamsterTracker™ promotion tour:

HamsterTracker(tm) Photograph made in Turkey.

HamsterTracker™ shouts to Kok;

More info: Extreme HamsterTrackin'.

To be continued...

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