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Wednesday, March 24 2010 Day 202 current treadmill total: 323,696.19 meters! (19:50 CET)

(The) After (The) Party... Please use one '(The)' of your choice:



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and Pine-Seed supply

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Animation of my hamster Lucy (3.0) having a nibble.

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Lucy and I have been celebrating our 200 day anniversary,
like true celebrities:


The after party with my hamster Lucy, celebrating our 200 days together!
" We had quite some apple these last couple of days. " - Mathijs


After washing and buffing an apple for Lucy,
I simply cut small wedges,
for Lucy to enyoy.


My experience is that an apple lasts at least three days
(hence the wedge-cuts), this way.


You could also opt for the 'cutting a wedge
and eating the rest youself'-option...
Unfortunately I had dinner everytime before I served Lucy this...

All this party-ing and stuff

Shifted Lucy into a serious 'Meditation Mood' in her appropriate room:


The after party with my hamster Lucy, celebrating our 200 days together!
" I know, I know...
I should hire a HamsterTracker™-Dust Busting Department... " - Mathijs


It took just this flash of the camera to wake lucy:


The after party with my hamster Lucy, celebrating our 200 days together!
" High Four Dude!
On the major party-in' ... " - Lucy


Hamsters have (only) four fingers,
that explains why their terrible in mathematics!


We are slowly adjusting to our regular life :O)


Monday, March 22 2010 Day 200 current treadmill total: 323,621.75 meters! (21:15 CET)

I've made special preparations...
It's day 200...
So I am waiting (festively) for Lucy to wake up:


I've made special preparations, for our 200 days together!
" I guess we're talking minutes here ... " - Mathijs















Sill waiting ...















and waiting ...















Sorry but (as it seems) this is going to be an off-camera moment...

Sunday, March 21, 2010 Day 199 current treadmill total: 323,472.81 meters! (17:15 CET)

Spring 2010 has officially started!
This is the yearly Off-Topic subject I just need to blog:
I've been looking out for Spring Time quite some bit, personally.
Therefore when the official date hits, it's amazing to see my Dafodills:


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" They started out with two ... now they're with SIX!
They are beautifull, although last nights rain make them look (a bit) sad, doesn't it? " - Mathijs

So I tried these 'from the ground up' shots

Not seeing what I was doing ...


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" I (personally) love the focus on the waterdrops on the leaf and flower in the front! " - Mathijs


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" This photograph has the focus on the tallest Dafodill... " - Mathijs


Here's last years post on this subject.

Friday, March 19, 2010 Day 197 current treadmill total: 322,276.44 meters! (20:25 CET)

You wouldn't want to be this treat
After Lucy's cage-clean, I added a new kräcker for her to go wild on:


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" Very nice, Dude! " - Lucy


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" Don't really know where to start! " - Lucy


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" I'm Pouchin' it! " - Lucy


Minutes passed ...


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" ... ... " - Lucy


The next morning:


You wouldn't want to be this treat.
" ! " - Lucy




Thursday, March 18, 2010 Day 196 current treadmill total: 322,091.44 meters! (19:55 CET)

Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
I did my chores yesterday,
cleaning up Lucy's home...

I did send out Lucy to explore the livingroom using her Explorer Ball...

This gave me some time, while the HamsterTracker™-Cage Clean Dept. was on a field-trip (again).


Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
" Fresh new bedroom (WITH pillow-treat) !!! " - Mathijs


Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
" A bit of hamster poo is Ok...
Remember that hamsters need to eat their poo, to get their full nutricon.
(Their gigestive system can't handle this in one go)

So a few drops of poo is actually healthy to have in the cage,
but this is TOO MUCH " - Mathijs


Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
" Tadaaaaaaah ... ! ...

Bedroom : Check!
Bathrom : Check!
Living : Check!
... I have a feeling ... Did I forget something here ??? " - Mathijs


Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
" Just to show that I am not as professional as the HamsterTracker™-Cage Clean Dept;
I forgot the (obligatory) fresh new Kräcker ... " - Mathijs


Cage Clean that lead to Sensor Misalignment ...
" Niiiice Dude ... You DIDN'T have to do that! " - Lucy


Unfortunately, this resulted in a Treadmill-Sensor miss alignment...
Therefore Lucy's Treadmill statistics was not recorded last night.


Update: It is fixed! The treadmill data recorder is back online again!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Day 194 current treadmill total: 321,414.38 meters! (19:05 CET)

I guess, Chores-day is up next ...
Sometimes, you would rather forget...
But you can NEVER ignore... As Lucy so kindly reminded me:


As my hamster Lucy points out: Chores-day is up next...
" Dude ... Where's the HamsterTracker™-Cleaning Dept ??? " - Lucy


Unfortunately: They are on a field trip... Again ... :(


As my hamster Lucy points out: Chores-day is up next...
" We need some serious talking ... pull out the Pine-Seeds ...
Because ... this is a MESS! " - Lucy


Not aware of anything not being right, I asked Lucy what this is all about:


As my hamster Lucy points out: Chores-day is up next...
" Look at that! That's awefull, isn't it? " - Lucy


When I shot the above photograph, Lucy protested:


As my hamster Lucy points out: Chores-day is up next...
" This shouldn't go public! ... Dude ... " - Lucy


I then explained that this was to show the HamsterTracker™-Cleaning Dept...


As my hamster Lucy points out: Chores-day is up next...
" BTW: The Kräcker is a bit on the lean side too!
Show THAT to the HamsterTracker™-Kräcker Dept. " - Lucy


You can probably guess on what I am going to do next after posting this item ... :)


( Hint: It's not about hire-ing a HamsterTracker™-Kräcker Department! )

Monday, March 15, 2010 Day 193 current treadmill total: 321,338.34 meters! (19:15 CET)

Not sure of this 'Scientific' Proof on Hamster Blindness
I am not sure this would qualify as scientific proof on hamster-blindness...
This is how it started:


Not sure on the Scientific Proof on Hamster Blindness
" Duuuuuude ... you there ? " - Lucy


Not sure on the Scientific Proof on Hamster Blindness
" You got me waiting ... four minutes ... " - Lucy


Not sure on the Scientific Proof on Hamster Blindness
" Suprised to not see a Pine-Seed here ... " - Lucy

I eplained that I was harvesting them as we spoke...


Not sure on the Scientific Proof on Hamster Blindness
" OH REALLY, DUDE ??? " - Lucy


While processing the camera-film in the HamsterTracker™-Photograpy Lab,
we came across this possible explanation of hamsters not seeing well? :


Not sure on the Scientific Proof on Hamster Blindness
" That's a very small eye-pupil ... isn't it? " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


" This is Lucy's right eye close-up from the photograph above it " - Mathijs


We're serving some 'Freshly-Harvested'-Pine-Seeds as you read this ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010 Day 191 current treadmill total: 320,022.81 meters! (19:15 CET)

Lucy's Latest Statistical Graphs Update
It's been a while since lucy's latest:


My hamster Lucy (4.0) lastest Treadmill Statistics year 1.
" Lucy recorded a new maximum speed at 67 cm/s " - Mathijs


HamsterTracker™ Server crashes/ISP blackouts/Sensor misalignments:
Day 18, 19, 21, 32, 34, 100



Treadmill time graph year 1

My hamster Lucy (4.0) latest Treadmill Time Statistics year 1.
" As you can see, Lucy's interest in her treadmill is slowly declining ... " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's latest Water Consumption Statistics year 1.
" Lucy4.0's average water consumption is 7 ml.
That's 1 ml. more as opposed to Lucy3.0 & Lucy2.0 6 ml. average... " - Mathijs


Comparing Lucy 2.0, 3.0 & 4.0 treadmill trends.
The more vertical the above line is,
the more distance Lucy ran in her treadmill.
Note that Lucy4.0 is in red.

Friday, March 12, 2010 Day 190 current treadmill total: 319,119.94 meters! (17:15 CET)

Persisting Lucy ...
It is fun to give your hamster the occasional oversized treat.


It gives my hamster something to do,
think about and act upon.
When I shot this video's Lucy was just before her thinkin' process:



" I need to get this into my bedroom! " - Lucy


I continued shooting this video,
with an occaisional break, because I couldn't stop laughin !



" Need too .. " - Lucy



" REALLY NEED TO ... " - Lucy


The next morning ... it was gone !
( Needless to say ... )

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Day 188 current treadmill total: 318,700.44 meters! (19:45 CET)

ALL Blog Entries are now fully Indexed...
We only had to index one more page,
the (FIRST) NewsArchive file, is now indexed too!

The 80% -20% rule, rules here

It took A LOT of work indexing this (last) page.

I didn't use daily titles back then,
so my conversion software had to make it's best guess.
This did the trick for 70% of the entries,
the others needed some manual tweaking.
Today, I gave the conversion software the FINAL RUN,
resulting in a whopping 1,255 indexed blog items!


(The software could have missed an entry,
although much testing (albeit not completely thorough),
proved that the software didn't miss much ... )

Party Time!



ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" 1,255 (known) blog items ...
Pfeeew...
(now)
We are ready to PARTY! " - Mathijs


The word Party was the trigger for Lucy...


ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" Very nice, Dude! " - Lucy


ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" Keep the Pine-Seeds coming! " - Lucy


ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" That's what I am talking about ... " - Lucy


ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" Say what ???
Where is the rest ??? " - Lucy


ALL Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy are now fully indexed.
" Dude, we need to talk ...
1,255 blog entries ...
THREE Pine-Seeds ...
That doesn't seem fair... " - Lucy


We are currently resolving this situation! ...

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Day 187 current treadmill total: 317,373.81 meters! (19:35 CET)

1,115+ Blog Entries Indexed...
Today another milestone was reached at the HamsterTracker™-Office.
We've succesfully indexed most of the Blog Entries on the News Archive pages.
Indexing 1,114 Blog titles!
with this entry totalling 1,115!

All but the last (or rather FIRST) NewsArchive file, is now indexed!


1,115+ Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy now fully indexed.
" We need to celebrate! " - Mathijs


It took Lucy only 14.32 seconds after awakening:


1,115+ Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy now fully indexed.
" That's like 'Tera/Mega/Kilo'-Blogging, Dude ! " - Lucy


I then explained that would be more like "1+Kilo blogging"!
Calling it that, is being more appropriate!


1,115+ Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy now fully indexed.
" Oh really ??? " - Lucy


1,115+ Blog Entries about my hamster Lucy now fully indexed.
" Seems like some Celeb-ra-tory-Pine-Seeds are in order, Dude! " - Lucy

Monday, March 8, 2010 Day 186 current treadmill total: 316,135.97 meters! (19:30 CET)

Geekin' Website Improvement Developments...
HamsterTracker™-Regulars may know that I started working on the Blog Index quite some time ago.


I did make preparations by naming all items individualy for a while,
but the remaining (past) pages, didn't have that information:


My hamster Lucy's response on the Geekin' Website Improvement Developments....
" While Lucy was sleeping ... " - Mathijs


I manually edited NewsArchive037,
as a lesson in what to do, and how much time it takes...


I took me 4(+) hours to manually edit this page
as well as add every item to the database!


This would require 4 x 36 hours (=144) to manually convert them all!


After thinking this over,
I started to work on some conversion software,
that would do this little trick automatically:


Geekin' Website Improvement Developments....
" This software (developed, tested and used in approx. 6 hours time),
that scanned all previous NewsArchives,
taking note of the title, as well as adding a unique id to the page.
It also updated the HamsterTracker™-Blog Index Database,
along the way... " - Mathijs


It did take some tweaking, as well as a lot of checking.
I didn't want the sofware to garble the pages...
This process was time consuming, but the results are rewarding!


The software modified 21 News Achive pages!
As well as adding more than 550+ blog titles to the Blog Index!
Lucy4.0 was fully indexed,
now Lucy3.0 is too!


This 6 hour effort saved me a lot of time!
Although the last 16 pages require some more programming to scan and modify,
we ARE getting there (slowly) :-)


Snap shot of to 10 indexed by most votes/best rated...
" This is a snap shot of the top ten of the indexed blog items,
sorted by MOST VOTES and BEST RATING ...

Currently there's only ONE Lucy4.0 item is in this top ten... " - Mathijs


16 more pages to index ... We are working on it!
64% done in six hours instead of the calculated 144 hours!

That's in 6.5% of the time allocated !!!

If all goes well I need another 4.5 hours to do the index the remaining pages


Anyway; 10.5+ hours spent is a LOT better as opposed to the (calculated) 144 hours,
totalling 7.3% of total calculated time of doing it manually!


That's a 93.7% save of time!

( This is one reasons I just love developing software! - Mathijs )

Sunday, March 7, 2010 Day 185 current treadmill total: 316,016.72 meters! (17:30 CET)

Lucy's nuts about Wallnuts
Lucy magically seems to know,
when new treats have arrived:


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" Even though, Lucy has plenty of treats ... " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" I do tend to buy new ones (here's a bag of wallnuts)... " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" What's this I smell, Dude? " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" Stop photograpin' & start servin' " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" Her you go, M'lady ... " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" Thank you Dude ... " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy's going (wall-)nuts.
" I haf goff iff, fufffe! " - Lucy


" I have got it, Dude! - with full mouth " - HamsterTracker™-Translation Dept.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Day 181 current treadmill total: 313,045.88 meters! (18:10 CET)

Servin' Lucy the Ceasar Salad
Yesterday, I showed you how to make
a Ceasar Salad for your hamster.
Today is all about the serving of it to Lucy:

Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" DUUUUDE, is that for ME? " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" Very Delicate, Dude! " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" Please tell the Chef, I love this! " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" I am not kidding, you know ... " - Lucy


Lucy pouched her bowl in record time.
(I was too busy photographing
and the HamsterTracker™-Timer Dept. was out.
So this doesn't count as an official record ... )


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" Nice bowl... too ... " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" REALLY NICE !!! ... " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" I guess, this is my doggy-bag ...
I WIL take this 'home' ... " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" It's big and heavy, but I am almost there ... " - Lucy


Serving my hamster Lucy the Ceasar Salad dish I made for her.
" Now where should I put this ? " - Lucy


" Please note Lucy's 'Hippo'-look-a-like face in this picture above. " - HamsterTracker-Photograph Dept.


Another Succesful Recipe 4 Lucy!



Ps.: I still need to add this to the Cookin' 4 Lucy page.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Day 180 current treadmill total: 312,676.19 meters! (20:50 CET)

Cookin' 4 Lucy: Ceasar Salad
I was enjoying my own.
Then this recipe struck me:


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.

Ingredients: Cucumber,
Egg,
Gouda cheese (slice),
Ham (optional),
Parsley (fresh).
Pine-Seeds


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Cut off the 'thin' end of a cucumber. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Then Cut off the 'right bowl-' height. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Using small knive, cut out a bowl shape,
creating a tiny serving bowl. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Unshell a boiled egg
and 'Tiny-' Pick some washed parsley. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Toast a slice of bread,
cut out middle,
slice in two (through the 'soft' side.
Then 'Tiny-' Dice, making Croutons! " - Mathijs


Cut a small piece of cooked egg-white.
Also 'Tiny-' dice some cheese, ham.

Then comes the actual preparing:


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Put parsley in bowl. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" Then add Cheese, slice of Egg, (optional) Ham and Croutons. " - Mathijs


Cookin' Ceasar Salad for my hamster Lucy.
" After adding two Pine-Seeds, I got ready to serve... " - Mathijs


To Be Continued ...
Monday, March 1, 2010 Day 179 current treadmill total: 310,541.47 meters! (18:55 CET)

The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy...
Scene: 1900...

Some Very Important Pine-seeds (VIPs) are missing ...
The whole town is in dispair...
Fortunately we have Sheriff Lucy ...

The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" Wait ... Must put badge on first ... " - Lucy


The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" Don't worry Dude,
I'll resolve this...
I've got an official badge, you know! " - Lucy


The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" Don't worry folks, I am a Pine-Seed Expert! " - Lucy


The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" I can see there's nothing up here! ... " - Lucy


The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" Keeping my Low Appearance,
'Under Cover' as we call it...
I've got only less than a meter/yard to go behind the Dude's back ... " - Lucy

Switch back to 2010

After Lucy had a long 'Whiggle and Twist' behind my back,
she ultimately re-appeared....


The Pine-Seed Mystery, starring Sheriff Lucy.
" Why are you looking at me like that, Dude? " - Lucy


[ Don't worry, we have a lot of Pine-Seeds in our stocks, but ... Please don't tell Lucy ... ]


Saturday, February 27, 2010 Day 177 current treadmill total: 310,541.47 meters! (18:55 CET)

Lucy's Explorer-Ball Time.
Lucy loves her Exporor-Ball so much,
we always end with a discussion on how much time was spent...


My hamster Lucy's Explorer-Ball Time!.
" La Da Die ... La Da Daaah ... " - Lucy


" Then the 20 minutes had passed ... " - HamsterTracker™-Timing Dept.


My hamster Lucy's Explorer-Ball Time!.
" This CAN'T be 15 minutes Dude !!! " - Lucy


I explained it was actually Twenty minutes she had spent in her Explorer Ball...


My hamster Lucy's Explorer-Ball Time!.
" Really ??? " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy's Explorer-Ball Time!.
" I must get out then!
There is still so much to do ... " - Lucy


HamsterTracker™-Stars do tend to live busy lives!

Monday, February 22, 2010 Day 172 current treadmill total: 306,669.41 meters! (18:35 CET)

After Cage Clean Chores ... it's SNACK-Time!
Not long after Lucy's initial cage-clean-inspection,
she found her new Kräcker...


My hamster Lucy after cage clean chores ... SNACK time !
" Nice! Dude! " - Lucy


" Note Lucy's heart-shaped-pink-nose! " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


My hamster Lucy after cage clean chores ... SNACK time !
" This photograph, makes me wanna cuddle ... " - Mathijs


" The yellowish-hue is due to photographing through the plastic of the cage " - HamsterTracker™-Photography Dept.


My hamster Lucy after cage clean chores ... SNACK time !
" Chomp ... Chomp ... Chomp ... " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy after cage clean chores ... SNACK time !
" Lucy is in full attack of this Kräcker! " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy after cage clean chores ... SNACK time !
" This IS nice, Dude ... as I said earlier ... " - Lucy


" Note Lucy's pouches as opposed to today's first photograph ! " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.
They are HUGE !


Sunday, February 21, 2010 Day 171 current treadmill total: 305,573.16 meters! (13:20 CET)

Cage Clean Chores ...
When Lucy woke up ... I noticed it too ...


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" This needs some work, Dude !!! ... " - Lucy


So I let Lucy in her Explorer Ball,
and I got working on it immediately :


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" Main Quarters ... Check ! " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" Fresh bedding ... fresh water... toilet ... grass... Kräcker ... fresh food ... " - Mathijs


Lucy wanted to inspect it all immediately when I was done:


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" Nice job, Dude !!! " - Lucy


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" Lucy's bedroom, changed from this ... " - Mathijs


My hamster Lucy's cage clean chores ...
" To this ... " - Mathijs


" ... new Toilet-paper-sheets ... pillow treat ... Check ! " - Mathijs

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Day 166 current treadmill total: 302,080.78 meters! (21:05 CET)

One Treat is Not Enough ...
This seriously sounds like a James Bond movie title ...


Reality is a bit different:      :-)


'One Treat is Not Enough' ... starring my hamster Lucy
" Ooooh, Hi Dude ... " - Lucy


'One Treat is Not Enough' ... starring my hamster Lucy
" Can't believe you got me just THREE treats! " - Lucy


'One Treat is Not Enough' ... starring my hamster Lucy
" They are like GONE ... before you know it ... " - Lucy


'One Treat is Not Enough' ... starring my hamster Lucy
" I see that the HamsterTracker™-Treat Dept. didn't do their stuff either ... " - Lucy


" Wait ... HamsterTracker™-Treat Dept. ???
That's a new and unknown department to us ... " - HamsterTracker™


'One Treat is Not Enough' ... starring my hamster Lucy
" Four more Pine-Seeds ... PLEEEEASE ! " - Lucy


Who can resist that ???

We are thinking about the HamsterTracker™-Treat Dept. idea !!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010 Day 164 current treadmill total: 301,850.00 meters! (20:10 CET)

300+ Km. & Valentine
300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!


Lucy passed her 300 km. milestone yesterday !!!


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" IIIIIIIIIII did, didn't I ? " - Lucy

Today, it's Valentines day!


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" I've got it all ready for Lucy " - Mathijs


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" Dude ... What's this Valentine ? " - Lucy


" It's all about giving something to someone you love, dear Lucy ... " - Mathijs


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" I see ... " - Lucy


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" That is SO NICE ... Dude !!! " - Lucy


300+ km by my hamster Lucy and Valentines day!
" Happy Valentine back at you, Dude !!! " - Lucy


We're planning to spend some more quality time on the couch tonight! - HamsterTracker™-Valentine Dept.

Happy Valentines Day!
Monday, February 8, 2010 Day 158 current treadmill total: 295,224.38 meters! (18:05 CET)

Geeking It ... Can be Dangerous!
Geeking it over here at HamsterTracker™ is 99% of the time a very enjoyable time.
That's when things don't go all heywire beyound our control:


This weekend I experienced some many seemingly spontanious server crashes.
I wasn't gaming or doing anything Video-Intensive stuff,
just some programming, when it crashed again...


(Un)fortunately the system didn't reboot again...
After initialization (which seemed to take forever),
the system responded with a Three Beep Error salute ...

Which is NOT a GOOD sign ...
because: it then FROZE ! No life in it what so ever ...


Then I heard a loud distinct 'CLUNCK'-noise ...
The computer was already switched off...
So I opened it ... The heat comming from it was noticed immediately.
Then I found a square piece of something:


Geeking It ... Can be Dangerous!
" Note the Ferrite (?) square ... that dropped of the spool,
surrounded by browned circuit board ... " - Mathijs


" Looks a bit like it exploded, doesn't it? " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


Geeking It ... Can be Dangerous!
" This is the way it should be fitted ... " - Mathijs


Unfortunately I touched the Ferrite (?) cubed-block,
too quickly after hearing the 'CLUNCK', finding it on the bottom of the Dream-Machine:


OUCH !!! ... Geeking It ... Can be Dangerous!
" OUCH!!! I put my finger under cold running water for minutes ...
It still didn't prevent these 2nd degree burns... " - Mathijs


" You can also see a nice square like impression " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.


I am so glad that I was there when it happened.
The discoloring of the circuit board, makes you wonder what could have happened...


After removing the faulty card, I had two running in 'SLI-mode',
it just needed a few reboots, and now it's up and running again ... Pffffew !


" This final breakdown, might explain
the slow-downs we have been experiencing
these last couple of days " - HamsterTracker™-Hardware Dept.

Fortunately, Lucy didn't notice a thing:



Geeking It ... Can be Dangerous!
" zzz ... ZZZ ... zzz ... " - Lucy


Pffffeeew, what an experience!

Sunday, February 7, 2010 Day 157 current treadmill total: 294,901.44 meters! (17:40 CET)

Extreme HamsterTrackin' México by Kim and Bruce
Over here in the Netherlands the weather has been very winter like.
We've had snow a couple of times. This makes me wanna think about sunshine....

Fortunately this Extreme HamsterTrackin' entry was sent in by
Extreme HamsterTrackin' regulars: Kim & Bruce:


Extreme HamsterTrackin' México
Extreme HamsterTracking México by Kim and Bruce.
" we went to Playa Del Carmen, México in November of 2009.
Just had to take Lucy with us!!!
We took here to the beach every day!! " - Kim


Extreme HamsterTrackin' México
Extreme HamsterTracking Mexico by Kim and Bruce.
" Meet Bruce ... " - Kim


Extreme HamsterTrackin' México
Extreme HamsterTracking Mexico by Kim and Bruce.
" She really like to go to the beach with us.
Some times she would sit with us or sometimes she wanted to have a chair to herself. " - Kim


Extreme HamsterTrackin' México
Extreme HamsterTracking Mexico by Kim and Bruce.
" She also wanted to sit in the sand all by her self,
She liked to sit with my shoes. " - Kim


Extreme HamsterTrackin' México
Extreme HamsterTracking Mexico by Kim and Bruce.
" As well as sitting with me ! " - Kim


Extreme HamsterTracker™-Shouts to Kim and Bruce!!!

We LOVE the blue sea, sunshine and efforts involved !!!

More EXtreme HamsterTrackin' info:

Experience Global Extreme HamsterTrackin'.
Download your FREE Do It Yourself Extreme HamsterTrackin' kit and submit  your entry, TODAY!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Day 153 current treadmill total: 291,120.19 meters! (20:53 CET)

Water Consumption issues ...
Today I was simply taking my measurements ...


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" The (clever-) HamsterTracker™-Software magically
translates the 16 mm. airbubble-height measurement
to the amount consumed since the last time I did this. " - Mathijs


Lucy didn't take long to appear (!)


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" Dude ... Doesn't that invade privacy again ? " - Lucy

(see below, for another issue on this subject)


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" Let us talk FACE TO FACE, Dude ... " - Lucy


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" I think I am NOT AMUSED ! ... " - Lucy


I then explained that a lot of people are interested
in how much water, Lucy consumes ...


" Currently Lucy4.0 is 1 ml. ABOVE daily-average
compaired to all hamsters previously blogged on
HamsterTracker.com " - HamsterTracker-Excited-Water-Consumption-Data Dept.


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" Oooh really ??? ...
I was totally unaware ... " - Lucy


Water Consumption-Issues with my hamster Lucy.
" Let's celebrate the 'waterconsumption average'-record
on the couch, Dude ... " - Lucy


You can guess what happend next ... :-)

Monday, February 1, 2010 Day 151 current treadmill total: 289,313.75 meters! (21:00 CET)

The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™
We enjoy the glamorous life very much...
Unfortunately, that doesn't go without it's chores ...


Fortunately, the HamsterTracker™-Cleaning Dept. finally did their magic.
So I did a quick check on achievements made:


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Bathroom : CHECK ! " - Mathijs


I did the bathroom myself just two days ago :)

Then the HamsterTracker™Cleaning Dept. kicked in

( yesterday )


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Main Quarters : CHECK! " - Mathijs


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Bedroom : a bit of a mess already ... " - Mathijs


The following picture was, by using flash photograpy, made anonymous :


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Dude ... how CAN you call this a MESS ??? ... " - Lucy


I am sorry Lucy ... I didn't mean to imply... was my reply ...
Which triggered the following Lucy response :


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Lucy got up ...
Which gave me a good checkup of Lucy's Bedroom : CHECKED !!! " - Mathijs


The Glamorous life at HamsterTracker™ with my hamster Lucy.
" Dude ... This is a HUGE invade of privacy ...
This will require MAJOR and I do mean major Pine-Seeds ... Dude ...
You hear ? ...
It's not like talking to 'barb-wire' right ??? " - Lucy


" Not really ... Lucy ... " - Mathijs


93 ... 103 ... 203 ...


" I am counting Pine-Seeds as you read this ... " - Mathijs


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