Read My Mind http://blog.ryancarr.com.au An intriguing insight into a person who has nothing to say Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Hoons-r-Us http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/03/hoons-r-us/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/03/hoons-r-us/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:10:28 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=26 Oh the tears…….of laughter.

I’ve only just picked myself off the floor after reading about this fuckwit!!!

Risking me sounding like an old man fuddy-duddy (which I am fast becoming), some people never learn.

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/03/hoons-r-us/feed/ Polak http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/02/polak/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/02/polak/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:18:52 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=25 Richmond’s Graham Polak being hit by a tram is very sad, but the reporting of this incident in the media is amusing:

Tony over at After Grog Blog is onto a winner here!

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/07/02/polak/feed/ Mystery On Fifth Avenue http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/20/mystery-on-fifth-avenue/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/20/mystery-on-fifth-avenue/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:17:08 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=22 Check out this puzzle apartment in New York, purchased by Steven B. Klinsky and Maureen Sherry for a cool $8.5 million.  It has its own soundtrack, among other things….geeeze…

Article here.

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]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/20/luck-of-the-irish-cops/feed/ Webcams http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/17/webcams/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/17/webcams/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:14:59 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=21 Thanks to The Age for compiling the following list of webcams, located around the world.  Interesting stuff.

Original article by Lia Timson here.

If you have any other cams that you enjoy, or perhaps one of your own you are keen to share, let me know.

EarthCam Network
www.earthcam.com

This site belongs to a webcam software company that promotes the medium but is the most reliable aggregator of webcam links we found. Use the World Map facility to search for cameras at your favourite destinations or search by word, Top 10, Most Popular or Editor’s Choice.

RTA NSW
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficreports/index.html

Don’t leave home or the office without checking these fixed cameras. See what the traffic is like on the M5 or M4 before going home, or the F3 before taking off for the weekend. Traffic reports are included, so there is no need to wait for the half-hourly radio broadcasts.

HMAS Perth Dive Wreck

www.hmasperth.com.au

The 133-metre guided missile destroyer was scuttled off Perth in 2001. These two cameras - one above, the other below water - allow divers to see the conditions before they set out for the day. Their friends and families can also see them at work.

NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

When it is not transmitting live from space, this site broadcasts interviews, news conferences and videos of various missions. It has three channels (Public, Media and Education) and the “What’s On” tab details the daily broadcast schedule. Watch out for mission launches and landing coverage. Best watched at night (Australian time).

The Rocks, Sydney

http://therocks.com/sydney-Webcam_Rocks_Viewing.htm

The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority’s two adjustable live webcams aim to show Sydney Harbour to the world. Use your mouse to control the camera’s zooming and panning functions, but be patient: with more than one million hits a year, you’ll probably need to wait your turn.

Australian Antarctic Division

www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/mawson/default.asp

Cameras in Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie Island give visitors to this site a glimpse of researchers’ life on the frozen continent. Images are refreshed every 10 minutes and arrive at your PC via a satellite link to the division’s headquarters in Tasmania.

Surf conditions

www.surfit.com/surfit/display.asp?ss=5&id=72

Check your favourite break before you crawl out of bed in the morning. Click on the map to go to the beach of your choice around Australia, see the static images and read the reports.

Most boring

Watching paint dry may be as exciting as watching an apple grow, ( www.applecam.co.uk/index.html ) although the blossom is pretty - best viewed in the morning (Sydney time). This Dutch site ( www.icepick.com ) tracks every time Sparkey the cat eats, the fridge opens and the doorbell rings.

Other links

French bakery www.siteparc.fr/bonneau/Webcam.htm

Panda www.oiccam.com/webcams/index.html?/panda

Times Square www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare

Moscow www.mdmbank.com/webcam

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/17/webcams/feed/ Happy Birthday To You…. http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/04/happy-birthday-to-you/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/04/happy-birthday-to-you/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:06:31 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=19 A very happy birthday to my brother.  He is old now.

Wii are all looking forward to helping him celebrate with the traditional family dinner.

Results of the tennis tournament, bowling playoffs and boxing bout to be posted soon.

Thanks to Richard Parmiter for photo

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/04/happy-birthday-to-you/feed/ 50? 150? http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/50-150/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/50-150/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:07:37 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=16 Saturday night I was watching the Cats demolish Carlton (as expected) and a little number catches my eye.  Well actually the number itself is huge, painted in red at one end of Telstra Dome and blue at the other, piercing the 50m arc in front of the goals.

Only this wasn’t a fifty, but one hunderd and fifty.

Does anyone know why?

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/50-150/feed/ RC vs The Pooch http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/rc-vs-the-pooch/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/rc-vs-the-pooch/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:36:29 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=17 The whole reason for me starting this blog, as well as a flickr account, friendfeed page, twitter, discogs, last.fm, even MyFolia, was to establish a online presence, fuelling my egocentrism (or as I say to everyone else, completing a social experiment).

As it turns out, the pooch ends up on someone else’s web page before I do.

Damn pooch.

(UPD: He’s very cute tho…)

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/06/03/rc-vs-the-pooch/feed/ Plane crash! http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/05/26/plane-crash/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/05/26/plane-crash/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 01:47:44 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=14 Plane breaks in two during take-off!

I think Jan Van der Cruysse, spokesman at Brussels Airport, says it best:

“The plane is very seriously damaged.”

]]> http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/05/26/plane-crash/feed/ In our thoughts… http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/05/23/in-our-thoughts/ http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/2008/05/23/in-our-thoughts/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 06:40:11 +0000 RC http://blog.ryancarr.com.au/?p=13 A good friend’s father passed away today.

Our thoughts are thoughts are with him and his family.

May he rest in peace.

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