Giving my hamster Lucy (3.0) a pat on the back

My hamster Lucy^(3.0) tracked with HamsterTracker™
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It is really doing what it has been designed to do; Tracking my hamster Lucy!

Our favorite internet DJ's: 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.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Day 390 current treadmill total: 240,597.00 meters! (17:55 CET)

Lucy's explorer- Ball fun

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I did let the empty explorer ball roll off the table,
I did put it back together again, using Duck-Tape.
I did dare, to have Lucy, have a run-around in it after all this:

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" I can see you very clear-ly, Dude ! " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" If you'd stop movin' then I wouldn't have to run so much ... " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" I lost you for a second, Dude ... " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" Oh, wait, there you are ... " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" I am on my way, Dude ! " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy in her Explorer-Ball.

" Do I smell a Pine-Seed ? " - Lucy

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Day 387 current treadmill total: 240,288.16 meters! (19:10 CET)

Lucy being Lucy

We left off (the day before) yesterday, when Lucy was grabbin' a large piece of wallnut.
Here's Lucy after getting it all... Or at least she thinks ...

My hamster Lucy being Lucy.

" Got it Dude ! " - Lucy

" Gotcha Lucy ! " - Mathijs

My hamster Lucy being Lucy.

" Say what ??? " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy being Lucy.

" AAAAAAAWWWWESOME ! " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy being Lucy.

" Now I gotcha it myself, Dude ! " - Lucy

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Day 385 current treadmill total: 240,099.81 meters! (21:50 CET)

Lucy's Eyeballin'

When checking up, to see if the HamsterTracker™-Sanitation Dept. have done their job,
Lucy surprisingly popped up:

My hamster Lucy's Eyeballing.

" Hi Dude ! " - Lucy

I immidiately got a part of a walnut,
to serve to Lucy:

My hamster Lucy's Eyeballing.

" FFFery nife Dude ... " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's Eyeballing.

" You can let go now ... " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's Eyeballing.

" ... " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

To Be Continued ...

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Day 384 current treadmill total: 239,996.69 meters! (16:45 CET)

Concluding the North Sea Jazz-Extreme HamsterTrackin'

At the North Sea Jazz Festival or ANY festival for that matter,
it's always very difficult to photograph the bands:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2008.

" Lefties Soul Connection jamming major awesome 'Old skool' FUNK " - Mathijs

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2008.

" My first acquaintance with the (again) awesome (FUNK) band : Tower Of Power.
(Picture of is of the HUGE (LED-)video screen) " - Mathijs

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2008.

" I also got acquainted with Buddy Guy's awesome Blues ...
He walked by pretty close, walking around in the crowd while jamming his guitar (during his concert) !!! " - Mathijs

In between concerts (there where 200 acts over 15 podia in 3 days),
I (ofcourse) did some Extreme HamsterTrackin':

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2008.

" I just can't get it to focus... " - Mathijs

Then Kees offered his assistance to help make the perfect shot:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2008.

" Introducing, bystander offering help: Kees ! " - Mathijs

as with all good & great things:

It then had to end...

" When we left, they where already cleaning up ! " - Mathijs

Then I came home late after the last concert:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" I was about to call it a day, Dude ! " - Lucy

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Day 383 current treadmill total: 239,983.12 meters! (21:35 CET)

More Extreme HamsterTrackin' it @ North Sea Jazz

Day two of the North Sea Jazz Festival
was also an awesome blast!

Remember DJ Manga's Extreme HamsterTrackin' from last year?

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2007.

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival 2007.

"North Sea Jazz 2007"

They did their stuff this year too. You just couldn't stand still on their grooves !

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" North Sea Jazz 2008,
Deejay Manga presents "Legends" hosted by MC John Agesilas "

I did gave them the 2007 photograph (with a dedicated HamsterTracker™-Message, ofcourse)...
Which produced a laugh, while they where jamming it to the max. !

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Here's an artfull 'North Sea Jazz'-Photograph Atempt ... " - HamsterTraker™-Photography Dept.

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Extreme HamsterTrackin'-North Sea Jazz ... " - HamsterTraker™-Photography Dept.

Returning home after (again) a long wonderfull night:

Here's Lucy's response:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" 'Jail House Rock' - Dude ! " - Lucy

Again, To Be Continued ...

Monday, July 14, 2008

Day 382 current treadmill total: 239,946.72 meters! (23:05 CET)

Extreme HamsterTrackin' it @ North Sea Jazz 2008

Music is very important to me ! Although I can't play an instrument,
I do enjoy listening to music so much; it's a part of my life to me, almost like bread and water.

These last couple of months I was looking forward to visiting the
North Sea Jazz 2008 festival:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Coool: My THREE day pass ! " - Mathijs

This weekend, IT FINALLY STARTED!

Ofcourse I didn't go without my DIY Xtreme HamsterTrackin' kit:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Uhmmmm.... YES, that's me, Extreme HamsterTrackin' it ...
waiting on the entrance doors to open. " - Mathijs

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Let us enter ! "

These are just some first moments of the three wonderfull days !

After experiencing some very fine concerts,
after a lot of movin' and groovin', I got home to discover:

Lucy... in a deep 'mental' state:

Extreme HamsterTrackin' the North Sea Jazz festival.

" Lucy's groovin' deep within herself ...
(Silently waiting for the Pine-Seed to be served). " - Mathijs

To Be Continued ...

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Day 378 current treadmill total: 239,549.34 meters! (18:50 CET)

My "Lucy's Flat-Ears-While-Eating" Theory

Puzzled by this experience since I take care of hamsters,
the following photoshoot gave me an inspirational moment,
trying to resolve WHY Lucy puts her ears flat while eating/pouching...

Why does my hamster Lucy flatten her ears when eating/pouching ...

Why does my hamster Lucy flatten her ears when eating/pouching ...

" Please note;
Lucy's ears pointing away from all the knibblin' ... " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

Then this following theory struk me:
A hamster is not an animal that's high on the foodchain,
therefore it needs to be very carefull on what it does, with dangers being everywhere.

My theory is; that when eating/pouching it makes too much noise for a hamster.
Therefore they'll be likely more inclined to put their ears flat
(and pointed to the sides and back),
to listen for any dangers there ...

Why does my hamster Lucy flatten her ears when eating/pouching ...

" Lucy sure is listening around while devouring this Vitakraft Kracker " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

Why does my hamster Lucy flatten her ears when eating/pouching ...

" Husssshhhhh, for Lucy ... " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

Then Lucy responded to my theory:

" Is there an echo in here ? " - Lucy

Why does my hamster Lucy flatten her ears when eating/pouching ...

" I am not gonna tell if you got your theory right, Dude !!!
Because I don't have a clue on what you're talking about. " - Lucy

Trying Pine-Seeds as a Truth-Serum as you read this...

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Day 377 current treadmill total: 239,247.06 meters! (19:20 CET)

Askin' Lucy ...

Having our daily chat,
I asked Lucy if she would do one of her great impersonations.

While trying to bribe her with melon-seeds,
here's how Lucy responded:

Asking my hamster Lucy ...

" Not that one again ? " - Lucy

Using some more melon-seeds, Lucy started to melon (=mellow) out:

Asking my hamster Lucy ...

" That ol' one ... are you serious, Dude ? " - Lucy

Asking my hamster Lucy ...

" mKay ... You get another melon-seed ready, right Dude ? " - Lucy

Asking my hamster Lucy ...

" In two seconds, Dude ... " - Lucy

Asking my hamster Lucy ...

" Hi I am the famous (talkin') horse Mr. Ed ! " - Lucy

Maybe I should stop watching Dvd's when Lucy is awake ...

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Day 376 current treadmill total: 238,915.38 meters! (19:35 CET)

Geekin' 1.16+ Terabyte Fun

The harddisks of the dream machine where running full.
While having a generous (160 GB + 250 GB = ) 410 Gigabyte of harddisk space;
we where running out. Lucy's pictures do take up a lot of room...

So after the HamsterTracker™-Financial Dept. gave their go-ahead,
we (finally) obtained this following beauty of a harddisk:

Expanding the HamsterTracker(tm)-Dream Machine with a 750 GB harddisk.

Expanding the HamsterTracker(tm)-Dream Machine with a 750 GB harddisk.

" It's a Samsung HD753LJ - 750 Gigabyte Harddisk (dutch site) " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

" It has 750 GB of (unformatted) data capability,
32 Megabyte Memory buffer (the existing one only has 16 Megabyte)
SATA II 3.0 Gb/s interface
(that's an approx. 300 Mega byte per second data transfer rate !!!) " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

" Here it's fitted with the (red SATA cables all hooked up... " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

" After hooking up the Floppy-drive IDE cable,
we took some time to clean the Dream Machines internals,
by using a (new paint-) brush...

You can't imagine how much dust accumulates in a mere 6 months! " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

" Here's everything all hooked up;
the SATA harddrives now have power.
[ The new 750 GB drive is the one on top ] " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

" The Dream Machine BIOS recognized the harddrive immediately !!! " - HamsterTracker™-Geek Dept.

It then took a solid TWO and a HALF HOURS to format this beauty.

After which it's now running smoothly (and silently),
consuming only an additional 5 watts while operating !!!

Now we have a generous (160 GB + 250 GB + 750 GB + 1 GB = ) 1161 Gigabyte of harddisk space !!!
(The 1 GB drive is a flashdisk, permanently installed in the Dream Machine),

Therefore the Dream Machine fully qualifies the 1.16+ Terabyte (1 Terabyte = 1000 Gigabyte) norm!
We can (finally) keep those Lucy pictures comming and comming ;-)

Lucy didn't notice a thing !

" Lucy is relaxing it to the MAX !!! " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

See also: Building the HamsterTracker™-Dream Machine page

Monday, July 7, 2008

Day 375 current treadmill total: 238,881.58 meters! (18:55 CET)

Lucy's Speechin'

Lucy's can run her own show, directing everyone,
while writing up a nice speech for all fellow HamsterTracker™-Visitors

My hamster Lucy's speech ...

" ... Could you clear the area, please !
So the Camera-Dude can have some space; Thank you ! " - Lucy

It took a moment before Lucy was completely ready.
On her command here's her speech:

My hamster Lucy's speech ...

" Hi, fellow HAMSTORIANS ! " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's speech ...

" As I understand A LOT of you are going on a holiday around this time !
Please don't forget your DIY Xtreme HamsterTrackin' kit,
so you can do some Xtreme HamsterTrackin' of your own !
...
We at HamsterTracker™ would love to know what YOU've been up to ! " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's speech ...

" So we have an understanding, right ?
Thank you !!! " - Lucy

Then,
behind the scenes,
just after 10 seconds in Lucy's break;

" Caught you " - submitted by "Anonymous48957" - HamsterTracker™-Mailbox Dept.

My hamster Lucy's speech ...

" I said: NO PAPARAZZI !!!!
( AND I also remember using the word 'PLEASE' ) !!!,

You owe me a Pine-Seed, 'Anonymous48957' ! " - Lucy

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Day 374 current treadmill total: 238,771.12 meters! (22:05 CET)

Lucy's Much Needed Cage Clean

Lucy's cage needed some serious cleaning,
because Lucy was trashing her bathroom,
we didn't waste any time.

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" You just couldn't wait for me to wake up, right Dude ? " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" Sorry Lucy, but this (disconnected) cage is a mess ! " - Mathijs

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" Look at that !
No wonder the HamsterTracker™-Sanitation Dept. took the weekend off ! " - Mathijs

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" Looks a lot better doesn't it ?
Lucy's food-bowl needs a cleaning, then we are ready to go ! " - Mathijs

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" Here's a rare view of the 'barcode' on the treadmill,
that the HamsterTracker™-Server uses to decode/record Lucy's statistics... " - Mathijs

After re-installation it didn't take long for Lucy to explore:

My hamster Lucy's latest cage clean.

" Wow !!! Fresh, New & Vacumed Carpet !!! " - Lucy

Friday, July 4, 2008

Day 372 current treadmill total: 238,284.78 meters! (19:10 CET)

Comparing Lucy's Statistical Graphs

It has been a while since Lucy's latest statistical graphs where published.
this is one with a twist; except for the 'treadmill distance & speed graph',
Lucy^2.0 data has been included:
My hamster Lucy lastest statistical graph.

My hamster Lucy lastest statistical graph.

HamsterTracker™ Server crashes/ISP blackouts/Sensor misalignments:
Day 4, 19, 55, 56, 66 - 69, 121, 239, 252

[ Dream Machine operational since day 114,
day 121 & 239 where forced reboots by Windows XP during night time, after auto update. ]

Treadmill time graph

Comparing Lucy 2.0 & 3.0 treadmill trents.

The more vertical the above line is,
the more distance Lucy ran in her treadmill.

My hamster Lucy water consumption graph.

Now I am off to do some serious cage-cleaning,
Lucy has left it in a bit of a state (again) :

" Please note Lucy's bathroom... " - HamsterTracker™-Observation Dept.

My hamster Lucy made a mess of her living room of her cage again

My hamster Lucy made a mess of her living room of her cage again

" As it seems the HamsterTracker™-Sanitation Dept. has left for the weekend ...
I guess we'll have to do it ourself; with a little help from Lucy " - Mathijs

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Day 371 current treadmill total: 238,190.84 meters! (20:00 CET)

Lucy's Exploring

I love giving things to Lucy,
but sometimes there are other things than Pine-Seeds.

I placed a Happy Teddy-cardboard box in Lucy's cage,
as well as some Nibble Potpourri:

My hamster Lucy's Exploring.

" No Pine-Seeds, Dude ? " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy's Exploring.

" What's up ? " - Lucy

I turned the Happy Teddy-cardboard box for Lucy,
while explaining that I just gave her that, for her to nibble:

My hamster Lucy's Exploring.

" This doesn't smell like the real thing ! " - Lucy

I also explained that I left some fresh new Nibble Potpourri for her to find:

My hamster Lucy's Exploring.

" You also faked this one right ? ... " - Lucy

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Day 369 current treadmill total: 238,062.28 meters! (20:35 CET)

Lucy's orderin' ...

After getting my camera ready, I shot this following photograph of Lucy:

My hamster Lucy Orderin' ...

" Four Pine-Seeds, Served in the Bedroom, Please ! " - Lucy

I was so stunned by the cute-ness of the above picture, that I forgot time:

My hamster Lucy Orderin' ...

" HamsterTracker™-Service, Please !!! Anyone ? " - Lucy

My hamster Lucy Orderin' ...

" Yes Dude, FOUR Pine-Seeds, Suite 001 ! " - Lucy

Sorry Lucy, I am still too captivated by this photograph:

" Cutie Pie: Lucy !!! " - Mathijs

Monday, June 30, 2008

Day 368 current treadmill total: 237,712.94 meters! (17:15 CET)

Lucy's Groooove

Lucy is in an awesome mood today,
when I entered the livingroom, I caught Lucy doing the following:

My hamster Lucy Groovin'.

Low voice : " GROOOOOOOO-vin' ... "

Lucy's voice : " groooo-vin' "

Deeper low voice : " GROOOOOOOO-vin' ... "

back to normal low voice : " On a Monday AFTERNOOOOON ! "

Lucy's voice : " That means I get my Pine-Seeds pay ... pretty SOOOON ! "