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What's New Around Here back to 19th April 1999

Lachlan's Homepage is at http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au

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  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):

    • Update New Nanoshite with a newly received information of a newly published nano-buzzword; and instructions that is must be communicated to the public as soon as possible.

31st March 2008

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7th May 2007
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):

    • Update New Nanoshite with a newly received Email with a newly published nano-buzzword.

6th May 2007



5th May 2007

10th April 2007

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25th March 2007


  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page:

    • Update "Space Invaders" by Player [1] (Player One) with updated and correct lyrics for the first line suggested by Michael M.. Will determining the lyrics of Space Invaders never end?

      Through dark, sunken eyes,                      
      I see another pale sunrise
      Surrounded by soldiers, glued to-the screens,      
      Hold back the invaders, their infernal machines.  
      

      I quote from Michael's E-mail:

      "I found your web site this morning. Just a suggestion from someone in the States, I think the first line of the song is: Through dark, sunken eyes At least that's the way I used to sing it when it played in the clubs over here. Also I think it makes more sense, referring to people who stayed up all night playing the game and are now seeing "another pale sunrise". Michael M"


6th March 2007

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3rd December 2006
  • Update Cranswick Geneology Homepage with information Alex Cranswick on the republished Pathfinder Cranswick by Michael Cummings. This is a biography of Sqn Ldr (Squadron Leader) Alec Panton Cranswick of the RAF (Royal Air Force) - killed on the night of 4 July 1944 over railway marshalling yards at Villeneuve-St-Georges on the south-eastern outskirts of Paris.



1st December 2006

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21st October 2006
  • As a Saturday highlight, receive an Email titled "Fact of the day"

    • In the 15th century it was estimated that 133,306,668 angels fell
      from the Heavens in a total of 9 days according to the Bishop of Tusculum


18th October 2006

11th October 2006
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update page and diatribe on Free things to do in London, England - Free classical concerts in London; free historical Concerts in London; free Lectures in London; free Debates in London; free movies in London; and free Talks in London (not only for the culture vultures; but mainly for those requiring refuge and sanctuary in the "futile city" of London).

      Thanks to Simon Reynolds (Webmaster, The Players of St Peter), update information on St. Clement Eastcheap and The Players of St Peter.


8th October 2006

20th August 2006
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):

    • Update New Nanoshite with a newly received Email claiming the nanoshite page stimulates the full spectrum of human emotions.

18th July 2006


4th June 2006

3rd June 2006

27th May 2006
  • Weekend Highlight: woke-up(?) sometime(?) this afternoon(?). Reporting this happening has already inspired E-mail feedback, potentially hoping this event signals the start of a brave new world:

    "Congratulations Comrade Cranswick on your re-awakening, no doubt to the
    workers' struggle. Although we may slumber from time to time, we must never
    forget the common man's oppression under the burdensome, splinter-ridden
    yoke of mgmt."
    

25th May 2006
  • Receive E-mail including the query: "Anyway, was this your doing?", refering to the following webpage.


17th April 2006
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


12th April 2006
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


6th April 2006

  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page, update:

    • Update "Fool, fool, fool" by Ray Brown and the Whispers (Sydney 1964-66) with corrections from Mary in Australia. Though there are still some mysteries with the lyrics that require solving.


2nd April 2006
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


28th February 2006

23rd March 2006

1st March 2006

27th February 2006


  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


25th February 2006
  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page:

    • Again, thanks to Chris in Melbourne, update "Tar And Cement" sung by Verdelle Smith webpage by adding lyrics to another version of "Tar And Cement" sung by Verdelle Smith; taken one from an old vinyl recording (which - to me - seems to a better version of the song to listen to).

23rd February 2006

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19th February 2006

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4th February 2006
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


29th January 2006

6th January 2006

1st January 2006


  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


30th December 2005


  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


13th December 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


12th December 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


11th December 2005
  • To the Poetry Page update:

    • Add "A Carol from Flanders" by Frederick Niven; a poem on his experiences during the 1914 Christmas Truce on the Western Front.

9th December 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


26th November 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):


20th November 2005

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2nd October 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):

    • Update New Nanoshite webpage with some received "world class" nanoshite.

25th September 2005

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4th June 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of thegreat mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):

    • Get through backlog of E-mail of new links and updates to New Nanoshite

3rd June 2005

24th May 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of thegreat mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology):



30th April 2005

8th April 2005

28th of March 2005
  • One of the many additions to the NanoShite Page (A webpage following some of the great mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology) mainpage - in this case updating PRESS RELEASE on the nanotechnological development of Nanorock, Nanoscissors and Nanopaper nanorobots

  • a frantic message received from The Reverend Professor P. Dolding-Beadle

    Subject: nanolithographical breakthrough

    Professor P Dolding-Beadle has just become aware of a major breakthrough in nanolithographical rendering. It appears full color rendering is possible of complex nanostructures. Dolding-Beadle has applied for emergency funding to go to the local store to buy color pencils.

    HYPERLINK : "Diagrams and Models : The following pictures drawn by our understanding in nanotechnology": http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC040656/diagram.html

    Nanotechnology thermostabilizing (center of nanobot) and cooking (sides of nanobot) undercooked steak with bacteria . In this picture, nanotechnology is repairing a bird's DNA. . In this picture, nanotechology is destroying germs, which were about to destroy good blood cells. . This is an idea a member of the team had of how nanotechnology would help a solar powered car of the future get sunlight. . This is one model of how nanotechnology might look. This model has  sharp edges to help cut down plaque. It also has a tank of insulin that can help diabetics. . This is a picture about nanotechnology repairing a bird's bone, which is cracked and broken, by . This model shows a scorpion based nanobot on a piece of a molecule. This was one of our primary pictures showing that nanotechnology is very small.

     
    1. Nanotechnology thermostabilizing (center of nanobot) and cooking (sides of nanobot) undercooked steak with bacteria
    2. In this picture, nanotechnology is repairing a bird's DNA.
    3. In this picture, nanotechology is destroying germs, which were about to destroy good blood cells
    4. This is an idea a member of the team had of how nanotechnology would help a solar powered car of the future get sunlight.
    5. This is one model of how nanotechnology might look. This model has sharp edges to help cut down plaque. It also has a tank of insulin that can help diabetics.
    6. This is a picture about nanotechnology repairing a bird's bone, which is cracked and broken, by "sewing" it together.
    7. This model shows a scorpion based nanobot on a piece of a molecule. This was one of our primary pictures showing that nanotechnology is very small.

  • Update the PRESS RELEASE on the nanotechnological development of Nanorock, Nanoscissors and Nanopaper nanorobots to include this major innovation in Nanolithographical Nanotoolbox technology.

    Though also a sad expose of the Reverend Professor P. Dolding-Beadle: - that primary school children have trumphed all the millions of dollars of research funding spent on the good Reverend Professor.


17th March 2005
  • Update the mainpage to include an Image-to-Art picture rendered by Lyle Kroll of this humble webscribe : a photo taken when in the futile city of London, England. Image-to-Art conversion using a home made Leroy Neiman art filter.

15th March 2005

6th March 2005
  • As part of NanoShite (A webpage following some of thegreat mass of slimey cancerous hype flim-flam-barnum-and-bailey-charlatan delusional bollocks of the Great God "Nano" - God of Nanotechnology) mainpage:

    • Update relevant Relevant Links section with a minor transcript of the Video interview with Harry G. Frankfurt "On Bullshit"

    • Interviewer: "What brought you, as a professional philosopher, to [write about] bullshit?" :
      Harry G. Frankfurt: "It was largely because I think that respect for the truth and a concern for the truth, these are among the foundations of civilization. I was for a long time kind of disturbed by the lack of respect and concern for the truth that I seem to observe in much of the speech and writing that was being produced; and bullshit is one of the deformaties of these values. So, I thought, try and find out more about it. Try to find out what it is. I was trained as an analytic philosopher. And analytic philosophy is characterized by a special concern for clarification of concepts. And this was a concept that seemed to me to be an important one. It referred to a significant feature of our culture. And not only a significant feature, but a feature that in my view pose certain dangers to the foundations of civilization. So I was interested in analyzing the concept and trying to find out exactly what we are talking about and talk about this." - Harry G. Frankfurt



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4th November 2004
  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page:

    • Update "Space Invaders" by Player One with updated and correct lyrics which Robert La Ferte suggested using a Critique of Pure Reason.

      Space Invaders
          We fight to survive
         Space Invaders
          Runnin', runnin' to stay alive
         Space Invaders
          Hee hoo hoo hoo haa (???)
         Space Invaders

      I quote from Robert's E-mail:

      "The phrase "We fight to survive" is used, and is most probably followed by the same "runnin', runnin' to stay alive" that follows it in the second verse.

      After you hear it with these words, you'll see (well, you'll hear!) that it fits perfectly! :-)"


31st October 2004
  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page:

    • Update "Space Invaders" by Player One. Thanks to Olivier Gravel for the clarification on the "Rabbit" part of the final section of lyrics

         Space Invaders
          We fight to survive
         Space Invaders
          Rabbit, [pause] rabbit to stay alive
         Space Invaders
          Hee hoo hoo hoo haa (???)
         Space Invaders
      


29th October 2004

28th October 2004

6th October 2004
  • As part of the "Hard to Find Songs" page:

    • Update "Space Invaders" by Player One. Thanks to Robert C. for cracking the lyrics to the almost encrypted last two lines of the first verse

      Surrounded by soldiers, glued to-the screens,
      Hold back the invaders, their infernal machines.
      


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14th June 2004
  • As part of Literature/Philosophy and History Links and info :

    • Update Different English translations of some maxims in Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom with more examples of L.B. Walton's 1953 translation. "The Oracle: A Manual of the Art of Discretion by Baltasar Gracian", translated by L.B. Walton (University of Edinburgh): London, J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. Plus starting to compare a 1930 MacMillan Golden Treasury Series edition of the 1892 translation of Joseph Jacobs vs that of a 2000 Edition Shambhala pocket classic ("based on" the 1892 translation of Joseph Jacobs) noting where anonymous editorial changes have been made in the Shambhala edition.

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26th April 2004
  • As part of Literature/Philosophy and History Links and info :

    • Update Different English translations of some maxims in Baltasar Gracian's (1601-1658) The Art of Worldly Wisdom to include maxims from the 1702 translation of Mr Savage (The Art of Prudence: or, a Companion for a Man of Sense. Written originally in Spanish by that Celebrated Author Balthazar Gracian; now made English from the best Edition of the Original, and Illustrated with the Sieur Amelot de la Houssaie's Notes by Mr. Savage. London: Printed for Daniel Brown, without Temple Bar; J. Walthoe, in the Middle Temple Cloysters; and T. Benskin, at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, 1702)

      Also include a moderately indignant "defence of the 1702 Mr Savage translation", against the impugning comments about this version within the introductions of later English translations.


25th April 2004