Lachlan passed away in January 2010.  As a memorial, this site remains as he left it.
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Welcome to Lachlan Cranswick's Personal Homepage in Melbourne, Australia

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.

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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.

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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"


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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.



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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.

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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):


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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):


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).

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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):


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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):


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):


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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.

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  • 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

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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):



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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.

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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
      


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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.


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10th April 2004
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update Other Links with a link to the 1592 novel, Pierce Penilesse - His Supplication to the Devil by Thomas Nash (Gent.). Which includes the quote "This is the lamentable condition of our times, that men of art must seek alms of cormorants." Thanks to Steve for passing this on.

7th April 2004

5th April 2004
  • To the Poetry Page add:

    • ("From the trenches of war, on a page of a letter which is spattered and stained, with the note, "Bully beef at fault," one finds the following poem:") - Beauty by Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)

    • God, give us men! by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881)

  • Thanks to Steve for passing the Ivor Gurney poem on.


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Thanks to Tony, update DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things) with the follwoing

                           The language of management
      
      A recent Australian study by Don Watson, Death Sentence: The Decay of
      Public Language http://www.abbeys.com.au/items/25/02/28/, reinforces
      this concern for the corruption of language. Watson illustrates how
      mindlessly repetitive corporate jargon, incorporated in "mission
      statements" and "organisational systems and processes", displaces
      genuine articulation of beliefs and values. He laments that:
      
       The language of management - for which read the language of virtually
       all corporations and companies, large and small, public service
       departments, government agencies, libraries, galleries and universities,
       the military, intelligence organisations and, increasingly, politics -
       is language that cannot describe or convey any human emotion, including
       the most basic ones such as happiness, sympathy, greed, envy, love or
       lust. You cannot tell a joke in this language, or write a poem, or sing
       a song. It is language without human provenance or possibility.
      
      What is even worse is the political embracement of this language, and
      the complete failure of the media to challenge its shallowness and
      duplicity.
      

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26th February 2004
  • To the Poetry Page add:

    • Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day - Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)
    • All Night, All Night - Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)




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2nd December 2003
  • To the Poetry Page add:

    • A Tune - Arthur Symons (1865-1945)

1st December 2003
  • To the Poetry Page add:

    • August 1914 - Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918)

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3rd August 2003


  • To the Poetry Page add:

    • Elegy in a Country Churchyard - G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
    • A Hymn: O God of Earth and Altar - G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)

2nd August 2003

22nd July 2003
  • Due to remote DNS problems, people in some countries may have had problems reaching this site from some countries. Thanks to Tony, this is now being fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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  • 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 Koen, add information on free concerts available at the National Theatre.


27th June 2003

26th June 2003
  • Due to problems with the ISP and Telstra - website on the server in Melbourne was down for around 10 days. Thanks to Tony, this has now been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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22nd February 2003
  • As part of Misc Things:

    • Update Free Concerts in London, England webpage with information on the free Thursday lunchtime concerts at St Alfege, Greenwich, London, UK - and the possible lunchtime concerts at City Lit in Stukeley Street, Covent Garden, London, UK. Also update the St Stephen Walbrook area of the page with the 12:45 sung mass on Thursday 20th Feb 2003 with a summary of the sermon - British Telecom's persecution of the church.



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8th December 2002
  • 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).

      Add information to include free Tuesday lunchtime concert information at St Brides Fleet Street to include information on the "'Part One' of Handel's "Messiah" with the Hallelujah Chorus" that is traditional performed instead of the Evensong on the Second Sunday in Advent.


7th December 2002

5th December 2002

1st December 2002
  • 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).

      Add information to include free Tuesday lunchtime concert information at St James Garlickhythe


30th November 2002
  • 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).

      Update information to include organ concerts linked via the The London Organ Concerts Guide


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3rd October 2002
  • 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).

      Update information on recent free concerts attended at St. Michael, Cornhill, London; St. Bride's Church



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19th August 2002
  • 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).

      Add information on "first of month" Friday 1:10pm free lunchtime organ concerts at niversity Church of Christ the King, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury. (2 minutes walk from Birkbeck College!)


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22nd July 2002
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Thanks to Andrew, update DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things) with a possible caveate to the authorship of the quotes from the notebooks of Lazarus Long.



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7th July 2002
  • 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).

      Update information on Temple Church, London as well as information on the recent free concerts attended at Temple Church, London - in this case a Sunday afternoon Choir Concert - which was most excellent. Be wary that for some special services at Temple Church, tickets may be required. This might not be obvious from the website - but is from reading the literature available from the Church.


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  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things) with a Lazarus Long quote passed on by Dogz.

30th June 2002


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • As part of preparing to leave the land of the outwardly upbeat unto the land of the mallaise, 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).


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • As a further part of preparing to leave the land of the outwardly upbeat unto the land of the mallaise, update London UK rental flat / apartment accomodation hints with (out of curiosity) a section on: UK Suicide Rates and Resources. A moderately surprising to quite amazing finding (those who know, know ?): according to the respective government online statistics databases, Australia has a higher per-capita suicide rate than the UK. Though the UK's suicide rate seems to be in a relatively steep ascent for the male population - or there has been less under-reporting of suicides in recent times.



25th June 2002

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5th June 2002

2nd June 2002
  • As part of Lachlan's USA 2002 Web Journal add various pages relating to the Washington D.C. and restart taking images of the wildflowers of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, New York, USA.



1st June 2002
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things) with various things including "DEPRESSED MAN DIAGNOSED AS "BRITISH" and a comment from Frank Goodman about "the land of the blind".




20th May 2002



9th May 2002

6th May 2002

5th May 2002


  • 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).

      Misc updates on concerts attended - no concert attended Wednesday due to laboratory visitor and none attended Thursday due to going to the wrong church thinking it was Wednesday : under the logic that attending the 3rd free lunchtime concert of the week means it "must be Wednesday". This was found to be flawed logic.


4th April 2002


1st May 2002

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26th April 2002


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Thanks to Andrew Wells, update DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things) with more "numbers of the beast"

      666 The Number of the Beast
      668 Next-door neighbor of the Beast
      660 Approximate Number of the Beast
      DCLXVI Roman Numeral of the Beast
      666.0000 High Precision Number of the Beast
      0.666 Number of the Millibeast
      /666 Common Denominator of the Beast
      666*sqrt(-1) Imaginary Number of the Beast
      sin(666) Transcendental Number of the Beast
      1010011010 Binary Number of the Beast
      6666 6666 6666 6666 Credit Card Number of the Beast
      666-66-6666 Social Security Number and Taxpayer ID of the Beast
      1-666 Area Code of the Beast
      00666 Zip Code of the Beast
      66 & 66/100% Purity of Beast's Soap
      1-900-666-0666 Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call now! Only $6.66 per
            minute! Over 18 only please.
      $665.95 Retail Price of the Beast
      $699.25 Price of the Beast plus 5% state sales tax
      $769.95 Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul
      $656.66 Walmart Price of the Beast
      $646.66 Next week's Walmart Price of the Beast
      Phillips 666 Gasoline of the Beast
      Route 666 Highway of the Beast
      666 F Oven Temperature of the Beast
      666k Retirement Plan of the Beast
      666 mg Minimum Daily Requirement of the Beast
      6.66% 5-year CD interest rate, First Beast of Hell National Bank, $666
      minimum deposit
      DSM-666 (revised) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast
      Lotus 6-6-6 Spreadsheet of the Beast
      Word 6.66 Word Processor of the Beast
      click-clickety-click The Bingo Call of the Beast
      6, uh... what was that number again? - Number of the Blonde Beast
      

24th April 2002

23rd April 2002

My melbpc Email has not been forwarding since January so there was a big backlog of Email. Apologies to those who Emailed me and had a very delayed reply! Corrective action is in progress.



9th April 2002
  • 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).

      Also, add information on free Tuesday 6.30pm "Rush hour concerts" at St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, London.

      Tonights event was a Lute, Theorbo, Recorder and Soprano concert by "The Muses Gardin" - including songs by Dowland, Campion, Grandi, de Castro and Boesset.



31st March 2002

23rd March 2002
  • 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).

      Mainly mention altenative resources if the "City Events" webpage does not have the most up to date version of its concerts newsletter.



12th March 2002


4th March 2002


27th February 2002

Escaping the culinary desert of Clayton - a Dogs Bar lunch in Ackland Street, St Kilda, Melbourne - 27th February 2002

"To those who are about to eat canteen food - we salute you!"


25th February 2002


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8th February 2002


4th February 2002


  • 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).

      Add some extra information on St. Lawrence Jewry with some information on late January 2002 concerts including that of the recital based on John Downland's "Lachrimae" by Catherine Ennis (Organ) and Elizabeth Priday (Soprano); as well as add some extra information on St. Bride's Church and its Sunday 6:30pm Choral Evensongs; and St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate and its end of month Sunday afternoon 3:00pm Choral Evensongs


25th January 2002
  • 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).

      Update various organ concert information with respect to the Church of St. Stephen Walbrook.



20th January 2002
  • 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).

      Update various concert information and correct some more inaccurate than usual info.


5th January 2002

13th January 2002


  • 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).

      Update and correct information relevant to Temple Church (near the Royal Courts of Justice just off Fleet Street). The Thursday Evensong starts at 5:15pm - not as stated in some of the webpages, at 4:45pm.


11th January 2002
  • 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).

      Include some extra information on The Parish Church of St. Michael, Cornhill (near the Royal Exchange and Lloyds of London) and the "The City New Year Service".


5th January 2002



4th January 2002

1st of January 2002
  • 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)

      • Add information on St John's Waterloo, London.
      • Add information on Ship of Fools: the Magazine of Christian Unrest (with reviews of some of the various London churches and their services)
      • Update information on St Anne & St Agnes, London
      • Thanks to Steve, find some web links to St. Augustine's Confessions - Book 3: Relevant for the quote: "To Carthage then I came, where a cauldron of unholy loves sang all about mine ears"


  • As part of Literature/Philosophy / History Links and info

    • Thanks to Tony, fix up some bad links to "Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929)


27th December 2001
  • As part of Literature/Philosophy / History Links and info

    • Update the page on The 1860 publication: "Essays and Reviews" homepage (by (Church of England theologians) Frederick Temple, Rowland Williams, Baden Powell, Henry Bristow Wilson, C. W. Goodwin, Mark Pattison and Benjamin Jowett) with a small section in the main page on "1860 Essays and Reviews and Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species" (1859)"


  • 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).

      Include some extra information on St Paul's Cathedral.


22nd December 2001
  • 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)

      • Add information on free daytime concerts at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
      • Add information on London Royal Parks concerts and events
      • Add information on the National Gallery in London
      • Add information on St Katharine Cree.
      • Add information on Temple Church.
      • Add information on St Margaret Lothbury.
      • Add information on St Pauls Cathedral.



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28th November 2001
  • As part of Nature and Local UK Things and Summary of observed New York State Wild Flowers : North East American Wildflowers

    • As pointed out by Martin d'Amours, Oxe-Eye (common) Daisy is not only called by the name "Leucanthemum Vulgare", but also "the omnipresent" "Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum". Add this information to the relevant images descriptions.

      From: "Martin d'Amours"
      To: "'Lachlan Cranswick'" [l.m.d.cranswick@dl.ac.uk]
      Subject: RE: Leucanthemum vulgare?
      Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001
      
      Lachlan,
      
      I guess I could have answered my own question with a simple research...
      Thx for your reference.
      
      A simple Copernic internet research gave the following results:
      
      Approx 80% of the sites referring to the Oxe-eye daisy (Marguerite) as
      Leucanthemum vulgare are either German or British (a few Dutch &
      Australian), the other 20% being American.
      
      Most American and all French & English Canadian sites refer to it as
      Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum.
      
      Some sites refer to them as synonyms, other specify: Oxeye Daisy 
      (Leucanthemum vulgare - formerly classified as Chrysanthemum
      leucanthemum var. pinnatifidum)
      
      The first was classified by Linné, the second by Lamarck...
      
      Thx and good luck in your cement filled London, here we are filled with
      snow for the next 6 months,
      
      Martin d'Amours
      

27th November 2001


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update Other Links with more links to the free daytime concerts held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London as well as the National Portrait Gallery free Friday night concerts.

22nd November 2001

18th November 2001
  • As part of Misc Things and Historial things, Literature and Poetry:

    • To the Poetry Page add:
      • "When you see millions of the mouthless dead" by Charles Hamilton Sorley (1895-1915)

      • "War and Hell" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)
      • "The Real "White Man's Burden"" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)
      • "The Epitaph" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)
      • "The Military Creed" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)
      • "The Flag" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)
      • "Rebels" by Ernest H Crosby (1856 - 1907) (American Anti-Imperialist) (from Swords and Plowshares (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1902).)


  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Update Other Links with links to the free daytime concerts held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

11th November 2001



5th November 2001

4th November 2001


  • As part of Literature/Philosophy and Misc Things :

    • Update Links relating to Lord Mansfield, Re: the author of the decision in Somersett's Case, which ended slavery in England (1772) with i) "Note Regarding Slavery-Passage in a Draft version of "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America july 4, 1776"" and ii) a link and extract of Frederick Douglass' 1852 speech titled "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro".

      "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour."



29th October 2001




24th October 2001

21st October 2001

19th October 2001
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Misc updates to DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things)



7th October 2001

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9th September 2001

7th September 2001

6th September 2001




Announcement - 5th September 2001
  • If you are browsing from Europe and have reliability problems hitting this site, it could be that your network's DNS server has bad defaults for the TTD (Time To Die) on the TCP-IP network packets. As some backbone internet providers in the UK, US and Ausutralia, put the packets through a a few dozen internal routers, depending on the time of day, DNS caches, etc; the TCP-IP packet has probably died before it gets here to bluehaze.com.au. Setting a larger default TTD on the DNS server generally fixes this (it may have to be recompiled into the kernel depending on what operating system you are using). E.g., in the following default traceroute from Europe, the packets have bombed near Singapore(?) (did not even make it to Australia as the TCP-IP packets bounced around bbnplanet.net for a dozen hops) (use traceroute -m 50 to increase the number of hops traceroute reports.

    30  POS2-0.paix-core1.ix.singtel.com (202.160.250.46)  177 ms (ttl=233!)  179 ms
     (ttl=233!)  178 ms (ttl=233!)

4th September 2001

20th August 2001

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17th August 2001

14th August 2001
  • Despite some technical teething problems - it is reported that Bluehaze.com.au is off a modem link onto a fast ADSL(?) link.


13th August 2001
  • In London, England - settling in. Web updating has been problematic. Normal service will resume in the near future.


19th July 2001

17th July 2001

15th July 2001

13th July 2001

12th July 2001

Back from Vermont - much relaxing and taking photos of Vermont wildflowers (and suffering from hayfever, deer flies, black flies and mosquitoes - though Vermont Lightning Bugs are more fun to watch than the more conservative energy saving LDEO Columbia University versions) - but a struggle to make time to get everything updated given less than two weeks to go before leaving via the scenic route for 5 years in London

Big Highlights of all this are


Driving from Palisades, New York to Southern Vermont, 3rd July 2001

4th July 2001 Parade and Street Festival at Wardsboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA, 4th July 2001

Beaver Dams and Lodges of Vermont

Newfane, Brattleboro, Vermont and things, 5th July 2001

6th July 2001

7th July 2001

8th July 2001


Wildflowers of Vermont: 5th July 2001

Wildflowers of Vermont: 6th July 2001

Wildflowers of Vermont: 7th July 2001 - midday

Wildflowers of Vermont: 7th July 2001 - Afternoon


2nd July 2001

1st July 2001
  • As this is such an important update, do a repeat Thanks to the investigative ability of the Bold Detective himself (ever vigilent on the lookout for evil and inanity in the capital of Great Britain) update London 2000 trip information:




30th June 2001
  • Thanks to the investigative ability of the Bold Detective himself (ever vigilent on the lookout for evil and inanity in the capital of Great Britain) update London 2000 trip information:



29th June 2001
  • As part of Misc Things :

    • Misc updates to DEEP! (To some - they are but jokes, humour, humor, quotes and things)


  • As part of Misc Things

    • Update Other Links with various accumulated links relevant to the Firefly or Lightning Bug (Photinus pyralis)



28th June 2001

27th June 2001

26th June 2001

25th June 2001



24th June 2001
  • As part of Misc Things

    • Update Other Links with various accumulated stuff including links relevant to the McLibel / Mcspotlight - McDonalds expose site and court case in the UK.




23rd June 2001

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21st June 2001

20th June 2001



19th June 2001
  • Update Cranswick Geneology Homepage with information by Ken McMinn (forwarded by Noel) on Cranswick house, at RAF Wyton Cambridgeshire, UK - being named after 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.



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25th May 2001
  • As this is such a major update, repeat for a second day:

    Thanks to the investigative ability of the Bold Detective himself (ever vigilent on the lookout for evil and inanity in the capital of Great Britain) update London 2000 trip information:




24th May 2001

24th May 2001
  • As this is such a major update, repeat for a second day above other additions.

    Thanks to the investigative ability of the Bold Detective himself (ever vigilent on the lookout for evil and inanity in the capital of Great Britain) update London 2000 trip information:


21st May 2001



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18th May 2001


  • As part of Misc Things and the "The Daresbury Laboratory Web Ring of Life" :

    • Clean up "Garden Gnomes of Daresbury Laboratory Trilogy Web Pages" and add a section on "Links for Garden Gnomes, their enemies, their friends and those that would smote them"; including:

    • Pledging Allegiance with Garden Gnomes is not Punishable.. - Transnational Peace Newsletter (Part of the non-violence web)
      • http://www.nonviolence.org/archivedsites/tpn/4.htm

      • Pledging Allegiance with Garden Gnomes is not Punishable....

        At the end of March 1998 Christian Herz, a member of the group, "Campaign against Military Service, Forced Service and the Military" was tried in a Municipal Court of Berlin on account of violation of the Law concerning Assemblies and Processions. Two days prior to an official pledge of allegiance by Federal Army recruits in May 1996, he and other activists had set up a parade of 450 garden gnomes in front of the Charlottenburg Palace. For this anti-military action, the gnomes had been painted as "NVA gnomes", police gnomes, and - to the displeasure of genuine field army members - as "military police gnomes". All of them were members of the "National Garden Gnome Army" (NZA). The gnomes were then sworn in to texts of oaths from 200 years of German military history.

        A strict ban on assemblies in this area had been ruled. Herz received a fine of 450 Marks (one Mark per gnome). He objected, which led to the court hearing. After Herz asked the question, "How many garden gnomes represent an assembly, and at what stage does this violate the Law concerning Assemblies and Processions?", the court no longer dealt with the matter and the case was dropped on the ground of insignificance.

        After this judgement a sextet of gnomes made a mini-parade in front of the court. As the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper stated on March 21. The parade showed great discipline. "No special occurrences reported".

        Source: Based on an article by Thomas Klein in "Kampagne Aktuell", April 1998, page 1,


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12th May 2001


2001 Lamont CHILI COOK-OFF (part 1 of 4) - 5pm onwards, 11th May 2001



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