tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19506067755850683182024-03-14T18:55:24.105+11:00Sketches by Mez"Here follow a number of documents I thought it was worth posting on the web for one reason or another."
<br>– <em><a href="http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/docindex.html">Andrew W Robertson</a></em>Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-13526014440197881812007-09-22T22:10:00.000+10:002008-11-19T21:33:51.751+11:00Foreword: Vernal EquinoxTo begin at the beginning:It is spring, moonlit night in the city, star-struck and bible-free, the asphalt streets humming with tyrenoise and fluorescent-washed footpaths busy with the weekend crowds …Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-29445658757412257732007-09-22T22:07:00.001+10:002008-12-25T16:16:32.802+11:00Ch 1: the still centre of the turning circleI've made this ‘hub’ blog to reserve the name. Expanding outwards from this hub you can, if you desire, seek my traces on the pages of the online world elsewhere. Here's a list to start with:Hello Cruel World blogFlickr FotosDarkroom photo blogYouTube VideosMirror LJMirror'd blogAlternate Photo blogCafepress shop Blog books: 2002-2004; 2005-2008<!-- Lulu: Blog books -->Some others' places I Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-9864192524484608342007-09-22T00:39:00.001+10:002008-11-19T22:39:53.739+11:00ఫిగ్ 1: YouTube Customized PlayerMezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-21371278765498677512007-09-20T23:49:00.000+10:002007-09-26T00:13:56.706+10:00It was 44 years ago todayAddress to the General Assembly of the United Nations - President John F. KennedyNew York - September 20th 1963www.famousquotes.me.uk/ speeches/ John_F_Kennedy/ 9.htm"Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-32020473267658268492007-09-11T23:09:00.000+10:002007-10-02T13:28:30.664+10:00An Earlier 9/11 — Broken Glass & Ashes(In Australia 9/11 is November 9th). Remembering 'Kristallnacht' - 9/11/38 An eyewitness account ( www.thelooniverse.com/ books/ kastner.html). There you can see Erich Kästner's description of "Crystal Night, 1938", as well as his attendance at the 1933 burning of his, and 23 other authors' books. It was also mentioned in a post in my main blog in March 2006 (mez-at-the.blogspot.com/ 2006/ 03/ Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-90725216367195327972007-08-28T01:00:00.000+10:002007-09-30T18:48:09.922+10:00Gene Wolfe on Writing: a SummaryEverything I know about writing, in no particular order,web.archive.org/ web/ 20030814163044/ http:// subnet.pinder.net/ onwriting/ index.asp?name=./ References/ 19970101wolfe.htmThe hardest worked cliche is better than the phrase that fails.If you can't make a section good, at least make it short and get the pain over with.Try to have something interesting on every page.Appeal to the senses. Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-58222122239602525922007-08-28T00:58:00.001+10:002008-11-19T21:15:42.961+11:00Gene Wolfe on Writing – Longformon writingA must read for writers of Science Fiction, or readers of SciFi.Turkey City Section 1web.archive.org/ web/ 20030814162619/ subnet.pinder.net/ onwriting/ index.asp?name=./ References/ 19960102TurkWords.htmJanuary 02, 1996Words"Said" BookismArtificial literary verb used to avoid the perfectly good word "said." "Said" is on the few invisible words in the language, it is almost impossible Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-14641582882174451592007-02-22T23:26:00.008+11:002008-03-06T13:21:16.061+11:00St Valentine's Eve — Hilton BombSt Valentine's Eve — Hilton BombThere didn't seem to be very much made of the 25th Anniversary of our 'terrorist bomb', back in 2003, and the memorial actually disappeared for quite a while, first during pre-Olympic developments, then major refurbishment of the Sydney Hilton. Luckily, a plaque has re-appeared, moved to a slightly obscure pillar. But I'm hoping that next St Valentine's Eve, Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-35565034168513978612007-02-22T16:44:00.000+11:002007-09-30T16:45:35.894+10:00White Rose DayWhite Roses (at wampum.wabanaki.net)February 22ndIt’s White Rose Day. On this day in 1943 Sophie and Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst were guillotined.White roses and troutfaultline.org/index.php/site/comments/white_roses_and_troutThe Nazis executed Probst and the Scholls for blogging, or at least for getting as close to it as they could gven the technology of the day …The White Rose: A Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1950606775585068318.post-11974959997494624242007-02-22T13:01:00.000+11:002008-04-25T15:29:16.498+10:00Testing HTML colour samplesPurple/Indigo/Violet colours for text & such in templatesSample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — 443266 Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — C3C3E5 Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — F1F0FF Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — 8C489F ---Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — 692DAC Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — 9D538E ---Sample TEXT for colour comparison XXX — Mezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14697501074083183060noreply@blogger.com