Ok, so would the script kiddie who is trying to use 202.134.126.179 as a bounce point please stop? You should try to spoof another email address so it doesn’t just seem odd for me to be emailing myself with a .com file attachment. Also, basically every windows email scanner will just freak out at any com attachment (i’m on my mac so it wouldn’t even mean anything to the computer if my server didn’t return an error).
I’ve been hit with it twice tonight. It is acting like its using outlook express. It seems like that might actually be the kids ip (it’s an asian ip) since his english is pretty poor. Also, the standard trick to attachments is to name it something like help.txt.com so it will still execute, but the person thinks it’s a txt file. Please at least get up to snuff about your spoofing (although i guess using the postmaster name from my account should mean that quad341 isn’t the administrator because obviously the administrator wouldn’t have his name the same as the domain.)
I think I used to have some other email addresses posted like “authors” and such. at least send it there, please. Thanks!
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve posted about music, but these two latest albums are definitely ones worth noticing.
The first album I got was A Strangely Isolated Place by Ulrich Schnauss. Schnauss has a pretty well known name around chillout and for good reason. His music a wonderful blend of simple and artificial tones with some natural beauty. The result is quite amazing. I struggle to really be able to describe the music. It’s a blend of something like S. Zeilenga and Jon Hopkins. I love both of those artists and hence love Schnauss. This album does contain Monday - Paracetamol of which is the second song on disc 2 of “The Art of Chill.” If you have or have heard that track, it will give you somewhat of a feel for his work (though that is one of the lower-key tracks). The upbeat tracks from an artist like “Bliss” also have a similar feel. I really enjoyed the album and would really recommend you get yourself a copy.
Next was the album I probably announced a couple months ago: Reconstructed Moments by Marco Torrance. You may also know Torrance by the name of Zilent Zpott. There is more of an ambient feel to this cd than Schnauss, but it is not an ambient album. It is a very deliberate and calculated blend of emotions that can be a bit slower than some enjoy. I love well done ambiant as well as chillout. This blend that sits closer to one side or the other depending on song is very well done. I think Torrance’s ability of ambiant are really notable, but his chill is also something to observe. It’s not a generic nor as light as Schnauss’s work, but it is no where near as heavy as something like Namlook’s Silence or Air. It sits somewhere in the middle and well done at that position. To get a feel if you would like the album, I would recommend checking out the Zilence EP on kahvi.org first. I think you will be happy with what you hear.
On music-ish related news: I’m annoyed at the DNS problems I have been having with the music mirror at cardamar.quad341.com. As such, I purchased a new domain, chilloutmixes.com that also points there and will become the primary domain. Please either use the IP or use the new domain and I will probably be changing and possibly removing the old one.
Ok, I need to write a short review for Ulrich Schnauss’s A Strangely Isolated Place as well as Marco Torrance’s Reconstructed Moments (got that Saturday). Also, I set up a new domain for the music mixes that I’ll talk about (though I really should get it properly set up).
Ok, something went wacky on the server and it restarted itself last night. Now, for some reason, I can’t seem to get to cardamar.quad341.com. If you are trying to get there, just go to 216.120.255.175. I’ll try to fix later
I’ve always really respected those who can make extremely attractive web sites. I cannot… well, more of chose not to put the effort into the appearance and focus much more on the functionality. Anyway, I stumbled across JP33’s portfolio and was pretty impressed. It’s a very nice use of dreamweaver design (with the generator tag cut out since no one actually likes to admit they use that) and apaarently programming know how. I can’t say this is the best, but it’s really nice looking (and oh so not compliant). Be warned, it has 60 large-ish pictures on that screen alone
(If I remember, my music post will come this evening after I get home).
On Friday I want to say, a new version of Opera came out, 9.01. I, of course, had to have it. Unfortunately, it appears that it has one major bug that could stop you from logging in to certain sites. It does not appear to be redirecting properly from login forms (sometimes. This is occurring mainly in an application I wrote that worked great with Opera 9.0). I’m going to submit a bug report in about 10 minutes (after I can test with the Mac version and see if it is a Windows only bug or all Opera 9.01) and hopefully an update will come soon. Just be careful about upgrading otherwise.
On a positive note, 9.01 rendered almost all of the SVG tests from the W3C flawlessly (it had a color problem and seems to render a circle as an arc from 1 to 179 degrees and reflects it). That’s pretty cool.
Til Later
Ok, so I admit I’ve been ignoring my website a little too often. … Sorry. I did find out that one of the tutorials I wrote was nicely submitted to The CGI Directory under the plain name of Jim. It was snagged off of Zimbio judging by the license. I’m kinda curious who did it. Oh well.
Work is dragging (more of rushing as I need everything perfect by next friday). I promise I’ll actually post something soon. Peace