January 31, 2003

English Rock

No prizes for guessing who this little scamp is. I thought I'd pop a picture on my main site for those without access to Milos private site.

My motivation which flaged a little during January seems to be returning - its still a mystery what effects this but there you go. Music has seemed unusually vibrant this week so I've been doing a lot of listening. In no particular order - XTC are my current interest - they are one of those bands I have always "kind of liked" but this last week I have come to realize how truly brilliant they are. Great tunes presented in a very "English" way and without any fuss or hype. The new King Crimson album is one of their very very best. Dark Side of the Moon realy is a truly great album. Its one of those things that have been around for so long that everyone knows the tunes but if you have a copy go and give it a proper listen - get a cup of coffee or tea and sit and pay attention to it. Brilliant. As you can tell I am still in an "English Rock Music" phase....

I have a few new things brewing - a new PD external that generates Lindenmayer systems which is half built. I am working on a track for submission for something happening Sheffield - unusual in its the first time I have used one of my poems in a track. I am also getting increasingly fed up with the quantities of spam I receive. One problem of having a website and a domain name is you attract much more than usual. I have been trying out a plugin to outlook that catches some but more drastic measures are needed. Currently putting together a Perl script that tries to clear a good deal of it out.

My friend Ijonas has a new Picture of the Week project. Well worth checking out.

Posted by Mark at January 31, 2003 12:21 PM
Comments

about spam: one of the best ways to cut down on new spam is to remove any 'mailto' tags on your site. having a feedback form goes some way to prevent random people harvesting your email with crawlers looking for the obvious tags. It seems to work for us. It doesn't eradicate it but it could be a lot worse.

Posted by: mr Steve at February 1, 2003 01:09 AM