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  • Things I Hate - #1

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    I hate spam.

    As the systems administrator at work, I have spent a significant amount of time throughout my tenure working on ways to keep spam out of our customers’ mailboxes. I’ve spent hours and hours configuring, tweaking, looking at graphs, staring at logs, and reading reports. Lets not forget all of the customer support involved because you just know that someone actually wants to get those stupid newsletters.

    I’m actually quite proud of the system I’ve built. I enjoy building systems and making things work, and coming up with elegant solutions to problems, but no system can perfectly fight the spam pandemic. In the end, you’re only able to block most of the shit that enters the system.

    Here are some interesting statistics from our mail server for the last 24 hours.

    • Rejected by Blacklists & Content Filter: 9,286
    • Rejected by Virus Scanner: 159
    • Rejections for Other Policy Reasons: 2,313
    • Mail Actually Delivered to Customers: 7,832

    As you can see, the majority of e-mail hitting our mail server, approximately 66 percent, never actually gets delivered to our customers. I think that’s sad. Don’t you?

  • My Latest Music Obsession: Cut Copy

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    After having listened to the “Saturdays” single for quite some time now, I finally bought the rest of the album by Cut Copy called Bright Like Neon Love. It is one of the few albums I encounter every year which causes me to listen to it over and over. It’s a good thing that I’m single because I would probably annoy the fuck out of my boyfriend, if I had one.

    They have a sound which casually reminds me of New Order, but much more contemporary. I do hear what reminds me of the White Stripes or the Coachwhips in the “Bright Neon Payphone” track, but without the expected l0-fi quality. It is the only song which departs drastically from their normal sound. Overall, Cut Copy reminds me of Daft Punk or Felix da Housecat, but sounding much closer to synthpop. If that is the kind of music you like, you should most definitely enjoy Cut Copy. I sure do.

  • Jason's Top 10 "Itys"

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    My friend Jason over in Boston wrote a great and funny post to his LiveJournal last night that I thought I would share.

    http://www.livejournal.com/users/sax1frage/1704.html

  • Indie Mix

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    Finally, I present to you the Indie Mix. I should have posted this last night, but I got lazy and forgot about it. Please enjoy.

    Title: Indie Mix

    1. He Whipped My Ass in Tennis, Then I Fucked His Ass in Bed by Pansy Division
    2. A Modern Girl by Sing-Sing
    3. Mr. Grieves by the Pixies
    4. Free by Cat Power
    5. Train in Vain by The Clash
    6. High by The Cure
    7. Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
    8. Gay Bar by the Electric Six
    9. Say Hello to Angels by Interpol
    10. James by Josh Rouse
    11. Back in San Francisco by the Orange Peels
    12. I’d Rather Dance with You by the Kings of Convenience
    13. Grundig Vintage Stereo by La Makita Soma
    14. Float On by Modest Mouse
    15. Way You Walk by Papas Fritas
    16. Hotel Yorba by the White Stripes
    17. Let the Serpent Sleep by Elf Power
    18. Paint the Silence by South
    19. Whenever We’re Together by Allen Clapp
    20. Nothing by Cinnamon

    That’s it.

  • Sixties Mix

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    Per my posting yesterday, this is the second of three iTunes mixes I created recently.

    Title: Sixties Mix

    1. Fool on the Hill by Sergo Mendes
    2. The Letter by The Box Tops
    3. Let’s Live for Today by The Grass Roots
    4. Sloop John B. by The Beach Boys
    5. It’s Over by Roy Orbison
    6. Remember (Walking in the Rain) by The Shangri-Las
    7. Walk–Don’t Run by The Ventures
    8. Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
    9. She’s Not There by the Zombies
    10. She’s a Rainbow by the Rolling Stones
    11. Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
    12. Mrs. Robinson;by Simon & Garfunkel
    13. One (Single) by Three Dog Night
    14. Happy Together by the Turtles
    15. Never My Love by The Association
    16. Scaborough Fair/Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel
    17. Spooky by The Classics IV
    18. Carry On by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
    19. Time of the Season by the Zombies
    20. Gimmie Shelter by the Rolling Stones
    21. For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield
    22. While My Guitar Gently Wheeps by The Beatles
    23. Bus Stop by The Hollies

    Tomorrow, I will be posting my Indie Mix.

  • Electronic Mix

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    I recently put together some mixes in iTunes that I am in the mood to share with the entire world. This is the first of three.

    Title: Electronic Mix

    1. Amgdala (Qwerty’s Coldwave Mix) by Frost
    2. No Expectations by I Am the World Trade Center
    3. Dead Disco (Kylie Kills Mix) by Metric
    4. Nite Life by Adult
    5. Hold in the Head by Sugababes
    6. Playgirl by Ladytron
    7. Machine Says Yes by FC Kahuna
    8. Eple by Royksopp
    9. Such Great Heights by the Postal Service
    10. Rippin Kittin by Golden Boy & Miss Kittin
    11. I Dance Alone by Swayzak
    12. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight by the Postal Service
    13. Baby, I Can Forgive by Data 80
    14. Saturdays by Cut Copy
    15. Seventeen by Ladytron
    16. Voyager by Daft Punk
    17. Au Commencement by Etienne Daho

    Tomorrow, I will be posting my Sixties Mix.

  • First Post on New Blog Site

    [01 Sep 2024: This post previously appeared on an earlier iteration of this web site, and has retroactively resurrected at its old URL.]

    Welcome to the new blog site!

    The majority of the old content has been “retro-posted” to this new site.

    Here is the updated RSS feed URL.

    http://netmonkey.blogspot.com/atom.xml

    Thanks!

    UPDATE: The above Atom feed is deprecated. Please use the following feed.

    http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheNetMonkey

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