Looks like the server hosting thecave.com’s mail server is off the AOL blacklist, which means I can once again send e-mails to AOL and CompuServe members.
Last night I published a rather lengthy blog entry only to find out that I was mistaken about the interworkings of the XmlSerializer infrastructure. Based on some resent code I started to believe that the XmlSerializer would gen a temp assembly each time a new instance was initialized even when the same type was used. Simon Fell posted a comment correcting my assumption. And after writing with a quick sample that iterated through initialization of XmlSerializer instances with the same type, I saw that Simon was in fact correct. For that reason, I have pulled my fault posting from the site.
Thanks Simon for the correction.
Bad news for my friends, family and others on AOL and CompuServe. Apparently my mail server and/or service provider has been blacklisted by AOL since Friday, July 11. What this means is I am unable to send e-mail to members of AOL and CompuServe. My service provider is working hard to resolve the issue but AOL is saying it will take another 5 to 10 business days. AOL is claiming they are backlogged, which is the reason for the delay.
Maybe if AOL wasn’t busy blacklisting legitimate mail servers, there wouldn’t be a backlog. On the other hand, if the spammers would simply fall off the face of the Net there wouldn’t be a backlog either. And I would be able to send e-mail to AOL and CompuServe members, specifically my friends and family.
My e-mail address is all over the Internet, so it is no surprise to me that I receive spam mail. I receive around 250 spams per day. With Eudora Pro and Spamnix, I have been able to control it and it does not require me to devote a large amount of time each day parsing through useless e-mails. But this latest problem as a result of spam is the worse. I can’t even send e-mail to Melanie.
Anyway, if you are a AOL or CompuServe member and you are expecting a reply e-mail from me, you may not get it for a while. Don’t blame me. Blame AOL.
The Making of Amped 2: “Chris Gunnarson of Snow Park Tech and Brenner Adams from Microsoft AMPED II offer insight about one of the most anticipated Xbox video games of this year!”
The Robots are robotfood.com have named their name movie “Lame” due out in September. Be sure to check out the new teaser video.
The date for WASTED 2004 has been set. January 24, 2004 through February 7, 2004 at Whistler-Blackcomb of course.
.NET class structures defined in the CLR can have public fields and public properties among other things. On the surface, a public field and a public property appear to be the same. The .NET Framework Glossary even says a property “is like a public field.” However the two are not same. The most obvious difference is in the declaration of the two. For example, consider the follow class:
PhotoRoom v1.3 has finally been released and is available for download. I hope to have the gallery</a> @thecave.com updated with the latest version within the next few days.
Our pictures from this 4th of July weekend in NYC have just been posted. Enjoy.