November 8, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General
Random Monday: Pointless Hacking
- Hacker finally stopped
Over the course of a week, a notorious Turkish hacker decided to toy with the AZOOMA site I administer. The intrusion was relatively harmless but very annoying as this hacker kept replacing the home page with his own. I finally have the hole patched up. I really do not understand the motivation behind this kind of mischief. This kind of ruined every day for the past few weeks for me.
- ROPA Update
Everything is right on schedule for a new site for the Regional Orchestra Players’ Assocaition (ROPA). ROPA has a new Facebook page – if you are a musician in a ROPA orchestra, please join in! The new main site is scheduled to roll out during the week of Thanksgiving.
- Green man, french horn
A nice photo of a common name for pubs.
- Diary of a YouTube audition
Marcia Adair writes about her experience.
- Horn player and composer
Richard Burdick gets a nice feature at BuzzCity.
- Martha’s Vineyard serenade
Meanwhile in the posh Martha’s Vineyard a cheese-monger plays his horn.
Random videos
How to make a French horn.
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An interesting combination of video, horn and pre-recorded tape. Sergei Dmitriev’s- “CornDoRF” for French Horn and Tape (1995).
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Another nice arrangement from Marc Papeghin, just in time for the holidays.
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A Sarah Palin impersonator plays a patriotic tune.
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