Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
When I sent a test to the Fractint list through my mindspring
address this morning, I found that the access block had been
removed. But when I tried to send this message later in the
day, it bounced. Apparently, the block is still in effect, but
sometimes my messages take a different route through a server
that is not blocked. Until I am sure the block is totally
removed, I will post through this business address.
With the list problem hopefully winding down, things are getting
back to normal here at FC. Ideas for my upcoming FOTD web site
are starting to take shape. To speed things up, I will re-use
the main page I designed for Paul's FOTD web site. I am already
reworking some of the images from April, 1997, which was the
month when I began the FOTD. It will not be too much work since
many images are already fine as is.
I will post the address of the web site as soon as I have the
month of April, 1997 up and running to my satisfaction. The
discussions I wrote at this early point of the FOTD are rudimen-
tary by current standards, but I will post them as is.
Many of the more recent discussions contain controversial off-
topic stuff that I omitted from the versions I posted to the
Fractint list. The discussions that will be posted on the new
web site will include this deleted stuff that is sure to offend
the more sensitive fractalists, or those with 'sacred cows',
such as conservative or liberal politics, religion, rational
thinking, science and technology, or political correctness in
general.
As for the ongoing FOTD -- as soon as I get the month of April
1997 completely up and ready for viewing on the web site, I will
try alternating days of working on the web site with days of
posting new FOTD images and discussions. I really was at the
boiling point when the Feb 27 FOTD bounced, and I feel I acted
hastily when I completely scrapped the FOTD.
It is hard to estimate the time required to get the first month
ready. I hope to finish in a week or so. But with 168 months
of back FOTD's to work on, and finishing one month a week, it
will be over 3 years before the web site is up to date. We will
find short cuts as we go along of course, and FL has volunteered
to help when things are slow, so this time will probably be cut.
As for things here at Fractal Central on Monday -- the day began
with heavy rain and thunder. The rain ended by midday but the
clouds hung on until nightfall, while the temperature ranged
around 50F 10C. The fractal cats, who were lying low while I
was in a bad mood, were quite playful as they chased each other
up and down the hallway, ducking in and out of the book stacks
on the hall shelf.
I'll keep in touch on the list as the web site takes shape. And
the FOTD is not quite as dead as earlier claimed. I will post
it on an every-other-day basis as soon as the first month's
FOTD's are up and running on the new FOTD web site. Until when-
ever, take care, and this little episode might have been just
the kick in the butt I needed to get really moving on the web
site.
Jim Muthjamth@mindspring.comjimmuth@earthlink.net
