За это время много чего произошло в области криптографии в целом, и веб-стандартов в частности. Все версии TLS до 1.2 оказались дырявыми как швейцарский сыр, атаки на SHA1 ускоряются не по дням, а по часам, HTTP/2 не успел появиться в большинстве продуктов, а на горизонте уже маячит HTTP/3… В общем, пора.
]]>Главный плюс ー не мёртвый проект и использование mbedTLS вместо OpenSSL. Наконец-то шифры и параметры эллиптических кривых сконфигурированы разумно прямо из коробки (в частности, обмен ключами теперь использует secp521r1 вместо secp256r1).
]]>За последнией год сделал на сайте поддержку актуальных криптоалгоритмов, HSTS, HPKP и буквально сегодня поучаствовал в закрытом бета-тесте Let’s Encrypt.
]]>Продажи новой модели начались 1 октября и мой предзаказ был отправлен в тот же день, но, к сожалению, из всех вариантов международной доставки был доступен лишь Международный экспресс почтой Канады (Международная доставка от 4х дней). На практике это вылилось в геморройное прохождение всех кругов почтового ада, и лишь 29 октября я получил свой экземпляр на руки.
За несколько дней использования у меня уже накопилось несколько соображений о плюсах и минусах новой игрушки в сравнении с заслуженным старичком Sony PRS-950 Daily Edition, которым я пользовался последние годы.
Не буду писать доскональный обзор, ибо их уже много хороших. Вот, например:
За три дня чтения по ~2 часа в день с 20% подсветкой, батарейка разрядилась до 60%. Т.е. заряжать придётся раз-два в неделю. Без подсветки обещают три-четыре недели (так же как было у Sony).
Полезные лайфхаки:
Немного фоток со сравнением функционала:
[See image gallery at mobobe.com]
Сканы в высоком разрешении для сравнения контраста (бумага против Sony против Kobo):
navigator.registerProtocolHandler()
, но проблема в том, что в современных версиях Firefox a) нельзя использовать JavaScript в строке запроса и b) по-умолчанию зарегистрировать обработчик можно только ровно на том же домене, куда ссылается параметр адреса.about:config
gecko.handlerService.allowRegisterFromDifferentHost
в true
ctrl-shift-k
) и выполняем в ней следующую строку:
navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto", "https://mail.live.com/secure/start?action=compose&to=%s", "Outlook.com")
gecko.handlerService.allowRegisterFromDifferentHost
обратно в false
Из смежных вопросов можно затронуть тему добавления своего обработчика RSS на примере feedly:
about:config
browser.contentHandlers.types
n+1
, состоящий из трёх строковых записей:
title=feedly
type=application/vnd.mozilla.maybe.feed
uri=https://feedly.com#subscription%2Ffeed%2F%s
First, a couple of things that happened since my last post. For one, another Game Music Bundle happened (which was underwhelming). And then iTunes Store expanded to Music and Films in a few countries, including Russia. And I am still amazed how Apple manage to make one thing right and then completely fuck up ten other things.
Now onto actual album coverage! As usual, a lot of cover art follows.
General Music
Enya
The Very Best of Enya (Remastered) — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes
As I’ve been poking iTunes Match, I decided to bring up some old rips of Enya albums. And while I was at it, I bought this album to fill the gaps of missing songs, since I wasn’t paying any attention to her career lately. Not bad album, lots of remastered tracks. But it is crazy how many different versions of the same album you have on iTunes Store!
Garbage
Not Your Kind of People (Deluxe Version) — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes
Not the best album, but I still like a couple of tracks, such as Blood For Poppies and Beloved Freak. Also of note is that this is actually the same as regular version of album everywhere in the world and moreover, doesn’t contain Love Like Suicide
家入レオ
LEO — ★★★★☆ — iTunes
My personal favorite album of last year. Wonderful j-pop album of young and unknown artist debuted late in October won Best New Artist award at Japanese iTunes Store in Music category.
Makeup and Vanity Set
88:88 — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes
Found this album just because A Glowing Light, a Promise was a theme for Game Music Bundle 4 launch trailer. Sadly, the rest of the album was rather lacking.
Maroon 5
Holiday Gift — Single — ★★☆☆☆
This was a part of annual iTunes New Year giveaway. And as you can imagine, it wasn’t all that good.
六弦アリス
六弦アリス 初期Best — ★★★☆☆
This was the only album they released last year and even then, it’s a bunch of old songs with new arrangement. And to be honest, it isn’t very good: their new direction of more lyrical and melodic performance doesn’t quite stack up with grittier, speedier early approach. The only new version that I liked, was 覚めないゆめ、無力な僕ラ.
不思議の国の音哲樂 まやかし篇 先見 — ★★★★☆
A new single that was released at last Comiket on December 31st, as usual. Again, as usual, this is pretty much a preview of what to expect from the upcoming album further down this year.
未来日記インスパイアードアルバム Vol.2 ~因果律デシベル~ — iTunes
This one was random. Found it on iTunes store by chance. No rating for an album, because I got only one track, but it seemed to be ok.
六弦アリス×舞子
R.E.D — ★★★★☆ — iTunes
Another random song I’ve found on iTunes by chance and it was pretty good.
Taylor Swift
Safe & Sound — ★★★★☆ — iTunes
Game Soundtracks
Again, a lot of game soundtracks thanks to Game Music Bundle. Mostly chiptunes (which I’m getting tired of), but there were nice things too.
Ben Landis
Adventures in Pixels — ★★☆☆☆ — Bandcamp
Very average chiptune album. Best thing was that I listened to one track and got friend request by benlandis. Weird and creepy, but neat… I guess…
Cheap Dinosaurs
Cheap Dinosaurs
Chiptunes. Sounds nice, but I haven’t heard it completely, so can’t say anything about it right now.
Datassette
Space Rubbish OST
Also chiptune-y, some songs have nice vibe about them, but didn’t listen to the whole thing yet.
Disasterpeace
Shoot Many Robots — Bandcamp, iTunes
Didn’t listen to that one either, but for once it’s not a chiptune album from Disasterpeace. So far it sounds ok.
Eirik Suhrke
Spelunky — Bandcamp
This one wasn’t so bad so far
Evan Le Ny
SpaceChem Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆
Gaijin Games
Bit.Trip Runner Original Soundtrack — ★★☆☆☆ — iTunes
More chiptunes. There are some nice tracks, but overall it’s nothing special.
Jean Chan
Wizorb Soundtrack
Yay, more chiptunes..?
Jessica Curry
Dear Esther — ★★☆☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes
Well, that one was a disappointment. I’ve heard a lot of nice things about it and it was on my wishlist for a while. But now that I’ve listened to it, it’s pretty dull and everything sounds the same.
Jim Guthrie
Indie Game: The Movie (Soundtrack) — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes
This one is actually pretty sweet!
The Scythian Steppes: Seven #Sworcery Songs Localized for Japan — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
This is a collection of remixes from Sword & Sworcery LP — The Ballad of the Space Babies made by some very famous artists, such as 山岡 晃 (Akira Yamaoka)
Josh Whelchel
Jottobots Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Surprisingly nice instrumental mini-album.
Lorne Balfe
Assassin’s Creed 3 (Original Game Soundtrack) — ★★☆☆☆ — iTunes
Markus Captain Kaarlonen
Rochard — The Original Videogame Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes
Very nice electronic album
nervous_testpilot
Frozen Synapse Red — ★★★★☆ — iTunes
Nice album. Not as good as original Frozen Synapse Original Soundtrack, but still. Sadly, I think it only comes with addon for the game and couldn’t be bought separately.
Alexander Brandon, Big Giant Circles
Deus Ex Siren Synapse OC ReMix — ★★★★☆ — OverClocked ReMix
You can get this track for free and you should get it, because it’s awesome!
Lindsey Stirling & Peter Hollens
Skyrim (Main Theme) — ★★★★☆ — Joypad Records, iTunes
This is a nice remix of the original.
Pixeljam
Dino Run SE
Another chiptune album. Not very good from what I’ve heard so far.
PROF.SAKAMOTO
Insert — iTunes
Chiptunes. Probably alright.
Rob Lach
POP: Methodology Experiment One OST — iTunes
Yet another chiptune album. Nothing special so far.
Scattle
Hotline Miami: The Takedown EP — ★★★☆☆
This one is interesting, because it’s only a part of full Hotline Miami soundtrack album, which was brought to Game Music Bundle 4 as a bonus by Scattle. Nice electronic swing music. Or something like that.
Skotein
Pokémon Reorchestrated: Kanto Symphony EP — ★★☆☆☆ — Joypad Records, iTunes
Again, a teaser for a full album from Game Music Bundle 4.
sparsevector
Music from and Inspired by the Video Game Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
That’s one mouthful title for such an average chiptune album.
Steve Finney
S.P.A.Z. Official Soundtrack
Couldn’t find anything worthwhile on this album so far.
8 Bit Weapon
Bits With Byte — ★★☆☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes
As you could guess, this is another chiptune album with nothing special inside.
8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer
Chiptopia: The Best of 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer — Bandcamp
More of the same.
Various Artists
Joypad Powerup
This is actually a collection of remixes of various songs from various big games performed by various artists.
Handheld Heroes Volume One — ★☆☆☆☆
This is yet another chiptune album. The catch is, there’s a lot of 8-bit dubstep tracks in it.
Pixeljams Volume 1
A bunch of electronic music. Some of it was ok.
Retro City Rampage — Bandcamp, iTunes
More chiptunes.
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And as alway, beware of lots and lots of album covers in this post.
General Music
Barbara Helfgott & Rondo Vienna
Maniac Violins Vol.1 — ★★★☆☆ — 7digital
I actually bought it for a friend of mine, but I got to listen to it and it’s pretty good. My only complaint is actually a vocals in some of the tracks. It’s not on par with the violins mastery.
六弦アリス
骨董店 『Mystique』 ~或る画家の肖像~ — ★★★★☆
So what do you know? I actually got to sort out my physical Audio CDs and the 骨董店 『Mystique』 album that I was importing last year turned out to be a limited edition single! #50 at that. Not sure if I’m pissed at the seller or awed that I got an LE disc.
迷イノ森、夢十夜。 -人トシテ- — ★★★☆☆
迷イノ森、夢十夜。 -凛トシテ- — ★★★☆☆
Got this double album this winter. Sadly, I don’t find it all that good. Yes, every song is nice on its own, but overall they all sound too similar. I find them to be too uniform and amorphous. The only highlight is 眩暈ハ散リ行ク桜ニモ似テ which is charming and inspiring. Also, not fan of edits of old tracks.
The Best of Bond… James Bond — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
Got it on 50th anniversary. Not bad, but now I have five copies of The World Is Not Enough.
Anime Soundtracks
I finally got to see the first season of Fate/zero and it was absolutely fantastic! Thus, a bunch of Fate/zero soundtracks.
Haruna Luna
空は高く風は歌う — ★★☆☆☆
Another example of single where original track is much better than the promoted one.
Kalafina
to the beginning — ★★★★☆
Never heard of this group before, but this single is very good.
Then I finally sorted out the rest of Trinity Blood music that were laying around for years.
江口貴勅
Trinity Blood O.S.T. TB music file — ★★☆☆☆
種 ともこ
Broken Wings — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
And, surprise surprise, I also finished watching first season of Spice and Wolf. Which was fantastic.
清浦夏実
TVアニメーション「狼と香辛料」OPテーマ 旅の途中 — Single — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
ROCKY CHACK
リンゴ日和~The Wolf Whistling Song — Single — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
O seven apples on a witch’s tree.
With seven seeds to plant inside of me
In springtime I grew a magic song
Then skipping along, oh I sang the song to everyone
Damn, this song is so catchy…
黒石ひとみ
LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing- O.S.T. — ★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
LASTEXILE -Fam, The Silver Wing- O.S.T.2 — ★★★☆☆
I really love these two albums. They’re kind of magical.
川井憲次
TVアニメーション「ひぐらしのなく頃に」オリジナルサウンドトラック — iTunes Store
TVアニメーション「ひぐらしのなく頃に」オリジナルサウンドトラックVol.2 — iTunes Store
Boy, if you thought Trinity Blood took me long, then just look at these two. And then I didn’t listen to them. Oh, well.
Ok, then. Off to the main part of the report with me.
Game Soundtracks
First, let’s look at various bonus soundtracks and the music I bought on my own.
Baiyon
PixelJunk™ Eden + Encore ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK — ★★★☆☆
Ian Stocker
Soulcaster Original Sound Version — Bandcamp
Soulcaster II Original Sound Version — Bandcamp
Escape Goat Original Soundtrack — Bandcamp
Escape Goat Powermouse Mix Collection
Kevin Manthei
Jagged Alliance 2 Soundtrack
Luke Thomas
Tobe & Friends Hookshot Escape Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆
Martin Stig Andersen
Limbo Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
Mikko Tarmia
Amnesia: The Dark Descent OST
And here’s what I bought in search for English version of Melodies of Life from Final Fantasy IX:
植松伸夫
FINAL FANTASY IX (Original Soundtrack) — iTunes Store
Peter McConnell
Psychonauts Original Soundtrack — iTunes Store
Sexy-Synthesizer
Rock. Deluxe Edition — ★★☆☆☆ — iTunes Store
目黒将司
PERSONA Original Soundtrack
Even though I can’t rate this album overall, what I heard was pretty damn good.
目黒将司
PERSONA3 PORTABLE Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆
zath
Dungeons of Dredmor Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Now onto Game Music Bundle 2. Note that some albums were featured previously, but I’d mention them anyway.
A_Rival
8-Bit Pimp — ★★☆☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Gaming rap. Very unusual, but I’m not a big fan of this music genre.
Alec Holowka
Aquaria: Original Soundtrack — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp
David Saulesco
Eternal Daughter Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Disasterpeace
Cat Astro Phi (Soundtrack) — ★☆☆☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Passcode: Soul of the Traveler (Soundtrack) — ★★☆☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Flashygoodness
Tower of Heaven — Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Francisco Cerda
Jamestown Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Inverse Phase
Shuttle Scuttle OST — Bandcamp
Jake Kaufman
Mighty Switch Force OST — Bandcamp
Jim Guthrie
Sword & Sworcery LP — The Ballad of the Space Babies — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Kan R. Gao, feat. Laura Shigihara
To the Moon <OST> — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp
Module
Shatter — Official Videogame Soundtrack — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
The Octopus Project
Thunderbeam Original Soundtrack
Romain Gauthier
SQUIDS — OST — Bandcamp
Tomáš Dvořák
Machinarium Soundtrack — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Machinarium Soundtrack Bonus EP — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Various Artists
Indie-Mashup EP: Sharing is Caring — ★★★★☆
This exclusive bonus album is sooo good!
Songs for the Cure ’10 — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Game Music Bundle 3
Alec Holowka
Offspring Fling — Bandcamp
Daniel Olsén
Ilomilo (Original Soundtrack) — cdbaby, iTunes Store
Disasterpeace
Deorbit — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
_ensnare_
Impeccable Micro — ★★★★☆ — Official site
Gareth Coker
inMomentum — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
George & Jonathan
Beautiful Lifestyle — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Hyperduck Soundworks
The Blocks Cometh — Bandcamp
jeffball
Astroman Soundtrack — Bandcamp
Joakim Sandberg
Mubla Evol Ution — ★★★☆☆
This is actually, 5 albums in 1. It covers soundtracks from Noitu Love, Chalk, Noitu Love 2, Luxe Chalk and The Iconoclasts. Quality varies, but there are some cool tracks.
Josh Whelchel
GunGirl 2: Original Soundtrack — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Laura Shigihara
Plants vs. Zombies Soundtrack — ★★☆☆☆ — YouTube
Even though overall enjoyment of this album is quite low, Laura Shigihara is so cute! Check out her channel.
Lifeformed
Fastfall — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Very nice ambient album. I actually bought it just a day or two before Game Music Bundle 3 was announced. Worth it anyway.
nervous_testpilot
Frozen Synapse Original Soundtrack — ★★★★☆ — Official site
This album is also especially good.
ProtoDome
BLUESCREEN — Bandcamp
Nice chiptunes. Also, comes with three covers.
Re-Logic
Terraria Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Whitaker Blackall
Cardinal Quest: Original Soundtrack — Bandcamp
Zircon
Fittest — Original Soundtrack — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
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Mezzamo
Souvenir — ★★★☆☆ — Bandcamp
Nice new album with some good songs, but overall it’s only OK.
Miracle Of Sound
Commander Shepard — Single — ★★★★★ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
This song is just too awesome.
六弦アリス
紅蓮の少女 -Chaotic Destiny- — ★★★★☆
Quite rare single, so it’s a lot of luck I’ve got it.
緋の境界と二つの夜 -Prologue A- — ★★★★☆
緋の境界と二つの夜 -Prologue B- — ★★★★★
Double single that was released at C80, a prologue to double album 迷イノ森、夢十夜。 -人トシテ- and 迷イノ森、夢十夜。 -凛トシテ- that was release a week ago at C81 (that is still making its way to me).
Anyway, the singles are good and ミラクル少女。 is just too magical.
ShakkaZombie
Hero the S.Z. — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
I got just 空を取り戻した日
Not a whole lot of normal music, now onto anime stuff.
Anime Soundtracks
藍井エイル
MEMORIA — ★★★☆☆
Not a fan. Might have been worse, I suppose.
遠藤正明
Fellows — ★★★★☆ — iTunes Store
This one is much better.
坂本真綾
Buddy — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
梶浦由記
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK II — ★★★☆☆
Not a lot as well, now onto the main part of the show.
Game soundtracks
There’s been a lot going on. There were a bunch of Indie Bundles that came with the soundtracks, there was a separate Game Music Bundle (17 albums of electronica and chiptunes) and of course, a lot of game now comes with soundtrack as well.
Cardboard Box Assembler Original Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆ — Game Music Bundle
Cobalt EP — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Portal 2: Songs to Test By — ★★★☆☆
The 3d part is long since out and no, there wasn’t a lot of good tracks in it as well.
Contingency — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Impostor Nostalgia — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
circle — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Minecraft — Volume Alpha — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
72 Minutes Of Fame — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
The Binding of Isaac — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
You know, I love Danny Baranowsky.
Super Meat Boy! — Digital Special Edition Soundtrack — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
This album is ginormous!
Bastion Original Soundtrack — ★★★★☆ — Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store
It was one of the Indie Royal bonuses.
Beautiful Lifestyle — ★★★☆☆ — iTunes Store — Indie Royal
You can still get this one for the next 4 days.
A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Undead On Arrival — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Mighty Milky Way / Mighty Flip Champs OST — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Featured Music Selection — ★★★☆☆
A sampler for Skyrim OST. Not bad, but it’s just 5 tracks long.
Scoregasm Soundtrack — ★★★☆☆
Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion (Original Soundtrack) — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Wind-up Knight Soundtrack — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Extreme Road Trip OST — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
PPPPPP — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Soundtrack — ★★★★☆
This album is awesome. Not all tracks are good, but overall, it’s very good. Also, I can listen to it over and over again which is a rare feat for game music.
Euflorian Selections — ★★★☆☆
A sampler for Eufloria OST.
Fate Of The World — Original Soundtrack — ★★★★☆
8-bit Christmas — ★★☆☆☆ — iTunes Store
MilkSnake Original Soundtrack — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Tree of Knowledge ~知恵の樹~ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp
Antigravity — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
Return All Robots! Original Soundtrack — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
逆転裁判 蘇る逆転 (オリジナル・サウンドトラック) — iTunes Store
That’s Phoenix Wright OST. I only got the 32nd track (Marshall theme) and now it’s my ringtone!
Songs for the Cure ’11 — ★★★★☆ — Game Music Bundle, Bandcamp, iTunes Store
It was mostly Remedy album, but also a few tracks were from Esuna and Reiki
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People are asking where I got them. Well, I imported them through flutterscape and received the package just a week after C80 (disregard the wrong 夢想演舞 月之理 on the left):
(Not pictured here are all kinds of goodies that came with the CDs).
Anyway, you can get them too! Just ask and you could get them in two weeks easily! (Note, that you could get them much cheaper there, only 20-50% overpriced compared to base price of ¥751 per single).
Besides MooHoo, I know that JapanHomeMaker is willing to assist anyone with these CDs. ]]>