Just a few months ago a fellow contributor to AC180.com, Stefan, found out that he has Stage 4 Colon Cancer.  Tomorrow he will be going in for his first surgery where the doctor will look around inside and try and remove as much of it as possible and bathe the remaining organs in direct chemo. Please remember Stef, his family, and his doctors in your prayers. Thanks and God Bless.

I was itching for some new music and so I took the opportunity to checkout the Amazon Mp3 service. I downloaded and installed the Amazon MP3 Downloader and I was off and running. The first album to buy was a toss up:

• New Thousand Foot Krutch - The Flame in All of Us
• Old Project 86 - Songs to Burn Bridges By

You can see that I opted for the new TFK album.



You can have the downloader automatically add your tunes to your iTunes library but I like my file names in a particular format. So I use Media Monkey to rename all of the files and then manually add them through iTunes.

I've been using iTunes since I purchased an iPod (like most people) and it is OK. Since it's just "OK" I'm on the lookout for a way to completely move away from it. With the Amazon Mp3 service out I feel like I am one step further in than plan.

I really need a good podcast solution first before I'll be able to drop iTunes all together. If anyone has one please share it!

I've expressed by thoughts on source control and I still believe it is a vital part of any development project.  I guess it's just misunderstood.  Thanks to BetterExplained.com we now have a great visual example of it.

 

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