http://thoughts.bjsintay.com What I'm doing while I sleep. Fri, 16 May 2008 03:39:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a sad day. LeechFTP finally refused to cooperate with my Windows setup.  After trying various work-arounds, disabling all firewalls, etc. I have come to the conclusion that it just won't play nice with Vista.  I had it working for about 7 months with no problems. Tonight I had to install FileZilla ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2008/05/15/sad-day-leechftp-surrenders-to-filezilla/ I've bought a few CDs on iTunes "Plus" recently - all of which I promptly burnt to a CD and listened to that way.  For me, iTunes's puny 128kbps standard encoding is too poor to enjoy much of the music that I like.  So when iTunes Plus, featuring "DRM-free music tracks ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2008/04/24/itunes-plus-what-enlightenment-on-the-m4p/ OK - my laziness caught up with me.  I admit it.  Maybe you could call it neglect, I don't know.  I just did not have updating WordPress, the software the runs this site, up high on my priority list of to-do's. I discovered that someone (probably a bot) decided to take-over ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2008/04/14/busted/ I know I'm a bit late in reviewing Death Cab for Cutie's 2005 debut (non-indie) album, but I've just recently discovered this great disk.  Plans is an excellent emo-ish rock album performed by a seasoned group of musicians.  My favorite tracks include "What Sarah Said," "Summer Skin," and "Soul Meets Body."  ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/05/21/death-cab-for-cutie-plans/ acumulator auto anvelope camioane rezervari bilete tren boxe creative inspire camere digitale benq ceas cu mp3 atlasib curier decodare arhiva messenger nume domenii gresie arad usi si ferestre garduri vile oferta gazduire sejur grecia hotel mamaia incarcator camera laptopuri ieftine monitoare lcd wide muntii bucegi scumpiri tigari prestari servicii top siteuri traducere engleza transporturi mobila Until June released its first full-length album (self-titled) this past week after years of hard work to get their ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/24/until-june-until-june-self-titled/ The United Nations has released a report blaming the world's cow herds as the single-most greatest cause of the depleting environmental conditions... global warming, acid rain, deforestation, reef destruction, and oceanic "dead zones" to name a few.  Al Gore, you can stop blaming the Republicans.  Approximately 18% of all greenhouse gases are blamed ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/19/holy-cow-cattle-belching-harder-on-environment-than-cars/ I don't normally read thrillers.  Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels have, however, become the exception.  One lazy afternoon while backpacking in the wilderness of Virginia I began reading Persuader.  The story read fast and action lurked around the turn of every page.  Child's depth of research and character development kept me glued ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/18/persuader-by-lee-child/ I have recently acquired a passion for subversion control (SVN) through my work with the SiteX project.  I gave another developer in the SiteX community a charge to figure out SVN for version control and collaborative development.  By the end of the weekend our development process had been taken to the ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/12/subversion-control-svn/ It's tough to predict what Apple will do next in the ever-changing portable media market.  From the iPod, to the iPhone, and even the iBook, Apple is constantly on the move when it comes to developing products that miniaturize and combine technology to meet consumer needs.  So let me be ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/10/i-predict-the-iscreen/ Olympus created one of the world's lightest voice recorders in its line of WS-3xx devices.  I became interested in this model because of its size and weight.  The WS-310M packs in 512MB of memory for over 138 hours of voice recording (on low quality mode).  At less than 2 ounces ... http://thoughts.bjsintay.com/2007/04/09/olympus-ws-310m-voice-recorder/