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August 15, 2008 by Island Dog
Another Friday, another week is done.  A tremendous amount of skins came through the submission pipes this week, and as usual, it was a tough pick.  I have to say once again how pleased I am about the skinning activity over the summer, it didn't slack of, and in fact it has increased! I hope some of you are already getting your GUI Champs skins ready. Now for this weeks picks!   Rocky for CursorFX by PuterDudeJim This cursor took some inspiration fro...
August 8, 2008 by Island Dog
Ok, is the day over yet?  It's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend, how about you?  Well before we all head off to our weekend getaways, lets take some time and go through some featured picks this week from WinCustomize. Now for this weeks picks!   Odessy for Bootskins by bng This certainly doesn't look like a normal bootskin, and this one will definitely have people asking what it is.   Hot Metal for CursorFX by theAVMAN ...
August 6, 2008 by Island Dog
  August is here, so now its time to take a look back at some of the featured .dreams (animated wallpapers) that were submitted to WinCustomize throughout the month of July. Now for this months video!   To use .dreams (animated wallpaper) you need to have Windows Vista and Stardock's DeskScapes (free) installed.  If you are an Object Desktop subscriber, you have beta access to DeskScapes 2.0 which will run on virtually any version of Vista. The .dreams featured in thi...
August 1, 2008 by Island Dog
It's August already.....seriously?  I was caught off guard by that one, but whatever, it's Friday and it's time to celebrate!  The way we do that around here is to feature some of the most popular skins submitted to WinCustomize from the past week. Now for this weeks picks!   DECEPTICON Cobra Edition for Bootskin by nimbletongue How cool is it to boot up Windows and see this come up?   Prototype III for CursorFX by Libardo ...
July 31, 2008 by Island Dog
The Harley-Davidson Raw MyColors Theme was recently released, so as usual, I want to take you through a walkthrough of what is featured in this theme.  This is a theme designed for MyColors, and to find more information about MyColors, you can read through a walkthrough or view a screencast with more information. Visual Style and Wallpaper The visual style for the Harley-Davidson MyColors theme is a bit hard to describe, but the “Raw” name is one of the first things that come...
July 25, 2008 by Island Dog
Ok, no TWis this week, I'm taking an early weekend!  Awww, I'm just kidding you know it really wouldn't be Friday without this weeks roundup of featured skins. Now for this weeks picks!   Autobot for CursorFX by nimbletongue An Autobots cursor theme, do I really need to say anymore?   ~~~Fusion~~~ in DesktopX Themes by WeatherBound This DX theme has a wide variety of accessories, it's resolution independent, and has a slider t...
July 22, 2008 by Island Dog
DesktopX 3.5 was released recently, and one of the biggest feature updates is the ability to export your DX creations as a Vista sidebar gadget.  Creating a gadget for the Vista sidebar isn’t the easiest thing to do, and it has limitations that DesktopX can easily overcome.  DesktopX is a very powerful application which can create a wide variety of mini-applications for your desktop.  These can range from simple weather gadgets, on up to very complex applications with multiple f...
July 18, 2008 by Island Dog
Friday is here, so the next edition of This Week in Skinning is here!  If you have friends or family that might be interested in skinning their PC's, you might want to refer them over to TWiS, just to show them what they are missing. Now for this weeks picks!   LED3: Dot Matrix for BootSkin by sydneysiders This bootskin is match to compliment the LED3 WindowBlinds skin.  I'm sure we will see many more matching skins in the coming days. &nb...
July 16, 2008 by Island Dog
In the last walkthrough I showed you the Spring MyColors theme, and today we have a more seasonal oriented MyColors theme to show…..Sunny Day.  This is a theme designed for MyColors, and to find more information about MyColors, you can read through a walkthrough or view a screencast with more information. Visual Style and Wallpaper The Sunny Day MyColors theme has some bright and stunning colors.  Sunny Day is the appropriate name for this theme as the visual style as se...
July 11, 2008 by Island Dog
Just about to hit the middle of month and even though it's summer, the skin submissions keep coming in.  Lets keep it up! Now for this weeks picks!   MB-Assassin for CursorFX by ModBlackmoon This cursor set is highly detailed and worth downloading just for that.    Turbine Clock V1 in DesktopX Objects by AVMAN This clock for DesktopX is made to match the Turbine WB skin, and the animations on this are just fantastic. ...
July 2, 2008 by Island Dog

This is a screencast to accompany the article showing you how to change the Explorer Backgrounds in WindowBlinds 6.  If you have trouble viewing the video you can view it at the direct link here.

July 1, 2008 by Island Dog
June is gone, so that means it's time to feature some of the most popular .dreams (animated walpapers) from the Dream gallery on WinCustomize.  Now for this months video!   To use .dreams (animated wallpaper) you need to have Windows Vista and Stardock's DeskScapes (free) installed.  If you are an Object Desktop subscriber, you have beta access to DeskScapes 2.0 which will run on virtually any version of Vista. The .dreams featured in this months video can be found at t...
June 27, 2008 by Island Dog
The week is over!  It's Friday so as usual, it's time for This Week in Skinning.  We have a good collection of skins to feature this week, but be sure to browse through all the galleries and see what you might have missed. Now for this weeks picks!   Bluster for CursorFX by Libardo There are so many blue skins that this CursorFX theme would fit nicely with.  Great job!   SD Micro Clock in DesktopX Widgets by V...
June 26, 2008 by Island Dog
Although Summer is here, you can still put some Spring into  your desktop, and this MyColors theme fits right in to the much warmer weather going on.  This is a theme designed for MyColors, and to find more information about MyColors, you can read through a walkthrough or view a screencast with more information.  Visual Style and Wallpaper The Spring theme has a vibrant colors that reflects pretty much everywhere.  I have been running some darker skins lately, and t...
June 20, 2008 by Island Dog
First looking through the galleries I thought this was going to be a tough week, but as I moved along I actually had to add a couple of more entries than usual, just because there was a bunch of stuff I wanted to feature.  Now for this weeks picks!   Shifty DX in DesktopX Themes by J. PuterDudeJim Really cool theme that has the ability to change colors just by adjusting the sliders.  This is great as it will match a wide variety of desktops. ...