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November 29, 2010 by Island Dog
Good morning WC!  I hope all of you had a great holiday weekend, and it is time to get back to work!  We start this week off with 25% off an Object Desktop subscription.  It’s a great time to subscribe and even gift one to a friend or family member! http://www.impulsedriven.com/odnt
November 23, 2010 by Island Dog
My new Windows Phone 7 device arrived today and after playing with it for a few hours, I wanted to give my initial impressions with WP7.  To give a bit of background first, I have been an iPhone user since day 1 with my last phone being an iPhone 3GS.  After following the WP7 development for a while, and combined with a special sale on Amazon, I figured it was time to make the switch.  I ended up going with the Samsung Focus , which seems to be the favorite among the Windows Phon...
November 22, 2010 by Island Dog
Master skinner Essorant has given us another brilliant WindowBlinds skin called Primo.  This is a “brighter” skin with excellent color accents.  Several sub-styles are included and the skin is created for XP, Vista, and Win7. Primo by Essorant WinCustomize Subscribers get 20% off!
November 21, 2010 by Island Dog
I like to design things, but colors is something I always have a hard time with.  Whether it is coming up with a matching palette, or just finding some inspiration for a new color theme, I need assistance to get it right.  I recently stumbled upon a web application from Adobe called Kuler.  This lets you create and share color themes right from your desktop, and for those looking for inspiration, you can browse through the thousands of themes that others have shared. If you have an image in w...
November 19, 2010 by Island Dog

The big Impulse Thanksgiving Sale starts today and runs throughout the Thanksgiving holiday next week.  This is a fantastic sale on both PC games and desktop applications, so there is something for everyone! 

Impulse Thanksgiving Sale

A few highlights from the sale:

November 19, 2010 by Island Dog
The Thanksgiving holiday is rapidly approaching, and Impulse started its Thanksgiving Sale today.  There are tons of big sales on both PC games and desktop applications. Some examples: Fences® Pro – $9.98 DeskScapes 3 – $14.96 WindowBlinds 7 – $15.95 SoundPackager – $1.99 The full sale can be found at http://www.impulsedriven.com/explore/onsale .
November 18, 2010 by Island Dog
We have a ton of Impulse Now specials coming up, so for those of you who don’t have it enabled, you might want to change that so you don’t miss out on some great deals. You can make sure Impulse Now is loaded upon startup by going into the Impulse preferences. Get Impulse at www.impulsedriven.com .
November 17, 2010 by Island Dog
We have our own forum threads and gallery allowing you to post screenshots to show off those cool desktops you spent time putting together, but there are other places you can post them to show others. My personal favorite is the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell group on Flickr.  They often pick the best ones and feature them on the site.  It’s also fun to browse through and see how others are customizing their desktops, and the tools they are using to do it. http://www.flick...
November 17, 2010 by Island Dog
This is a demo video showing off some examples of the Inactive Window features in WindowFX 4. https://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/  
November 17, 2010 by Island Dog
This is a few months old, but still very relevant due to the lies of the left about tax cuts and the deficit. Link “The Bush tax cuts wiped out last decade's budget surpluses. Sen. John Kerry (D., Mass.), for example, has long blamed the tax cuts for having "taken a $5.6 trillion surplus and turned it into deficits as far as the eye can see." That $5.6 trillion surplus never existed. It was a projection by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in January 2001 to cover ...
November 16, 2010 by Island Dog
This is a demo video showing off some examples of the Window Management features in WindowFX 4. https://www.stardock.com/products/windowfx/
November 16, 2010 by Island Dog
Still early in the week, but it is always a good time to show off some of the recent skins here on WinCustomize.
November 12, 2010 by Island Dog
WindowBlinds is no doubt the tool you need to change the look and feel of Windows, and has been for quite a while.  There are still many out there still using an earlier version and for whatever reason have not made the jump to upgrade yet.  Along with tweaks and performance improvements, WindowBlinds 7 has many new features that is well worth the upgrade. Lets take a look! Aero Skinning WindowBlinds will obviously change the entire theme of Windows, but maybe you ju...
November 12, 2010 by Island Dog
TWiS had to take a few weeks off to get some projects done, but it is back once again with some fantastic skins from WinCustomize.  Just a reminder to all WC members, head over to the forums and find out how to get involved in the Community Wallpaper 2011 project. Now for this weeks picks!     Trident by theAVMAN There’s lots of Trident stuff on WC this week, and I recommend you check them all out.  This CursorFX theme is really swe...
November 11, 2010 by Island Dog
We have another update hitting Impulse today, and this one is WindowBlinds 7.19d.  Check Impulse for the update. This update brings: Improved compatibility with Firefox 4 betas Fix for a painting issue with apps that minimize to the system tray More info about WindowBlinds can be found at www.windowblinds.net .