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October 31, 2008 by Island Dog
Friday always means two things, one is that the weekend is upon us, and the other is that This Week in Skinning is here!  This week we have several great skins that were submitted this past week to WinCustomize, and we have a few DX objects, wallpapers, and more. Check out this weeks edition of TWiS !
October 31, 2008 by Island Dog
Happy Halloween!  It’s Friday so the latest edition of This Week in Skinning is here.  TWiS is a great way to catch up on skins from the past week that you might have missed otherwise. Now for this weeks picks! Wraith Rider by hallv5 Really cool design to use as a bootskin for Windows XP. The Rain Effect by theAVMAN Put a wet and rain look onto any wallpaper with this DesktopX object.  Really cool! Silver Swoon DX by Put...
October 31, 2008 by Island Dog
A man was tired of having his McCain signs stolen, so he hooked up an electric fence power source to the sign, and a camera.  A punk 9 year old kid, obviously brainwashed by his parents and probably an ACORN voter, got a “shock” when he trespassed into the yard.
October 30, 2008 by Island Dog
It's one of those months again that there are tons of games being released, and so little time and money for them all.  It has almost become a new type of balancing act, trying to figure out which games to get and plan a month or two ahead of time. We also can't forget the holiday season is rapidly approaching, and from now until then there are a lot of releases coming down the pipes.  How to choose between all these? This past weekend I picked up Guitar Hero: World Tour.  I...
October 30, 2008 by Island Dog
The member for this weeks member spotlight on WinCustomize is going to a member who has put a lot of time into one of the newest galleries on WC, the Dream gallery.  Drum roll please……..for CarGuy1!   CarGuy1 has been a WinCustomize member since March 2007, and has already made his way up to Master Apprentice.  His library is packed with all types of .dreams (animated wallpapers), and logonstudio skins as well. To see all of his works on WinCustomize, head over to his pers...
October 30, 2008 by Island Dog
The LA Times, a very liberal newspaper, has a copy of a tape of Obama and another terrorist supporter (how surprising) Khalidi.  There is already a $175,000 reward for the tape, and supposedly it's very damaging to Obama. The LA Times is refusing to release the tape, and the demand for them to release it is quickly growing.  Of course, if this was McCain or Palin, it would never have been released, it would have been placed everywhere, but once again the media is covering for Obama....
October 30, 2008 by Island Dog
Lets take a trip back to 2002 and see what skins were “hot” back then.  I didn’t focus on a specific gallery this time, I just browsed through the timeline and picked some popular skins from back then.  Some I remember, but many I don’t seem to remember at all. Do you remember any of these?
October 29, 2008 by Island Dog
I wanted to share some videos of Windows 7 that have been coming out of PDC this week.  There are all types of good stuff here.
October 29, 2008 by Island Dog
I have never seen so many people become unhinged because someone else points out the socialist and marxist roots of 0bama.  Obama admits he wants income redistribution, he admits it should be done either through the courts or legislature.  Now I'm not saying every liberal is angry, but just take a look at a blog and tell me which side is more angry and absusive.  It's really hard to have a decent debate if you can't handle opposition.  
October 29, 2008 by Island Dog
As many of you might know, Microsoft unveiled more details about Windows 7 at this weeks PDC (Professional Developers Conference).  During a keynote made on Tuesday, Windows 7 was actually demonstrated, and one of the main focuses was on UI improvements and feature additions.  Microsoft has added several interesting features that I personally can’t wait to try out myself. Here are some screenshots courtesy of Neowin.net who have been providing some great PDC coverage. ...
October 29, 2008 by Island Dog
Stardock and THQ have partnered to create the official desktop theme for the Saints Row 2 game.Designed by the talented artists at Stardock Design and powered by Stardock's MyColors technology, the desktop theme is available as a free download for consumers who pre-ordered the game at select retailers and will also be available as a premium MyColors suite . "Offering the desktop theme was just our way of giving back to the loyal Saints Row community," said Jeff Pugh, Senior Channel Manager a...
October 28, 2008 by Island Dog
Fences is a brand new type of Desktop Icon Organizing program for Windows Vista & XP. A side-project by Stardock's chief architect Jeff Bargmann, the project originated in 1999, and has finally been brought to the spotlight with a polished public release. Fences is now available as a free community preview! Check out the demo video below, and check it out at http://labs.stardock.com/Fences
October 28, 2008 by Island Dog
I was playing The Political Machine 2008 and headed over to the Print Shop (found in the main menu).  The Print Shop in TPM lets you make your own buttons, bumper stickers and bobble heads in a format that you can print yourself.  I used the character I created for myself to create some of the images shown below. The Print Shop allows you to take these images and print them, but you can also take a screenshot and use these images as forum si...
October 28, 2008 by Island Dog
Halloween is nearly here, and we have featured all types of skins like Wallpapers, WindowBlinds, Cursors, etc., but there are so much more out there.  Today I wanted to feature some miscellaneous skins to go along with many of the other themes that have been featured before.  These are skins for RightClick, LogonStudio, Icons, etc. Once you get your Halloween desktop setup, head over to the October screenshots thread and post it there.  Maybe later this week we will do so...
October 28, 2008 by Island Dog
It would have been so much easier to fill out if I didn’t have to sort through the different languages that each candidate had to be translated to.  What a joke that the U.S. election ballot has to be translated. Anyways, I voted for McCain even though it was quite difficult to do so.  But then I thought about 0bama and his terrible economic ideas so marking McCain then became very easy.  I’m simply amazed at the people who are voting for 0bama based on his marketing ca...