Since the GUI Champs 2012 are starting soon, I thought I’d start compiling some resources that can benefit new or existing users. Over the years, myself and others have written a ton of guides and articles for some of the specific apps that will be used such as DeskScapes, IconPackager, and WindowBlinds. This will be an ongoing guide and I will add resources as I find them. Feel free to comment on any you think will be useful and I’ll be sure to add them. WindowBlinds...
Another week is down and summer gets just a bit closer to ending. I’m ready for some cooler weather too, and also ready for the GUI Champs to get started! Tridicons by theAVMAN Shades of Yellow by gmc2 SkyBlues (TM Suite) by Philly0381 ...
A new Master WindowBlinds skin called Agenda is now available on WinCustomize from Master Skinner vStyler. This is a great looking skin with wood accents and goes with a variety of wallpapers. WinCustomize Subscribers also get a 20% discount! Agenda by vStyler
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 is now available for download! Beta 4 is about your cities. The economic system has been redone and players will find a host of new options in creating and tweaking their empire. Decide which of your settlements you turn into military focused fortresses, research and magic focused conclaves or towns which support your empire by providing food and gold. Choose your city enchantments carefully, you can’t have more than your cities essence....
Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 is now available for download! Beta 4 is about your cities. The economic system has been redone and players will find a host of new options in creating and tweaking their empire. Decide which of your settlements you turn into military focused fortresses, research and magic focused conclaves or towns which support your empire by providing food and gold. Choose your city enchantments carefully, you can’t have more than your cities essence....
Well the summer is coming to an end, and kids of all ages have already started heading back to school. Kids and young adults are making great use of PC’s such as laptops in their work, and just as software helps make folks more productive at work, that can also be applied to students at school. Lets take a look at 5 useful apps for students returning to school! 1. Fences (Free, Pro $19.95) I really can’t recommend and advise you to use this app enough. It is used b...
We do this every once and a while as it’s interesting and informative to see what some of our users are using for their monitor setups. So let us know, how many monitors are you using, and what size are they? I’m using two 23” LCD’s.
Stardock announced today that the award-winning 4X turn-based strategy title Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate Edition has made its way to Steam ( http://store.steampowered.com/app/214150/ ) for just $9.99. In Galactic Civilizations, the year is 2178 and the Terran Alliance has invented a new technology - Hyperdrive. However, the secret has leaked to other civilizations, starting a race for all of the inhabitable worlds in the galaxy. As leader of the United Earth, you must research ne...
I never cared much for reading full physical books, probably because of flashbacks from school. Anyways, since eBooks (Kindle, Nook, etc.) have really taken off these past few years I have been using them constantly. I think much of it has to do with convenience. I have dozens and dozens of books on my iPad which I read through the Kindle app. They are synced through all my other devices and I can pick up reading where I left off on any other device. I'm als...
Lets take a quick look at a few of the skins from the weekend!
I almost forgot to write this, but when it charged my account it was a good reminder! If you remember, I decided to sign up for the new Adobe Creative Cloud which basically gives you access to the entire Adobe creative suite for a moderate monthly fee. So a month later I’m pretty happy I decided to sign up. I haven’t had a lot of time to dig into everything it offers, but really my main focus was a few apps. My favorites: Photoshop CS6 Adobe Muse ...
This was a bit of a slow week for skins, but not surprising as this is back to school time, and also people are working on skins for the upcoming GUI Champs 2012. If you haven’t signed up to be notified about the GUI Champs, you can do so here. www.guichamps.com PROMETHEUS by neone6 ...
I thought it would be fun to pick a few WindowBlinds skins from the recent past and give them another spotlight. I just picked a random page number from the WindowBlinds gallery and went back to some skins from 2010. These are a few of my favorites! Cinnabar by essorant Acrylic 7 by danilloOc Retro Plus by ...
I got a little behind on featuring some skins, so we’ll get it going again with some favorite desktop skins from the past few days. Lots of good wallpapers lately as well, so be sure to check the full gallery for more. ...
We’ve been dropping small bits of info over the past few months, but today we are excited to officially announce that the 2012 GUI Champs will be starting this Fall! Over the years we have ran several GUI Champ competitions, and these always brought the top graphic designers from around the globe together to compete for thousands of dollars in cash, prizes, and worldwide exposure. The designer themselves got access to all those prizes, but even more important is the users got h...