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Reply to gang of hypocrites in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

There are plenty of sites that will take your wallpaper 'no questions asked'. However, this site has stated that for the purpose of keeping the site more 'skin' oriented it must begin moderating more intensely all the wallpapers submitted. You need not take it so personally. The other wallpapers were there before this new initiative was started, so there isn't much they can do about those. Live well, bring peace, have fun. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/jo

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

There are lots of great male musicians. In fact, WOM, there is a fellow Texan, a huge and extremely talented man who is argueagbly the greatest classical pianist born in the U.S. His name is Van Cliburn. But, I suppose your are right, if there is some statistic somewhere about male vs. female musicians

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

That's how it was for me GM. My parents started me when I was 6 years old. Now it's just a part of me. I never forget. Sometimes I get a little rusty, when I don't practice for a few months, but a couple of days of practice comes right back. Now, the only thing that is starting to get in the way is a bit of arthritis in the fingers. Luckily, there is good medication for that nowadays.

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

In my case, with grade 10 of the Royal Conservatory of Music in piano,(thanks again Mom and Dad for the lessons ), I can actually play 'good music I really love.' That's when it really gets nice.

Reply to How GOOD?! iz your computer? :D in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm not completely sure, but I think that it has been only males who have contributed to this thread. Does anyone else see the irony. I mean, it's obvious what this is really all about, isn't it?

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I have all of the above plus many other artists from the 70's, 80's, 90' and some from today. I have in my collection everything from classical to rock, Billie Holiday to Billy Idol. My musical tastes are pretty eclectic. Why, at times I've even been known to listen to a polka. (the classical ones by Strauss that is.

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Sorry about that Wise, after my last post I had to go to sleep...work and all, you know. Yeah, I listen to all kinds of music. Some from what might be considered my 'era' but also much from other 'eras'. I've always had a love for swing, jazz and blues and for crooning singers like Clooney. Say what you want, but nothing relaxes or puts me in a good mood quite like it. <img src="htt

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Wise, did I ever tell you what inspired me to create 'Indigo'. I was listening to a recording of Elington's 'Mood Indigo' sung by Rosemary Clooney. About halfway through the skin just came to me. Funny how the mind works, connecting sounds with images.

Reply to Question to WiseOldMan in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

As the nick suggests, he imparts wisdom to us all. (BTW, the nick also suggests that he is an old man! ... one out of three ain't bad! <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/joke.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle

Reply to adni18, are you on vacation? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Already downloaded and in my private collection. ....nice how everyone here gets to have a private collection of Adni's work. Now great art is not just for museums or the extremely wealthy.

Reply to More bandwidth has arrived.. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Pages are much faster loading. Downloads are around 375 Kilobytes/sec on a 3 megabit ADSL connection. Seems right to me. Those with DSL connections and slow download speeds, have you tried tweaking? www.dslreports.com is a great place to start. Grab a copy of the free utility 'DRTCP.exe' and it will he

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yes, why isn't Theodore's system list?

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Actually, I had DOS down pretty good. Never gave me any problems....then this whole new-fangled Windows thing came along.

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Starting to cool down now. Most of August was bad. Extreme heat and extreme humidity. But now it's staying around 22 degrees C. now (around 72 degrees F. ) Drops down to as low a 14 overnight. (about 57 F. ) Good for sleeping. As you can see, I'm in that age group of Canadians that was raised on the old Imperial/Farenheit system, but then was forced to learn the Metric/Celsius system, so I st

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Mine was about $2,000. But that is in Canadian dollars, so about the same as your wife's Wise.

Reply to Carlitus, check it out... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Microsoft Word?

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Ah, but let's face it, us older people usually have a little more time for hobbies and a little more extra disposable cash to spend on them. That may account for the higher age group here. Just hypothesizing.

Reply to Carlitus, check it out... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

jarget, I followed the link and read it. It is so funny how these thieves will try anything to justify their despicable ways. Imagine, this person uses righteous indignation and tries to make it seem like it is your fault for even bringing the subject up. I'm tellin' ya, some peoples kids. >

Reply to Have you seen the new poll? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I picked Mac OSX. I use it a fair amount at work as well as Windows so it is the natural second choice. You are right about the other OS's. They need to have more software support and be more competitive. Unfortunately, in the real world, David rarely, if ever, beats Goliath.

Reply to Whatever happened to Decoder. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thanks all. Still, I wish he had been able to continue.

Reply to Whatever happened to Decoder. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

That answers that.

Whatever happened to Decoder. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I remember when I first hooked up with stardock products, there was this very creative designer called Decoder . There was a show of true brilliance like ' Desertrose ' and ' Constructive ' and then nothing. What happened? Anyone know?

Reply to Problem with skinning Skin Browser... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well WiseOldMan, I realized I had a skin already that had wide borders. It is 'TheKnight' by starone . I installed it, and opened SkinBrowser. It doesn't cut of the right side scrollbar but it does cut into the buttons along the bottom, like Indigo does. I think this is a SkinBrowser problem, where it does not resize properly to fit the area. <A HREF="https://www.wincustomize.co

Reply to Monitor envy... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'm the same as you wise. I keep my 17" at 1024x768. I have a 19" too and I set that at 1152x864. Just too hard to see anything after that. My eyes were the first to go. Everything else is starting to follow them now.

Reply to Problem with skinning Skin Browser... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

No problem Wise. The wall is now posted again. Here is a link: https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=8&SkinID=4533