Zoomba

Zoomba

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Reply to The Choice is a No Brainer in Republican Stardock Forums

Just as a point of curiosity, what has Obama done to aid and abet the enemy? Your argument above has virtually nothing to do with who either candidate is or what their positions are, it's almost entirely an issue of experience. If that's a major selling point for you, fine, but don't twist it into something else to make Obama look like a terrorist lover is a bit dishonest. Personally, I wish Obama had waited 4-8 years before running, get some more experience under his belt

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Reply to Nope-Still Can't Vote For Obama in Politics Stardock Forums

I'm not much of an Obama supporter myself, but a lot of the "points" above in the very large colorful text seem incredibly irelevant to whether or not he'd be a good President. I'll concede the point about his quiet acceptance of the hate spewed by his pastor, but the rest seems like you're really reaching for something to hold against him. Does it really matter that his father left his mother? Does it matter what school he went to growing up? And how many politician

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Helping a Community Member in Need: Quentin/ArileenDesign in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Some of you may be aware that long-time member of the community and the site moderation team, Quentin94 (ArileenDesign) is in a bit of a financial bind. After hurting his back about a year ago he is now out of work and facing mounting bills and growing debt as he tries to keep his apartment and feed his daughter. Unfortunately he's now having to look into bankruptcy and still isn't sure he's going to be able to make ends-meet. Not being able to work because of an injury is

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Weekly Poll: The Impulse Switch in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

We're quickly coming up on the full launch of Impulse, our next generation digital distribution, software management and community tool. Impulse, as pretty much everyone should know by now, is the successor to Stardock Central, and will eventually replace the aging download tool entirely (though not immediately, it's going to be a phased retirement). Since early this year we've had first a private group of te

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May Moderator Picks in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Every month the moderation staff here at WinCustomize is asked to pick their favorite skin submitted in the previous month and to give a bit of explanation on why they liked it. Here are the mod picks for May: <SPAN class=Dyna

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Reply to My Generation: We Can't Fix Sh*t! in Life Journals Stardock Forums

As we stood around the hot water heater, quite perplexed, I suggested that maybe colleges should include a manditory home maintenance/fix-it course to cover basic maintenance techniques (like how to find the main water for the house). Maybe some basic car maintenance too (like changing a tire). It could be followed up with a remedial personal finance course: "Why You Shouldn't Charge EVERYTHING"

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My Generation: We Can't Fix Sh*t! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

This weekend I was over at a friend's place, enjoying a few hours by the pool, then some grilled burgers, wine and karaoke. Around 8pm someone came up from the basement and told us there was water pouring out of the hot water heater. We immediately jumped into action! We raced downstairs to see what the problem was. It was at this point we all realized something very important... Not a single one of us had any clue how to actually fix the darn thing.

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Poll Results: Skinning Groups on WC in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Last week we talked a bit about a potential feature for the next WinCustomize site update; Skinning Groups. The idea is basically to add functionality to the site that would make it easier for skinners to get together and organize larger projects. I wanted to gauge everyone's feelings on the idea so the poll was a simple Yea/Nay deal. Overall, most of you were in favor of it with about 80% saying yes t

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Vienna 3 Accessory Skins in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Recently vStyler released the third in his Vienna skin series; Vienna 3 Rapture. As with many previous MaxStyles/vStyler skins, Vienna 3 has spawned a number of great accessory skins, making it possible to completely theme out your Windows PC in Vienna 3 goodness. Here are the skins released so far: <A id=ctl00__ContentArea__SkinList_ctl08__ListSkin__SkinPreviewLink href="https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=221&libi

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9/10 & Editors Choice from GameSpot for Twilight of the Arnor in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Twilight of the Arnor continues to draw critical praise from the gaming media. The latest review to come in is from GameSpot who gave Twilight a 9 out of 10 and an Editors Choice award. Brett Todd took the final Galactic Civilizations II expansion for a spin and found a lot to like; New graphics, unique tech trees, new campaign, Ascension victory and of course, Terror Stars! In general, GameSpot labels

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1Up Gives Twilight Excellent Marks in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Rory Manion of 1Up.com gives Twilight of the Arnor a glowing grade, rating it an A on its review scale. Torn between the desire to have a peaceful, altruistic empire and the need to wage a four-front war, this review covers the wide range of new possibilities present in Twilight of the Arnor quite well. Rory's regime was at times kind and giving, and at others brutal and unrelenting, often destroying entire stars, and enacting terrible genocide programs. Overa

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SkinCast - Episode 8 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

We've hit the two month mark with the show and this week I'm again absent from the show (I was locked away in our datacenter racking some new servers) but Spencer picks up the slack and talks with Jorge, the developer behind WinStep Technologies and their flagship Winstep Xtreme software, a complete desktop replacement for Windows. Jorge tells Spencer all about the history

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Zoomba's Weekend Picks in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Welcome back fellow skinners, forum trolls, and all the various random folks who wander by this site every day. It's Monday, and that means it's back to the work week, and I'm here to start things off on the right foot with some great skins that were released to WinCustomize over the weekend. While many of us were out BBQing with friends or enjoying some nice weather, a lot of folks were slaving away on new sk

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Reply to W/Customise Offline in Community WinCustomize Forums

A string of really bad storms ripped through Michigan this evening, causing some power issues. Some of the servers supporting WinCustomize and our forums were affected. All should be well now.

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Nakor - Celebrating 10 Years at Stardock in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Have you ever downloaded a skinning product, a Stardock Game, or any MyColors theme? Then you have benefited from the work of probably one of our least well-known but most important people here at Stardock: Kris Kwilas, VP of Technology. You might know him as Nakor on the forums or IRC and have probably seen him dolling out support help here and there. Virtually every product we've released, every site w

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ID's Week in Skinning in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Oh thank The Flying Spaghetti Monster , it's Friday at last! And since it's Friday, that means we have Island Dog's weekly installment of This Week in Skinning. This week's list is a great one with some killer cursors, a nature dream, some new Corinthia styled icons, two fantastic wallpapers and two new WindowBlinds skins; Cylon by SKoriginals and Vienna 3 - Rapture by vStyler. Check out the <A href="https://www.wincustomize.com/articles

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Reply to Weekly Poll: Skinning Groups in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Great discussion so far and good ideas! To clarify a few points... Special Privileges There will be no real privileges for being on a team. It's not like your work will get past moderation any quicker, or you'll get special forum powers. Requiring Subscriptions Since we're primarily going to be extending free services (uploads, personal pages etc). A subscription will not be required. However, we could at a future point offer som

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