DavidK

DavidK

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Reply to Virus or damaged file? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I checked my win2k box and I don't have that file either... I did have a very similar problem with that machine that I think was related to some corrupted graphics files. It only happened when I was working in Illustrator and then only with a particular job. Trying to open the directory the drawings were stored in would crash the system. I thought I had a virus when it was happening and eventually formatted the drive and reinstalled everything. That fixed it but the graphics files were still ho

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Reply to Do you have your own home page? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

wow - all those sites are great! Brad, I'm not surprised to see so much writting on yours. I read a few of the articles and they're very interesting. As Renato says, you have a lot of cool history to include in your site. Pixtudio has to be one of the best personal sites ever made... what a masterpiece. Mike - your site is great, it loads really fast and navigates real easy. Very nice job... Bryan - I love the graphics on your site's home page, can't wait to see the new version with the flash i

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Reply to Sick of Software crap! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

"Grandpa was a carpenter he built houses stores and banks Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks..." - John Prine (there's more but.... ) Listen to paxx Brad, Dreamweaver is the way to go for web stuff. Front Page is a total disaster. I figured out once what I've spent over the years upgrading my software. I have about $1200 in CorelDraw, $1100 in Photoshop, $800

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Reply to Laptops in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I've been using Windowblinds on various notebooks for 3 years with no problem. Right now it's a Dell Latitude 810: 1.2Mhz PIII, GeForce2 32Mb, 512Mb RAM, 1600x1200 32bit color, WinXP. I have no troubles at all running WB with NextStart, Winamp, ICQPlus, WindowsFX, Webblinds and ObjectBar also running. I use Photoshop and CorelDraw (or Illustrator) sometimes with both open at the same time plus IE6 and Outlook Express open. The only time I have to close some apps to save memory is when I've got

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Reply to How many have object desktop? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

YES absolutely... WindowsFX, Webblinds, Windowblinds, ObjectBar, Object Edit, IconPackager and Logon Studio are all getting a workout on my machine... and then there's also DesktopX, SkinStudio, Winstyles and a bunch of other utilities... yep - it's more than 'worth it'...

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Reply to Get Permission — Give Credit in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I think I just wanted to make another public plea for consideration of the artists. I don't want to get into any specific examples because I'm not trying to point fingers at anyone. You're right about the moderation being taken seriously here and I think it's probably less of an issue for visitors than it is for the moderators. I probably need to realize that the people that would use another artist's work without giving credit don't read the message board either...<img src="http://ima

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Reply to John Entwistle in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

RIP John - 57 isn't bad for a high profile rocker... what a great body of work he leaves as a testament to his time with us. Rael is right, Heaven is the place to be for music now...

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Get Permission — Give Credit in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I think we need a thread that discusses a very irritating issue. There have been a lot of cases lately (most of which you haven't seen) of people uploading skins, wallpapers or themes that use other artist's work. It might be some icons, a wallpaper or just some parts of another artist's work. But the problem is the cases where the original artist is not even mentioned, much less asked for permission to use his work. Just so it's not a "grey" area let's make this very clear; **Yo

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Reply to Full OSX Aqua interface for Windows 98 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Apple has again put their foot down on unauthorized ports of their OSX design. I think you will be unable to find truly accurate *copies* of OSX anywhere. If you do, please don't post them here... If Apple wants to restrict the posting of themes and skins which mimic their OS they have every right to do so and we should respect their wishes.

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Reply to Pay for this? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

We need to remember that only a very small amount of the total visitors to this (or any) site use the message board. Whatever the reason is, it's a fact that most of the people that come here (maybe 90% or more) don't post in here. I'm sure a lot of them read some of this though... I haven't read any scifi for years... now that you've mentioned it I kinda miss the other worlds...

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Reply to I have a question?? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I knew some people in 1969/70 that were inventing computer graphics... I was dazzled by what they could do but felt it was beyond me since I hated math. I decided by 1985 that maybe I should direct my future in that direction so I studied COBOL and FORTRAN. After writing a couple insignificant stupid apps I realized I was not cut out to be a computer guy, I hated programming, and I'd be better off staying in the consumer end of electronics and doing my artwork with pens and brushes. One of the d

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Reply to Bizzaro World of bandwidth users... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Most people also don't realize that until about a year and a half ago there was real money to be made in banner ads. That was why efront bought skinz in the first place. The revenues from ads on a site (even without popups) was probably about a hundred times what it is today. Sites could pay their expenses, their employees and even make some money if they got enough traffic. Ad revenues dissolved into mediocrity and today, without multiple popups, provide almost no income. That's when the search

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Reply to Rip !!! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Nikos - I believe it was a giant hedgehog named Spiny Norman that roamed the streets calling out Dinsdale's name. Dinsdale was terrified of it even though he was known for cruelly enforcing his will on the local populace. Once to show his his displeasure over a remark someone made he nailed a coffee table to the guy's head. But the guy felt that he deserved it because he had made an unkind remark about Dinsdale's cat. He was described by most people in the town as Cruel... but fair... L

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