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schminimalischt - 22 Mar. 2006 - 02:23:

How are you guys and gals doing?

It's been a while. I see WinT is still not blind enough, seriously, tiny fonts at 1600x1200?! O_o

Anyway, good to see everyone is still around. Me, i've lost interest in reshacking and using alt. shells. I just want a windows that works; that's the most basic criteria for having a computer in the first place, right? So, i'm keeping explorer mostly stock these days.

And I love Firefox, alot of useful plugins. And why didn't anyone tell me about making custom quicksearch bookmarks sooner?! Argh. Usability, that's my focus now. I do have a nice wireless mouse now, but i'm at that stage where i wonder why i'm taking 5 fingers off the keyboard to do tasks that can be done faster with hotkeys. Well, sorry for rambling. Here's how my desk look these days:

http://www.flareformat.net/desktops/siteimgs/ss20060320.png

Oh yeah, where are you guys? Not in modspot i see. -_-
 
22 Mar. 2006 - 08:51 WinT
schmin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good to see you around my friend... I'm assuming you're doing ok, and all is well, which is a great assumption :)

And what's this WinT's still not blind enough stuff huh? :) I love my little fonts damnit! lol

Anyway, good to have you back man, really is. The desktop is stock for sure, but that's the way you wanted it, so it works, which is the most important thing, and hey, nice wall :)

Take care, and if you want, we can all try to schedule some sort of IRC meeting in the near future. I work so much that I can hardly get online until late night/ early morning (depending on how you see it) , but we can try at least.

Take care until next time :)
 
22 Mar. 2006 - 13:06 schminimalischt
Hey WinT!

That is a great assumption, one which i accept and assume the same to be true for you? ;)

Ah yes, i too love the bitmap fonts. Just hate it when i go blind in the process of using them, hehe.

By the way, if you don't mind restating your electronic mailing address kind sir? I have tried transferring an electronic correspondence letter to your listed address, but to my surprise, i was denied of a proper delivery. At two occasions mind you.
 
22 Mar. 2006 - 16:44 beaker
hey, schmin! I confess to being guilty of not res-hacking my OS much these days as well. Although I still love my registry hacks for usability. My time spent on the pc these days is mostly around unattended installs of windows. If the kids screw something up or get a virus, i just throw in the unattended install cd, all apps/settings/etc are installed w/ no probs.

Hey, on the topic of bitmap fonts, do either of you two know of an app that will convert a ttf to a fon? I did it for plastic once, but I can't find the app I used...

[EDIT] I'm definitely up for getting together on IRC, it's been too long.
 
22 Mar. 2006 - 17:46 plastic
Huh, I wasn't aware the irc channel was even there anymore ?.. would be nice ;).
 
23 Mar. 2006 - 01:56 schminimalischt
Hi beaker! Glad to hear you're taking care of the kids. Hmm, i know i've used a ttf-fon converter for 16bit win, don't remember if it's a win16 or win32 app though. I'll see what i can dig up, but i'm in a bit of a rush atm. I'll see what i can find.

plastic, i thought the channel was there, but maybe not? I was idling on it for a while, but later when i try again, i get auto disconnected. Must have been a fluke.
 
23 Mar. 2006 - 08:04 WinT
schmin... my current email addy is:

wint at mississippi dot net

If you use the wint at virtualplastic dot net address, it goes to that one, which spammers use ALL the damn time! lol I get all sorts of stuff from that address.

Anyway, if we have no IRC room, we can just simply all get on at once, then just create a room, should do the trick I'de think, though I was unaware of the ModSpot room going down, my fault for not visiting enough.

Real life just sucks the life out of you ya know? hehe... I get online, check Customize.org, VP, etc... and then usually sign off and watch a movie or something.

I don't customize as much as I used to either, though I do still do it, I just need that little inspiration, which is getting harder and harder to find.

I found some good NEW walls on Customize.org tonight though, and maybe one of them will inspire me to redo my top, as I'm still using the same "Nano" theme from my last shot.

And hey, since you love my font so much, it's Kroeger 05_55, go get it schmin, you'll love it! lol Be sure to put it at size 6 too! hehe

Anyway, it's good to be communicating again, with all of you for that matter, and hopefully, we can meet "live" real soon.

Take care :)
 
28 Mar. 2006 - 12:31 schminimalischt
WinT, do you have hotmail accounts marked as junk-mail?
 
29 Mar. 2006 - 09:29 WinT
schmin... recieved your email, reply on the way my friend :)
 
04 Apr. 2006 - 15:57 schminimalischt
beaker, sorry for late reply, just got home from spring break 2 days ago. I don't remember what i used, but could be an older, freeware version of this:
http://www.pyrus.com/Font_Converter/FONmaker/Download-or-Purchase-FONmaker/
 
04 Apr. 2006 - 22:21 beaker
Thanks for the follow-up, schmin. I've looked and can't find a freeware version hosted anywhere on the web :( Oh well...
 
07 Jun. 2006 - 08:44 vvraith
Hey schmin... am i completely missing something obvious? How did you get Firefox's nav bar onto the same row as "File Edit" etc? That extra 20something pixels equals a couple lines of text my lazy butt doesnt have to scroll for ha ha
 
07 Jun. 2006 - 19:04 henrik
Wvraith: Right click on the background of the icons (or somewhere around it) and select customize... then drag the nav bar to the same row as file/edit.... Click done and then View/Toolbars/Bookmarks toolbar to hide the empty toolbar. TaDa! :)
 
09 Jun. 2006 - 06:01 vvraith
:D thanks!
 
28 Nov. 2006 - 03:10 seanathanjones
you can send me that background if you want

haha

serious though
 
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