Summer has just started so there's plenty of time still left in the year. But why wait until the end of the year to start giving props to some of the coolest new stuff that's come out this year already?
Check out this article for the 5 coolest things (and Digg it if you like it).
| I don't know about you but I hate having to wait until the end of the year to read those "best of" lists. This is doubly true because those lists almost always favor things released near the end of the year. Well, we're half-way through 2007 already and so here's our list of the top 5 coolest things we've seen so far this year! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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http://theprogrammingblog.com/jokes/things-computers-can-do-in-movies/ (scroll down)
http://www.physorg.com/news82299918.html (air showers)
http://consumerist.com/consumer/cable/itunes--netflix--cancel-cable-231216.php (Do we still need cable?)
http://extreme-geek.blogspot.com/2006/11/fire-starter-flashlight.html (fire starter flash light)
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/31/powder_turns_bathwat.html (mmm.. slime)
Here are some interesting articles I've found from around the net.
Famous women and their aging process... (Oooh, no wonder men like younger women..<ducks>)
Worst website service names (Who comes up with these website names?)
Ridiculous overseas ripoffs of American films (You have got to see this, oh..my..god, particularly the Palestinian version of Mickey Mouse "Let's annihilate the jews")
Worst Mother (throws baby)
Object Desktop users are scheduled to get the first betas of WindowBlinds 6 and SkinStudio 6 NEXT WEEK! It will become very clear soon that these are no minor updates but rather the result of many months of development time. Check out the article linked below to get a glimpse at the upcoming SkinStudio 6. SkinStudio is a program that allows users to create visual styles for Windows XP and Windows Vista. These visual styles are applied by the popular GUI skinning program, WindowBlinds. A fully complete visual style will change the title bars, borders, push buttons, scrollbars, Start bar, Start menu, and virtually every other part of the Windows GUI.
SkinStudio 6 represents a complete rewrite of previous versions of SkinStudio. The new version is designed to make it much easier for new users to get into skinning. Skinners can change as much or little of the GUI as they choose and SkinStudio will fill in the rest for them. A new skin can take a matter of minutes or weeks depending on how sophisticated the skin is.
The new interface of SkinStudio
The old interface of SkinStudio
SkinStudio 6 takes on a much more task-oriented design. Rather than the user being overwhelmed with information by seeing all elements of the visual style at once, SkinStudio 6 instead takes the user step by step through the skin.
Each element shows either (or both) a Windows XP logo or a Windows Vista logo to let the skin author know which features are supported under which operating system. Moreover, when editing a particular element, the interface is clean and to the point.
What can and can't be changed is very straight forward.
Moreover, each section will be tied to a particular part of the SkinStudio portion of the Customization Wiki. In this way, users can instantly get help making skins from not just Stardock but the entire skinning community.
Editing the IE7 tabs & Vista Controls
SkinStudio 6 is being designed with the upcoming WindowBlinds 6 in mind. All the new Windows Vista controls, Internet Explorer 7 controls and more will be easily editable. No more trying to figure out how to support the latest/greatest features.
Elements available to be skinned are now easily accessible
One of the most common complaints about WindowBlinds skins is that many skins didn't support many of the features. This was often because the previous SkinStudio was designed at at time when WindowBlinds was much simpler and as more features were added, the newer features began to get buried in the UI. The new SkinStudio design makes these new features much more accessible.
Because SkinStudio 6 is such a radical departure from the existing SkinStudio design, we are going to need a lot of feedback on this. SkinStudio 6 will be available in beta form on Object Desktop on July 18th (2007).
If you visit http://www.i-mod-productions.com/ you can find a hub of activity on all kinds of fantaastic mods to Galactic Civilizations II.
I-Mod Productions has created custom mods such as:
So head on over there if you're interested in learning about modding GalCiv or getting mods.
To say my boys are comfortable around bees is an understatement. It probably helps that they are largely immune to them.
My youngest son got a good lesson on the difference between domesticated bees and feral bees (and a healthier respect of bees in general) after getting stung by a feral bee (after the pic of the bee on his ear). He had gotten into the habit of picking up worker bees (which can sting) and letting them crawl on him. Our bees are pretty docile but he tried to do it with a random feral bee (darker colored bee) and it immediately stung him on his hand. So I don't think he'll be picking up bees (feral or otherwise) again which is a good thing.
None of us have gotten stung from our bees and as the hives get larger and more protective, we'll have to start wearing veils more around them. I always smoke the bees if I'm opening them up to keep them calm.
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Just got back from up north at our new cottage. With pictures to prove it!
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