Why I am not a good Community member.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 by CountryYokel | Discussion: Community
When I started skinning, I uploaded my first skin in November 2007, I read that WinCustomize did not want members just to submit skins but to be good a community members & participate in the forums etc. Unfortunately I suffer from a very rare metabolic disorder that prevents my muscles from producing energy which results in a severe fatigue problem, (& a lot of pain) that knocks my brain & memory completely out of gear, the brain apparently takes a lot of energy to run. Because my condition is progressive it is affecting my writing skills (my spell checker is beeping almost continuously) & accentuates my fatigue problems to such extent that I am no use to man or beast, which accounts for my rare appearances in the forums virtually non-existent.
You may wonder how I manage to skin, with the help of Stardock Virtual Desktops I open my last blind (I only skin WindowBlinds) in SkinStudio on one desktop so that I can see what I did before with one mouse click. I then work on another desktop for my new skin, I open images from my previous skin in Gimp & duplicate them which immediately gives me a template for my new image & I do not have to concentrate too much on pixel sizes which would increase the fatigue problem.
I have thought a long time about writing this, I am not looking for sympathy with this post, just stating facts, but felt I should let you know why I do not participate on the forums. When I found WinCustomise (2005) I was a lot fitter than I am today & I am so thankful I decided to have a go at skinning, it has now become a big part of my life, I feel I would be climbing the walls by now as my life has become more & more restricted by this illness.
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Reply #21 Monday, May 18, 2009 7:11 PM
Thanks for posting, my friend. I'm so glad I was able to contribute something useful to you, Nick!
Karmat: Thanks!