Is this an addiction?
Can't stop
Thursday, July 21, 2005 by Chasbo | Discussion: OS Customization
I can't stop going to Wincustomize. I change my desktops almost everyday. I am constantly experimenting with skins old and new. What gives? Is this an addiction? My wife says it's legal crack! 
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47songs
Reply #42 Sunday, August 7, 2005 10:20 PM
Reply #42 Sunday, August 7, 2005 10:20 PM
He or SHE? Hehe! HE!! And he questions nothing, as long as I deliver! 
...with or without the laptop!
...with or without the laptop!
RogerCale
Reply #44 Monday, August 8, 2005 8:29 AM
Reply #44 Monday, August 8, 2005 8:29 AM
On the wall behind our bed, I have a picture pinned up there that I look at during, thinking; dreaming about, It's the Dell D510 and is an affordable, lightweight notebook with long battery life that provides the essential features. I remember of the old days when I thought of nothing but my wifes long slinder legs and soft thighs, but now it's the long battery life of the D510 and to undress it and dress it with WC skins. Dr. Wardell can you help me please, I am a WC Addict and need help.
SirRawlins
Reply #45 Monday, August 8, 2005 9:19 AM
Reply #45 Monday, August 8, 2005 9:19 AM
Hmm .... i'm new! ... and the problem is! ... they let you sign up for FREE! and then your hooked, but if you want the really good applications, they make you pay for it!
And you spend so much time here, you loose your job, and then you have no money, so you have to steel just to get your next widget!
Help!
And you spend so much time here, you loose your job, and then you have no money, so you have to steel just to get your next widget!
Help!
_TAPPER_
Reply #47 Monday, August 8, 2005 3:39 PM
You waited to send the email....right??
Reply #47 Monday, August 8, 2005 3:39 PM
| but I have on occation thought of someone I forgot to email that day, "during!" |
You waited to send the email....right??
starkers
Reply #48 Monday, August 8, 2005 7:28 PM
Reply #48 Monday, August 8, 2005 7:28 PM
In putting all jokes aside, I come to WC for the enjoyment, and because my enjoyment level is so high, I spend alot of time here. Being that I'm rather incapacitated due to arthritis, I don't get out alot anymore, so I need to occupy my mind and time with something more entertaining and interactive than watching TV. If I'm not here, I dabble on the computer in various ways and have begun to teach myself to use things like Paintshop Pro 5.5 and Skinstudio. I'm far from producing anything of note as yet, but who knows, maybe one day.... So for me, it's all about the satisfaction and enjoyment, while expanding my horizons at the same time....before my first computer a bit over 2 years ago, I never gave a thought to any form of graphic art or its appreciation, and now I'm TRYING to create some, RATHER SLOWLY. Yep, it's definitely pleasure and enjoyment over obsession and/or addiction, don't ya think?
artweasloh
Reply #49 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 6:45 AM
Reply #49 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 6:45 AM
Mr. Webster defines:
Addiction as - a compulsive, psychological and physiological dependence towards something...
and
Passion as - an eager outreaching of the mind towards some special object such as art, etc.
Passion is more rooted to a person's being:
While addiction can be (ahem)"rehabilitated"; passion can not. Wincustomize certainly is a passion for those who love art. While we call skinners as "artists", we should not forget that end-users of skins are also artist in their own way. Combining the works of skinners, arranging them them in the desktop, and making them functionally smooth, is a form of art itself. It is their passion, their desire to have a better desktop experience that drives them to visit Wincustomize as often as possible. It becomes rooted in their person. A person derives pleasure, enjoyment and fulfillment when he indulges in his passion. It makes him better.
Addiction as - a compulsive, psychological and physiological dependence towards something...
and
Passion as - an eager outreaching of the mind towards some special object such as art, etc.
Passion is more rooted to a person's being:
While addiction can be (ahem)"rehabilitated"; passion can not. Wincustomize certainly is a passion for those who love art. While we call skinners as "artists", we should not forget that end-users of skins are also artist in their own way. Combining the works of skinners, arranging them them in the desktop, and making them functionally smooth, is a form of art itself. It is their passion, their desire to have a better desktop experience that drives them to visit Wincustomize as often as possible. It becomes rooted in their person. A person derives pleasure, enjoyment and fulfillment when he indulges in his passion. It makes him better.
RogerCale
Reply #50 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 8:06 AM
Reply #50 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 8:06 AM
Boy didn't this turn real serious all of a sudden!
Fairyy~
Reply #51 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 9:01 AM
Certainly beats watching TV. I cant imagine watching Soap Operas
Reply #51 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 9:01 AM
| Yep, it's definitely pleasure and enjoyment over obsession and/or addiction, don't ya think? |
Certainly beats watching TV. I cant imagine watching Soap Operas
Stupendous Man
Reply #52 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 12:27 PM
Hey, addiction is a serious business. I know when I've spent too much time here I get in SERIOUS trouble with the Mrs. And yet I keep coing back for more. Does that make me a masichist?
Reply #52 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 12:27 PM
| Boy didn't this turn real serious all of a sudden! |
Hey, addiction is a serious business. I know when I've spent too much time here I get in SERIOUS trouble with the Mrs. And yet I keep coing back for more. Does that make me a masichist?
starkers
Reply #53 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:44 PM
Yup, all wore out frum a gig at der standup club.....cain't be funny all da time
Truth is, my time here at WC has given the wife a real stern look right now ( like she got beat with a misery stick) and I'm just too scared to be funny. Heaven forbid I get her to crack a smile a ruin a perfectly good temper tantrum
Reply #53 Tuesday, August 9, 2005 2:44 PM
| Boy didn't this turn real serious all of a sudden! |
Yup, all wore out frum a gig at der standup club.....cain't be funny all da time
Truth is, my time here at WC has given the wife a real stern look right now ( like she got beat with a misery stick) and I'm just too scared to be funny. Heaven forbid I get her to crack a smile a ruin a perfectly good temper tantrum
artweasloh
Reply #54 Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:33 AM
Reply #54 Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:33 AM
yeah. it did turn serious! LOL!!!
Repeat after me: PASSION!
Repeat after me: PASSION!
Stupendous Man
Reply #55 Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:41 PM
Starkers, my wife sometimes has that same stern look, and it's like Kryptonite to Stupendous Man. I'm faster than a T1 connection, able to leap 21-inch LCD monitors in a single bound, more powerful than a 3GHz processor. It's a bird, it's a plane, no! It's Stupendous Man! But that stern look? It's the one thing I have no power against. BTW, I just come back when she's not looking!
Reply #55 Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:41 PM
| Truth is, my time here at WC has given the wife a real stern look |
Starkers, my wife sometimes has that same stern look, and it's like Kryptonite to Stupendous Man. I'm faster than a T1 connection, able to leap 21-inch LCD monitors in a single bound, more powerful than a 3GHz processor. It's a bird, it's a plane, no! It's Stupendous Man! But that stern look? It's the one thing I have no power against. BTW, I just come back when she's not looking!
killajosh
Reply #57 Monday, November 19, 2007 3:30 PM
Reply #57 Monday, November 19, 2007 3:30 PM
Run by Brad, I imagine.... 
If I go, do I have to unhook the I.V. that runs from my right arm to a USB port?
If I go, do I have to unhook the I.V. that runs from my right arm to a USB port?
Sosiosh
Reply #58 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:41 PM
Reply #58 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:41 PM
Yes, but, you can opt to use the little pole with wheels and a wireless port
killajosh
Reply #59 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:46 PM
Reply #59 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:46 PM
Oh good. I was afraid I might have to go the catheter route. 
Sosiosh
Reply #60 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:49 PM
Reply #60 Monday, November 19, 2007 4:49 PM
Not at all... a few weeks at boot camp any you'll be... uummm...
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Reply #41 Sunday, August 7, 2005 10:18 PM
Hope the other half doesn't see this. He (or she) might question their ability to please. Or maybe this skinning thing is just a stronger urge. .....naaaaahhh!