I will be taking the time over the next few days to put pictures and a couple of videos back online, will add the links in a couple of days. Have several recent shots of the kids to put up. Check back later this week.
rmiles7721
1st Post
Just testing this out to see if it worked. Has been awhile since shadowland was publically available, not sure if it will remain that way or go back to being private or not.
The BBS is NOT online. Still have everything archived, but I just do not have the time currently to get it going right now. Possibly during my vacation next week.
Windowblinds
Windowblinds
Windowblinds allows you to skin window borders, buttons, the task bar and Start button, and soon, scroll bars, tabs, and progress bars.
You can download Windowblinds and some skins at Windowblinds home page or from my bbs. There are also several links to skins sites on the links page. Soon I will be putting my skinz archive online along with my own skins, and you will be able to post your own.
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Shadowscope Radio
I am carrying a shoutcast feed for those of you weird enough to be interested. Mostly Heavy Metal, but their may be a few surprises in there for you. You can access is at http://shadowscope.com:8000
In order to conserve bandwidth (I am only on DSL for now)I have limited it to 5 connections (one of which I am probably using as we speak). If you time out or get errors, it is at the limit.
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Pages
Most of the links and pages will NOT work for a couple of days as I swap everything around.
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Web page is up!!!
Hoo Haa. Finally have my server back online.
I will begin posting shell updates again very soon. I am in the process of redoing the entire site, as I am hosting several domains now and a couple of users web sites
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Test
This is basically just a test to see if it works.
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Litestep
This review of Litestep blatantly stolen from Floach’s Site.
Perhaps more than any other shell replacement, LiteStep galvanized the shell scene, pushing it to where it is today. Despite its age (LiteStep is the second oldest shell replacement, the first being OpenView), it still maintains its lead as one of the most popular – and most feature-rich – shell replacements available.
LiteStep’s Wharf. LiteStep was originally coded by Francis Gastellu (LoneRunner) in an attempt to clone the look and feel of AfterStep, a window manager for the X Windowing system on Unix machines. The first (private) beta of LiteStep – then called SimpleStep – was released to testers on December 14, 1997. Over the next four months, LiteStep would evolve into a program that would capture the attention and hearts of an ever increasing number of users. Not only did LiteStep appeal to users interested in the customizablilty of Unix machines running X, it likewise appealed to Unix users who, for one reason or another, were forced to use Windows machines on a daily basis.
Like AfterStep, LiteStep consists of a few key features:
LiteStep’s Popup.
- A Wharf toolbar, useful for launching applications, as well as running modules.
- A Popup Menu, accessed by right-clicking on the desktop. Gives fast access to your most-used programs.
- Modules. Modules are miniature applications that run – in conjunction with LiteStep – to provide the features of LiteStep or perform other useful tasks: such a clock, a monitor for system resources, a remote interface for WinAmp or K-jöfol, even games.
- Desktop shortcuts that are much more configurable that Windows’s standard shortcuts.
LiteStep’s Shortcuts.
LiteStep was released to the public on March 25, 1998. Francis, though extremely busy, continued his coding efforts on LiteStep for the next three months. However, it was time for Francis to move on, so he released the source code to LiteStep under the GNU Public Licence; almost immediately, a group of coders pulled together to continue developing LiteStep as a free, stable alternative to Microsoft’s default shell, explorer.exe. Currently, the LSDEV team maintains LiteStep, and it remains in active development. For the latest LSDEV news, visit LSDEV, the site that always has the most up-to-date news with what’s going on with LiteStep.
Why should I use LiteStep?
-If you come from the Linux world and are used to AfterSTEP.
-If having multiple desktops would make your work easier.
-If you dislike Microsoft’s shell or find it eats too much memory, CPU, and that it is not always stable.
-If the look and feel of your desktop is important to you.
-If you like to have something different from your friends.
-Just to try a cool & stable alternative to Microsoft’s shell.
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Useful Skinning Links
Here are some useful links.
shell home pages
3dtop darkstep e-sense europa evwm geoshell icesphereliteshell litestep macvision outsider99 reveal serenade sharpos talisman
News Sites:
floach.pimpin.net
chunkymunky.com
litestep.net
modulo
geoshell.com
shellscape
lsweekly
Tin Omen
Other Shell Links:
Litestep Portal
Ledfoot’s Litestep Lair
The Gateway (Codename2 themes & modules
How to install Litestep on Windows NT
Litestep Anime Themes
themez.net
Shell Scene Archive
Litestep Modules & Utils:
Ender’s site (easycuts)
LSTweaker
Litestep Theme Maker’s Reference Guide
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11-28 News
WOW, lot’s of stuff today. I worked most of the day, so I missed a lot of stuff in my email this morning.
Head on over to elebbs.com if you are into the BBS scene. There has been a new public release of EleBBS 0.06.g1, as well as beta releases of EleWEB, the web interface for elebbs, and a beta release of EleBBS linux. If you are interested in beta testing any of the private releases, send the author an email from his site and let him know. EleBBS for Linux should be fairly stable now and worth it to check out. You can also visit one of the mirror sites at pcmicro.com.
EleBBS is a RemoteAccess compatible BBS program. Basically that means that most of the utils useable with RA (also still being developed) will work with EleBBS.
There are two new mailing lists having to do with the shell replacement for Windows. Get some more info at darkstep.com.
litestep.net appears to be back online. Since it is hosted on the same server as FPN and Tin Toys, I have to assume that they are both back up as well. Once I visit, I will let you know if they are not. Yep, they are up, not much in the way of news yet though.
Liteshell now has a discussion/wwwboard up for discussion of, what else?, Liteshell. You can visit it here.
Verona Desktop Enhancer 0.4 has been released with a whole bunch pf updates. If you don’t know what VDE is you can get more info and download from vde.pair.com
Found this little tidbit over at skinz.org:
The website of Stardocks’ WindowBlinds, a popular windows changer program, now accepts direct uploads of WindowBlinds skins. To submit your skins visit their new upload area and follow the instructions. This will allow you to have your skin posted on the WindowBlinds homepage, but don’t forget to post them here too for all the skinz.org viewers!
New email address if you want to send comments to me concerning the site, or any relevant news. dethnite@darkstep.com