<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[adni18.wincustomize.com]]></title><link>http://adni18.wincustomize.com/</link><description>Download free Skins for ICQ and WinAmp, Windows desktop themes, WindowBlinds, DesktopX and More!</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:47:25 -0500</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:47:25 -0500</lastBuildDate><generator>Carbon RSS Manager http://www.shellscape.org/</generator><managingEditor></managingEditor><webMaster>pford@stardock.com</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Skinning Competition at Skinbase]]></title><link>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=98219</link> <description><![CDATA[ 



Upload any winter themed work from 18 Jan - 5 Feb and participate in our Winter Competition at Skinbase.  
Winter themed works are: skins, wallpapers, photos etc with subject a heavy winter. 
The rules are simple, just submit your hard work(s) with a winter subject    (no Christmas Holidays themed works)


The prizes for the winners are:


1st prize: 1 year free webhosting (100mb quota, ftp access, own domain or skintech.org subdomain, php)
2nd prize: 30$ gift certificate on Amazon.com (You can buy anything you want from amazon.com)
3rd prize: email account at skinbase.org


The winners will be announced at the 6th of Feb, 2006

All participations are very welcome!

Good luck! ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:25:49 -0500</pubDate><comments>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=98219</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">0af31409-5580-49cd-8d48-d97466969008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Skinning Competition at Skinbase]]></title><link>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=98218</link> <description><![CDATA[ 



Upload any winter themed work from 18 Jan - 5 Feb and participate in our Winter Competition at Skinbase.  
Winter themed works are: skins, wallpapers, photos etc with subject a heavy winter. 
The rules are simple, just submit your hard work(s) with a winter subject   

The prizes for the winners are:


1st prize: 1 year free webhosting (100mb quota, ftp access, own domain or skintech.org subdomain, php)
2nd prize: 30$ gift certificate on Amazon.com (You can buy anything you want from amazon.com)
3rd prize: email account at skinbase.org


The winners will be announced at the 6th of Feb, 2006

All participations are very welcome!

Good luck! ]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:16:44 -0500</pubDate><comments>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=98218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">3477e120-9c26-4b6c-bb59-c5fd17c33959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Years of Fun on SkinBase]]></title><link>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=86116</link> <description><![CDATA[ 
		
		Skinbase is celebrating the 5th anniversary at the skinning community.
		Skinbase administration would like to take this opportunity and thank everyone for their support over the last year, we had increases in traffic and improvements in the code. But it's mostly the members with their submissions and participation that have contributed to our success. We look forward to even better year ahead thanks to our excellent crew and your further participation.
		Thank you WinCustomize for your support and Happy Birthday Skinbase.
		The party has began, you are all invited, don't miss it ;)

		
		http://www.skinbase.org]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:43:52 -0500</pubDate><comments>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=86116</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">018646c4-fcdc-4d77-b82d-a1d92edda04a</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DESIDERATA]]></title><link>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=32044</link> <description><![CDATA[Go placidly amid the noise and haste, 
and remember what peace there may be in silence. 
As far as possible without surrender 
be on good terms with all persons. 
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; 
and listen to others, 
even the dull and the ignorant; 
they too have their story.  
 
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, 
they are vexations to the spirit. 
If you compare yourself with others, 
you may become vain and bitter; 
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. 
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.  
 

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;  
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.  
Exercise caution in your business affairs;  
for the world is full of trickery. 
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; 
many persons strive for high ideals; 
and everywhere life is full of heroism.  
 

Be yourself. 
Especially, do not feign affection. 
Neither be cynical about love; 
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment 
it is as perennial as the grass.  


Take kindly the counsel of the years, 
gracefully surrendering the things of youth. 
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. 
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. 
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. 
Beyond a wholesome discipline, 
be gentle with yourself.  
 

You are a child of the universe, 
no less than the trees and the stars; 
you have a right to be here. 
And whether or not it is clear to you, 
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.  

 
Therefore be at peace with God, 
whatever you conceive Him to be, 
and whatever your labors and aspirations, 
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.  
 

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, 
it is still a beautiful world. 
Be cheerful. 
Strive to be happy.  


]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:35:01 -0500</pubDate><comments>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=32044</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c2afd837-ca4b-4bfa-91cf-2f4396b9c437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When does Copyright Protection begin, and what is required? ]]></title><link>http://www.wincustomize.com/articles.aspx?aid=37220</link> <description><![CDATA[When does Copyright Protection begin, and what is required? 

Copyright protection begins when any of the above described work is actually created and fixed in a tangible form. If you write a poem, your copyright over that poem begins as soon as you set it in tangible form by writing the poem down on paper. Your copyright does not begin when you register it. It began when you wrote the poem on paper. Registering a copyright is just taking the protection a step further so as to leave no room for doubt that one is the creator of a work. My brother is a poet and musician. When he writes a new lyric, he immediately prints it out on paper, signs his name at the bottom with the ?? symbol to establish himself as the author, places it in an envelope and mails it to himself without opening it. His copyright begins when he prints it out on paper and sets his lyric in a tangible form. He creates proof as soon as he mails it to himself - the postmark establishes the date of creation. He then registers his copyright to further establish himself as the author, and because he happens to live in the United States and that is required for him to be able to sue for monetary damages. However, if somebody copies his lyric without permission before his copyright is registered, he still has the right to assert his copyright claim. The same applies to digital art and graphics...open a gif or jpg file that you created and look at the properties. It states the date that you saved it to your hard drive as the date of creation. If somebody copies a graphic from your web site I assure you that the date of creation on your copy of the file is earlier than the copy taken off your web site. Still doesn't feel safe enough to you? How about saving everything to a floppy and mailing it to yourself via certified mail? Keep the envelope sealed, wrap it in protective plastic and stash it in a safe place. 

Somebody once asked if it was "illegal" to place the copyright ?? symbol next to your name if you have not registered your copyright. Unless you have stolen the work from somebody else and you are not the true author of the work, it is not illegal to place the copyright ?? symbol next to your name - it is your right to do so. 

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