Our story so far... In Winter of 2007, Stardock released the first expansion pack to Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (GalCiv II). This expansion pack was called Galactic Civilizations: Dark Avatar. It expanded the game play of GalCiv II by adding special planetary environments, asteroid fields, advanced espionage, user-designed opponents, more ship components, and much more. Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar went on to be one of the highest rated PC games of 2007 and was award...
GameSpy has awarded Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar with its coveted expansion pack of the yeard award and rated it as the 4th top overall PC game of 2007 (just behind BioShock). Go here to read more about it.
Next-generation MyColors is almost ready for mass distribution.
Click on this thumbnail and take a very close look at the title bar and borders. See how they alpha blend into the desktop so nicely? And the snow doesn't seem like it repeats. Did I mention I love this skin? Plus, look at the IE controls.
It's almost time to start talking about what's happening with Object Desktop in 2008. 2008 will be the single biggest change to the product since its release. Here are some highlights: Two versions In 2008 there will be two editions of Object Desktop: Object Desktop normal which will remain $49.95 and it will include: Object Desktop LaunchPad WindowBlinds IconPackager DeskScapes DesktopX SoundPackager Theme Manager MyColors with 3 premium themes included ...
I'm out of touch. I didn't get my hands on Winter Wonderland until very recently and I'm in love. What a fantastic theme that is so complete. My desktop Look closely at how the toolbar is skinned. See how it's irregularly shaped and blends in? Internet Explorer 7 skinning. This snow man is animated and so are the snow flakes and the lights shine. It's really a cool yet surprisingly subtle effect. The icons are exquisite. And it...
If you don't have the Winter Wonderland premium suite, now is the time to get it! You get it FREE with the purchase of any MyColors theme. Visit http://mycolors.stardock.com . You can also get it by buying a premium suite as well which you can look for here at http://themes.stardock.com .
Remember on Windows XP when there's be arguments over who was faster? Msstyles or WindowBlinds? In the Windows Vista era, such arguments seem almost quaint as the massive performance advantage of WindowBlinds over Aero is undeniable. Where it really shows up is in resizing windows. Winter Wonderland MyColors theme Try it for yourself. If you have Windows Vista, load up Aero, open up any program (the more complex, the better) and resize it with the default Aero. Then load up...
The biggest reason the left and the right of American politics fight on issues of social policy has to do with the diverging views of what the role of the federal government is. To the right, the federal government is analogous to a neighborhood association (NA). In a NA, the residents get together and vote on common rules for everyone to follow as well as an association fee that each neighbor has to pay in to the general fund to pay for things such as trash pickup, snow removal, lawn car an...
How the federal government of the United States spends tax payer money has changed dramatically since 1960. The priorities of the federal government have shifted from national defense and interstate development to providing a social safety net. At the dawn of the 60s, national defense was 52% of our expenses. Social security and Medicare and Health were relatively small. A relatively new category of spending called "inc...
When my company was smaller and struggling, I drove a very modest car. Nothing is a bigger obstacle to success than consumerism. People who squander precious resources on consumables are their own worst enemy. But in the past few years, as the company has become increasingly successful, I have increased the budget on what consumables I purchase. My attitude hasn't changed, I actually spend a smaller percentage of my income on consumables than I used to. It's simply an increase in consumption ...
In the beginning they were one race. And they really are still one race. But the seeds for the discord between the two factions of the Arnor came in their creation. One group of the Arnor were created with the ability to perceive time. Their creator considered them superior in believing that the perception of time passing is a key to self-awareness and thus full sentience. The other group was created without a sense of time perception. It was thought that this group would e...
The Precursors were the first sentient species. They didn't call themselves Precursors naturally. They called themselves Arnor. They didn't evolve. They were made. Religion and myth have clouded the specifics of the very beginning. What we have learned (i.e. according to Precursor artifacts that have been found and translated) is that there were once 5 "guardians of the universe" who were sent to ensure that life would come to exist in the universe when the proper time came. Where they came is ...