mrbiotech

I've recently learned that DeviantArt's founder, Jark, was fired from DeviantArt without explanation and as discretely as possible.  I've also seen screenshots of threads here that were removed because Jark or others had expressed their concerns.Personally, Jark has been an ally at many different times in my hobby of skinning, either through comment, suggestion, or by selecting one of my skins as a featured piece.  His contributions to the digital art and skinning communities are immeasurable and of lasting effect in supporting budding artists, providing feedback, as well as creating an environment which fostered collaboration, creative th...

At SacRat's honored suggestion, I've implemented a Wiki devoted purely to skinning, and we're looking for skinners and digital artists to contribute to the project....thus, the birth of SkinWikiSkinWiki is an online dictionary of skinning terms, concepts, and skinnable software where every definition, description, and page of information is a collaborative effort contributed by users in the community.The goals of SkinWiki are to reference skinnable software, the individual skinnable elements within the software, and any tools, tips or tricks that can be employed to facilitate the Skinning/Theming process.  To facilitate these goals we've p...

Just some random thoughts after the holidays...I was one of the poor souls trapped by Comair/Delta's crashed flight booking system over the holidays.  Interesting experience.  I was flying to North Carolina from Utah via Cincinnatti, Ohio.  My layover flight was only delayed by 6 hours, in contrast to some of the poor people who had been living in the airport for 4 days.  Got lucky and was able to catch the third flight out, once they started flying again.To further complicate things, Delta lost my baggage, which was delivered to me a week after flying in.  You'd be amazed how long you can get one set of clothing to stretch.  At least the ...