Two Shades of Classic

Gather around everyone! I’m about to tell you a story!

Not long ago, I, the admin of this blog, once knew nothing about computers. NOTHING!

My computing journey began when my dad finished setting up the new desktop we had in our house. It was an Acer (not too sure) and it was standard at the time. The computer was just a rising star in the world and we needed one for school and work. It had Windows XP on it. The famous green hills background was on it and so was the green Start logo button and the blue taskbar.

Of course, I didn’t know how to use it, so I had to watch my father fiddle with this in that. At some point, he allowed me to use it (game with it, at least). I started playing those computer games that the computer had: 3D Pinball and Minesweeper.

Then, one day, my mom brought me to her workplace told me to go play on one of the computer while she took care of things. I got to play this old FPS game that lets you play as a sniper. I can’t remember the name, but the weird thing was that it was on Windows 2000. I t was an old, terrible graphics video game, and it was on Windows 2000! Back then I didn’t know that it was older compared to XP.

I really liked the look of Windows 2000. I’m impressed because it had that nice box shape for the windows, a two colour theme (blue and grey) and was running fairly well, considering I was playing a video game on it.

I guess that’s how I fell in love with the theme of Windows Classic. Our friend, tPenguinLTG (a BIG fan of Windows Classic), sent me Classic theme. When I had time, I tweaked and modified it to my liking and preferences. Now it looks like a nice Windows Classic theme: simple and elegant, yet tickles you with nostalgia.

If you’d like to download and try the theme, here it is:

Two Shades of Classic

“Two Shades of Classic” revives the old Windows Classic theme with a modernized look.

WARNING: This will not work for Windows 8! This is specifically made for Windows 7 users.

The theme consists of modifications to the taskbar and the colour scheme. It has only two colour schemes: grey and darker grey. You may tweak the theme as you wish.

Keep Chewing!

Reviving My Old Gadgets

After summer cleaning my house, I found a few gems that I used to love when I was about as young as a tadpole.

Well, not really.

I found my old Canon PowerShot A400 camera that only had 3.2 megapixels! It’s a dinosaur, The last time I used it was in our 2013 Vacation Bible School, but the last last time I used it was 3 years back, before I had my Nikon CoolPix camera. Anyways, long story short, I found this old bulk of junk (it still works fine, except for the clock battery) and I plan to use it as a backup camera when all else fails.

Also, I found my old iPod 5th Generation (yes, I have one for music purposes only). The only reason I bought that was for the high quality camera and basic music listening. Everything else was a hassle. iTunes is bloated and a crazy source hog and well, it’s Apple. Enough said.

I plan to revive these two gadgets. The iPod Nano is still useful for playing music. Ever since I got my phone, that’s what I’ve been using as an MP3 player. The bad thing about it is that it dies out easily because we use it as an MP3 player for long trips. That will most likely be the use for this: a car ride MP3 player!

Sometimes, the oldest of things can still give out a little juice. Finding ways to reuse them is a great thing, because not only does it help the environment, it also helps us realize that everything is useful, in one way or another.

Keep Chewing!