http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Apitkon deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:pitkon en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Fri, 24 May 2013 04:43:22 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/What-Is-Blackbox-And-Why-Should-I-Get-It-285048280 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/What-Is-Blackbox-And-Why-Should-I-Get-It-285048280 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:49:43 PST What Is Blackbox And Why Should I Get It? nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2012-2013 ~pitkon Well, Blackbox is a shell for Windows or a window manager for Linux, the styles (themes) being interchangeable between the two platforms, something unique in computing. In this essay I will only talk about the Windows flavor, since it's much more flexible than its Linux counterpar ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Developers-Needed-259142820 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Developers-Needed-259142820 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:13:30 PDT Developers Needed! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2011-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-yet-again-220061338 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-yet-again-220061338 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:47:10 PDT Back yet again? nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2011-2013 ~pitkon Some of my old deviant friends are still here and I want to thank them for thinking of me. I wa ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-Again-242020317 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-Again-242020317 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:10:08 PDT Back. Again! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2006-2013 ~pitkon I wish to thank everyone who e-mailed or noted me during my absence, and to wish everyone a great winter.
I have authored some 50 new styles, most of them based on works by various deviants; I hope they will forgive me for the delay, but what can I say? It happens.
All new styles are based on the latest BBLean Mod by nocd5, which will be included in all my future styles with nocd5's permission, so users will take advantage of the new style features.
A fist ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/New-Sidebar-and-BBInterface-250428449 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/New-Sidebar-and-BBInterface-250428449 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:33:30 PDT New Sidebar and BBInterface! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2006-2013 ~pitkon Included in the zip is also my new sidebar-bbi elements package that may adorn your desktop or hurt your eyes, depending on your taste... :) As usual, if you need any help feel free to comment, note or e-mail me... Get the new sidebar and the latest BBInterface build from here: ht ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Life-242575324 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Life-242575324 Fri, 26 May 2006 02:46:37 PDT Back To Life... nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2006-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Life-242575326 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Life-242575326 Fri, 26 May 2006 02:46:10 PDT Back To Life... nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2006-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-249742179 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-New-Year-249742179 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 02:59:00 PST Happy New Year! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2006-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Business-249255647 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Back-To-Business-249255647 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:03:15 PDT Back To Business :) nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon horses to drag me away... lol. I hope you all had a great time too!
I have some thousands of deviations to look at, and knowing I will never find the time to go through this, I will regretfully delete them and start anew... I will also continue on the Blackbox Bible, but since there is a truckfull of work waiting for me, can't say for sure when it will be (finally) finished. Please bear with me.
It's really nice to be back, among friends. Have a great winter, all! ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Vacation-Time-249128265 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Vacation-Time-249128265 Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:03:49 PDT Vacation Time! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon relative sites, of desktop and computer configurations, a history section including facts and interviews with the programmers themselves, from Nivenh to Azathoth to Ironhead to NC-17 to Grischka, plus lots of surprises...
Wish you all a great summer - well ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/The-First-Blackbox-Rock-Opera-is-Out-248958015 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/The-First-Blackbox-Rock-Opera-is-Out-248958015 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:59:14 PDT The First Blackbox Rock Opera is Out! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon More than a year ago, I noticed my friend's Javier Ontiveros (Batoruco) excellent walls for his imaginary rock band, Sparrow, and decided to compliment his work with Blackbox styles. More than a year passed and, finally, 10 styles based on just as many walls of his are finally here, in a package including the first Blackbox Rock Opera… Well, don't expect to hear music or something. This still remains a visual experience, so feel free to add your own fav music while using the styles and the walls on your desktop. Unless, of course, there are deviants ready, willing, and able to add some music to the albums… Then, we may ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/First-Blackbox-Rock-Opera-In-The-Works-248911500 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/First-Blackbox-Rock-Opera-In-The-Works-248911500 Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:26:30 PDT First Blackbox Rock Opera In The Works... nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon The package, among other things, will include:
1) A full Blackbox (BBLean 1.16) installation.
2) Plugins to complete the installation.
3) 10 walls by batoruco
4) 10 styles by me
5) The Sparrows' story to enhance the "rock opera" feel
6) My si ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-And-New-Sidebar-In-One-Package-248821235 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-And-New-Sidebar-In-One-Package-248821235 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:43:25 PDT Blackbox And New Sidebar In One Package! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon Specifically, this package contains:
1) BBLean 1.16 with the permission of its creator, grischka http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/bblean/
2) Six plugins – bbkeys, bbleanbar, bbleanskin, bbinterface with the permission of their creator/developer ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/New-Sidebar-Released-248386139 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/New-Sidebar-Released-248386139 Fri, 11 Feb 2005 01:28:08 PST New Sidebar Released nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon This release marks a new era for me: from now on, most (if not all) of my styles will be complete themes, with sidebars and other elements, including wallpaper, bbinterface scripts, icons, fonts, and various other goodies.
Again, I have ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/BB-Lovers-Ready-to-Score-248294028 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/BB-Lovers-Ready-to-Score-248294028 Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:57:42 PST BB-Lovers Ready to Score! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon When Sascha (Phaeton2k, http://phaeton2k.deviantart.com ) decided to start a page for all of us Blackbox users, it was one of the best things that had happened to the shell, at least as far as deviartart are concerned. He was kind enough to ask me to co-administer the page and, for the past few months, we got our heads together, trying to figure out how to turn this page into something more than a specialist thing, and to help Blackbox users like us on the way.
Well, you are going to see many innovations from now on, but for the time being the focus will be on two distinct and, ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Comeback-248283971 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Comeback-248283971 Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:30:18 PST Comeback nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2005-2013 ~pitkon I was away for too long and decided it was time for a comeback... lol. To make a long story short,last December at the spur of the moment I decided to go on vacations. Was away for about two weeks and had a great time, hope you all had a great time, too!
Coming back, I decided to upgrade my system, which meant another week away - but I am now the proud owner of a next technology box, including a 64 bit processor, 1 GB of memory, a 256 MB grafix card, a 7.1 sound system, a DVD dual layer recorder, a tv/radio card, plus other goodies. One thing I noticed right away was thi ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-III-The-Styles-248056142 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-III-The-Styles-248056142 Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:04:46 PST Blackbox Tutorial - Part III: The Styles nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon
What makes Blackbox so irresistible, besides the fact that it skins every part of your desktop, including focused/unfocused windows (something that only Blackbox can do) is that there are actually over 5,000 styles (themes) for it available on the net - and this number is growing on a daily basis.
You see, Blackbox has a longer history as a Linux window manager, which means that when Blackbox for Windows appeared, at the middle of 2002, the *nix version was out for at least a couple of years and since the styles were interchangeable between the two platforms, there was already a plethora of themes to be used by the Windows users. ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-II-The-Plugins-248010187 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-II-The-Plugins-248010187 Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:17:06 PST Blackbox Tutorial - Part II: The Plugins nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon This is where plugins come in. What started as a minimalistic shell with only two or three plugins, is now a different beast with over 60 plugins and more coming out each week. Plugins are basically little add-ons to the shell that offer many features - u take ur pick. Notice that Blackbox plugi ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-I-The-Shell-247926234 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Blackbox-Tutorial-Part-I-The-Shell-247926234 Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:44:15 PDT Blackbox Tutorial - Part I: The Shell nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon There are 3 parts, so far - The Shell, The Plugins, and The Styles. Knowing me, will probably add more on the way... :D
Have fun and happy Blackboxing!

THE SHELL

OK, I have two sets of instructions for Blackbox - the short one and the loooong one. I am sure most people will read the short one, tho the long one is more detailed and safer. Here we go...

The short one

1) Dowlo ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/I-m-Back-247828892 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/I-m-Back-247828892 Tue, 28 Sep 2004 03:48:18 PDT I'm Back! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon I know I was supposed to be away for about 15 days, but I was having such a good time at vacations that I extended my stay and then there were some other things that needed my attention, so… Well, it's been a long time and I'm back totally refreshed with some new ideas and projects – more later.
I'm really happy to be back among all of u, my friends. Thanx for all the e-mails and notes and comments I got during my absence. I hope u all had a great time during the summer months, too.
I have a few walls left over from July which I will use for some Blackbox styles and then I will be on the lookout for new ones…
]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-S-247658358 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-S-247658358 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 03:46:23 PDT V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N-S! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon Leaving for vacations tomorrow Monday, Aug. 16, for a much needed and well earned (methinks... lol) rest and swimming and tennis and quiet and u name it. I know there are many things left unfinished, like some styles, the sidebar, the Blackbox tutorial, and the Blackbox opera (the Sparrow styles), but I had too many last-minute details to attend to these last few days. I also didn't have time to answer to some comments, but will as soon as I get back on Sep 2. I wish u all some great time during these last days of summer and lots of fresh, new energy for the new season's cycle starting in September. Have fun! ]]> http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/A-Quarter-of-a-Million-Downloads-243474862 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/A-Quarter-of-a-Million-Downloads-243474862 Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:07:13 PDT A Quarter of a Million Downloads nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Hit-by-Virus-247260314 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/Hit-by-Virus-247260314 Mon, 03 May 2004 07:02:17 PDT Hit by Virus! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/200-Styles-247216651 http://pitkon.deviantart.com/journal/200-Styles-247216651 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 01:45:55 PDT 200 Styles! nonadult journals/personal pitkon http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/i/pitkon.png Copyright 2004-2013 ~pitkon In about 80 days my styles were downloaded over 140,000 times, which proves the interest for Blackbox, a flexible and amazing alternative ]]>