Max's Blog

Sorry for the flood fellow users of custo. The site seemed extremely slow for this release, but I think it was worth the wait for the suite to be uploaded, I hope you all will agree. Thanks again to my awesome team mates Bin, Taabish & Leon.. you guys rock. Thanks also to the users of custo who appreciate the time and effort put forth into this release. Love the comments.. Respect!

Due to my busy schedule and the amount of submissions coming through to the site, I am not always able to feature some of your loves/likes or other things you think are feature worthy. If you see something worthy, please send me a PM. Try to find 3 subs, new or old and I will try to feature it, if it shows effort, is not quickly produced, and the artist has potential for growth or has produced great things in the past. Thanks

I love to learn new things and one of the new hobbies I've picked up is programming. I've been dabbling in the realm of vb.net & c#. With the help of a long time friend, I've developed a few applications, each will eventually be release either on my portfolio site www.ok3.org or on www.visionleague.net as (Freeware). These apps are primarily for adding extras to screenshots at this point. The one being released today 9/1/07 is Called "Real Simple Viewer" or "RSV" for short. Basicall...

Where are all the wallpaper makers & skinners going? I'd like to see more people develop their skills, and do more creative designing. I enjoy some, screenshots (now) just as much as the next guy, but currently it's 10 screenshots, to 1 "good" wall or skin. Those are not so nice odds. I remember back in the day, when seeing a wicked wall or skin would entice me, and made me want to learn how to create just like the author. Now, no one really does that, no one is getting inspired an...

For me, vectoring is quite fulfilling. Even though I enjoy skinning, its not really as meaningful for me anymore as opposed to finalizing a vectored wallpaper. I'm glad I decided to start back again.. I seriously doubt I will create another skin after my last 2 releases are submitted because in the words of the great B.B. King, "The thrill is gone.." My next challenge is C# & some web programming. Although I don't want to move away from the graphic design scene forever, I do want to ga...

When Mother's day goes bad.. this is insane http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl
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What a loooooooooooooooong road trip that was. We went to North Carolina over the Mother's Day weekend and I've come to the conclusion that 14 hour long road trips are no fun. I'll never do it again it's all about flying next time! :)

I'm not sure what's really going in the minds of some people but It's become increasingly hard to traverse the digg pages without seeing a racist comment or some other insensitive remark made in the gist of what the poster and his audience would consider as light hearted humor. Grant it some of the comments stem from sheer ignorance but it's hard to ignore. The latest of many is http://www.digg.com/celebrity/What_if_Harry_Potter_was_
a_black_kid an innocent story, soured by uns...

The honeymoon is over, and I'm back home, here in Tampa with my beautiful wife. There is nothing like coming home after a long trip overseas.

Point of advice, stay away from mach3's when you are sick. I did a real bang up job on my noggin last night. Talk about patches.. :(

Yes, it really sux. Day 2 and counting!! :(

So It's 2007, six years until the so called end of the world predicted by guests on Art Bell's / George Noory's nationally syndicated radio talk show "Coast to Coast AM". The show borders around the subject matter of what "normal" people would consider strange or odd. Having an open mind allows me to enjoy the wild topics. I can't say that I believe every thing I hear while listening, but at times I do find myself saying .."What if this is true?!" .. You can check out the website @ http:...

Big props to Steve & Mark for bringing forth such a good thing :)