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Random fun experiment time:

What's your favorite book of all-time?

I'm always looking for more good stuff to read.

Fancy pants literature, sci-fi, fantasy, non-fiction, whatever. Just pick one.

Mine might be Harlot's Ghost by Norman Mailer. Either that or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Hard to choose.

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yea that's with a lot of mods. Some of those shots were with different ENB's as well. The main enb mods that i've used are jasmins, super13s, and confidence. They've updated them a lot tho and I took these shots with old versions.

Enb mods:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/28463
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11318
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5253

I highly recommend these mods though.

Static mesh improvement mod: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/8655
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6943925949_013f9ba354_o.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6943926625_7e0c388123_o.jpg

Ruins clutter HD: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14227
Lush grass: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/3288
Improved NPC clothing: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/2674
High Quality Food and Ingredients: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1192
HD Furniture and barrels: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/238
HD Weapon retexture: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1754

I have not tried this mod but it looks good: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/27043

http://www.classicdosgames.com/online.html

'nuff said.

Xbox 360 controller-based launcher for Steam games

Steam Control 360
- Installer: http://winchatty.com/SteamControl360-1.0.exe
- Tutorial: http://youtu.be/kYyq8h8ntjo

In the absence of Valve's announced-but-unreleased Big Picture Mode, I have written a Steam game launcher that works with your Xbox 360 controller. Unlike the real Steam user interface, no keyboard or mouse input is required to launch games. You can recline comfortably on your couch, controller in hand, and launch games from your Steam library without needing to use a mouse just to double-click the icons in Steam.

I've provided a tutorial video but all you really need to know is that the launcher is accessed by pressing BACK and START on your 360 controller at the same time. Select a game using the D-Pad or analog stick, press A to launch a game, and press B to close the launcher window without launching a game.

I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if you experience any problems. I haven't tested this at all outside of my own machine, so you guys can be the guinea pigs. I will likely not add a lot of frills to this application since the real Big Picture Mode is coming, but it should provide a usable stopgap solution.

PC TWEAKS GALORE!

http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1255692-skyrim-pc-ini-and-console-tweaks/

I spent all day looking for awesome sci-fi pictures after that thread I made last night. Here's a collection of all the awesome pics. Most, but not all are of Space, and I hope you guys like them.

http://imgur.com/a/YhG3p/all#0
http://imgur.com/a/FA7gD/all#0

Also check out this video series of awesome golden age sci-fi pictures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMYV6e18VQ

And this is an awesome site to find stuff like this. I got a bunch through here.
http://conceptships.blogspot.com/

I hope you all like it! :D

Topp 100 Sci-fi / Fantasy books:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

Good list

BC2 POST OF DOOM

Alright ladies and gents. We now have an automatic authentication system available for use with a web interface. Here's how it works.

1. Go here: http://stoldark.com/Shack/BC2Authenticator

2. Click register and enter your Shackname. this will send you a ShackMessage with your generated password. You can change this if you don't like it. In fact, you probably should.

3. Start freeing up those slots.

It's that simple. I can extend it to any arbitrary number of servers, so any admins out there that want in Shackmessage me. Finally, some ground rules: you will be limited to one "slot request" per 20 minutes, so you can't spam the shit out of this thing. If no one is kicked, don't worry, it doesn't count against a usage so you can try the next server. Each request will actually (attempt) to kick X players from the server (X/2 per team) if possible, and that parameter is customizable by server. Right now it's set to 2 as a default for all available servers. Asshats and abusers will be deauthorized so don't be jerks. You must have at least 100 posts to register. This is checked against automatically.

This system works beautifully with the in-game Steam Overlay Browser so all of you Steam users will have quick and easy access. Be sure to turn on those overlays!

Alright get cracking people because even if you've got that shack tag on, if you're not authenticated in this system, you may be a kicked when another authenticated user requests a slot.