I recently started taking cold showers for the health benefits and the nofap challenge. I have taken 5 1/2 so far. My first one was on easy mode where I turned the water to cold-ish at the end. Then after that is when I started going in very cold from the beginning. I noticed the several mental benefits after every one. I hope that it's a habit I never break. I have very little experience with them but so far they are great. 

Can we have a discussion about cold showers?

A picture of a sope I was eating at the mexican restaurant down the street from my house.

Happy turkey day, everyone! If anyone wants to share, what are you thankful for today? (And, if you don't mention MS, my feelings will be eternally hurt. )

I'm, for one, thankful I will be eating ham instead of turkey tomorrow.

Hey guys

So I have plans to start a technology-based forum site called TekPlace. The site would allow for discussion regarding the internet, computers, video games, or anything else relating to technology.

I plan to use IcyBoards for the time being. Right now, I'm at the stage of searching for that perfect theme. If you have a suggestion, please let me know, as I am struggling to find a good one.

I am also currently looking for people that are willing to be mods or admins on the site. I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with SimCityDefined (previous site I made), where I had no staff to help me with anything. If you want to join in on the fun, shoot me a PM or reply to this thread.

I'll post updates here with everything that you nee to know.

EDIT: My forum has been created for a certain version of MyBB 1.8, but when I download a theme designed for 1.8 and try to install it, it says the theme is not compatible with the version. I don't want to ignore compatibility because that typically makes the theme look bad when going back to the main site. If you have a solution, please let me know.

A while back, after MyBB officially removed the old R/S/J section from the site I posted a thread that generated a lot of attention for theme designers. Take a look. Since this thread, I have had an idea in the back of my mind - however was never too sure on how to take the approach at starting something like this. Earlier this month, I decided to give it a try and started working on a project I have kept secret from the majority of people I speak too & see around the forums I visit.

Some playing around with Photoshop

I am a lazy person, therefore will avoid things I don't necessarily have to do, such as registering! Especially with MyBB.

Oh, anyway what's up guys? My name is Harry, some of you will probably know me from IcyBoards, and a few other places, I enjoy doing Web & Graphic Design in my free time and lurking forums to keep up in the know. I have used MyBB for a long time and have come to grasp the in's and out's of the amazingly simple but confusing software.

Anyway, to explain what I said above my introduction, I absolutely hate registering for things, It means 5 minutes out of my life that I could have spent elsewhere doing something productive, like annoying my twitter followers. <- Those poor people. It's purely because I'm lazy, I can't bare to think of what I would miss whilst doing such a task. No I am only joking, it's not that hard, however I always think using social service logins is a good approach to usability and expanding a member base. @Darth Apple, take a look into that maybe? No? Ok.

Anyway I'm out, peace.

There have no doubt been many good musicians that don't know how to read music, and yet many music teachers and instructors today focus on it first and foremost. Personally, I have learned several musical instruments, but never had the patience to learn to read the music. (Yes, I can read chord charts. The rest is stuff I do by ear. )

I think that part of the reason behind that is because the best way to teach someone is to give them the resources to learn on their own, and the easiest way to do that is to teach people how to read music. However, many great musicians skip the process of learning how to read music and jump straight into learning the instrument. 

What is your opinion? Do you know how to read music? Do you find it to be an essential skill for any musician to have? 

Over the past couple of months, I've been working on and off on a little plugin to count and to log visits to user profiles. It's installed here, so if you want to check it out, feel free.

Anyway, the plugin has a number of features, including: 

• An optional profile visits counter 
  
• A popup modal box that displays the latest visitors on profiles
  
• Visitor caching to prevent a single user from rapidly reloading the page to bump their profile visits counter. 
  
• Usergroup based permissions
  
• Basic moderator actions (allowing you to reset the counter or to delete visits)
  
• MyBB 1.8 compatible.