There’s something about the Classic Macintosh’s black and white interface that I just love. Let’s just say that the guys who designed the UI for the Classic Mac did an awesome job with exactly one bit per pixel to work with! So, I found a neat skin for Winamp (which Linux’s Audacious uses for skinning as well, thanks!) that emulates the classic mac look. With a bit of tweaking (their version of the Chicago font SUCKED), I end up seeing this:

(It still has a few glitches;  I’m working on it.)

But here’s where the moron comes in. Take a look at the featured comment on this skin’s page on the Winamp website:

Needs A Lot More Colour
I Hate To Say. But It NeedsA Lot More Colour In It, Like All Other Winamp Skins.
- Joshua Wells, Jun. 27th, 2008

http://www.winamp.com/skins/details/212794

Congratulations, Joshua Wells, you fail at the Internet! This skin is specifically designed to emulate a graphical interface made of black and white… and it’s filed under “Computer/OS”, meaning it’s supposed to emulate, not use artistic license. Now, I know not everyone is a nut who knows so much computer history, but let this be a warning to you… before you become an EPIC FAILURE, like Joshua Wells, become informed. EDITORS NOTE: I’ve discovered a whole slew of threads in the Ubuntu Fora where people ask for Classic Mac themes, and people point them to MacOSX themes. MacOSX and Classic Mac are not the same thing! Classic Mac refers to the Mac Classic, the Macintoshes before the iMac. Become informed! (Wikipedia: Classic Macintosh)