It's a Christmas iconpack: Χ-maçons!
(That's pronounced khI'-mə-tsons)

--> X-macons_Installer.exe (1.6MB) <--


Yes, I realize that name mixes alphabets from Greek, English, and archaic Spanish, but I like it. I wanted the last part to sound similar to 'mas', but look similar to 'icons', but I like the sound of the archaic Spanish &ccedil; better than the French &ccedil; . So sue me That said, I fully expect it to be pronounced in every way possible but the way I want it


It's based around the native icons (as used in Tomethicons) I attempted to come up with icons that would evoke the native icons while being seasonal in nature of course.

The IconPack is configurable using The Configurator. I recommend 24px as the default icon sixe. (And for stixe skins, 16px for the Iconholder icons)

If you use a version of The Configurator dated before October, be sure to update it so it supports the STIXE Iconpack Extension Patch

To truly enjoy the set, turn off your icon mode if you use pro. (view-> Icon View -> Off). This will display the icons in their 'default' size. (as chosen by the IconPack configuration if you have the STIXE Iconpack Extensions Patch installed)

See the Necronimicons thread for information about the STIXE Iconpack Extensions Patch.


Before anyone accuses me of being part of an evil atheist conspiracy to take the 'Christ' out of 'Christmas', let's go over a little history. 'Christ' is a transliteration of the Greek word "&Chi;&rho;&iota;&sigma;&tau;&omicron;&zeta;" (Christos). &Chi; is often used as an abbreviation among theologians and early &Chi;ians. (You've seen the 'fish' - &Iota;&Chi;&Theta;&Upsilon;&Sigma; in Greek - where &Iota;&Chi;&Theta;&Upsilon;&Sigma; is used as an acronym, the &Chi; standing for &Chi;&rho;&iota;&sigma;&tau;&omicron;&zeta;.) So if anyone wants to force the 'CHRISTmas' issue, I would have to ask, 'Why are you trying to take the &Chi;&rho;&iota;&sigma;&tau;&omicron;&zeta; out of &Chi;- mas?'. (Ahh, I see there's a Wikipedia article on the topic.) Certain people like to blame the 'evil atheist conspiracy' for everything these days, but don't blame this one on us. (And by using the word 'us', I am in no way admitting to membership in, or the existance of, the EAC. *cough* )


For reference, here is the Tomethicons icon set:



And here are &Chi;-maçons

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On hiatus, but for reference:
Projects: 'Pack Rat | The Configurator (Thread) | TrillKey
Skins: BlueTurtle | SETi | Heavy Metal (design)
Icons: Tomethicons | NecronomIcons (Halloween) | Χ-maçons

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Right now, it doesn't explicitly come with an uninstaller. So here are the steps to take if you don't know how to restore your old settings:

[optional] To disable the STIXE Iconpack Extension, run StixeIconPatch_Installer.exe (it's also in the iconpack's folder.). Uncheck the 'apply patch' option and it will disable the patch. (You don't have to do this step if you want to leave the patch for Tomethicons / other iconpacks to be able to use it) (There's a link to this file in the config for the iconpack, if you have The Configurator installed.)

To change your iconpack back to the default one, run PackRat.exe (also found in the Trillian/addons/PackRat folder) and select 'Trillian Cordillera Icons Set'. (For Win98/Me, you can run The Configurator's Trillian Advanced Settings to change this.)

To remove the files entirely, just delete the /stixe/Icons/X-maçons folder.



[Keywords: xmacons, x-macons, x-micons, christmacons, ornament icons]

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Good job Tom. Don't worry Skry, you might be there someday.

Thanks guys.

Finally got my Holiday on

Well, you know I love them!

Thank you for the wonderful gifts you share. They mean a great deal.

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Nice nice nice.

You don't know how much that means to me right now.

Going through a bit of a money crunch due to taking off 3 weeks to study for the physics GRE subject test. Was starting to feel a bit down. (With about 100,000 Configurator downloads and only one person has ever donated in the last 3 years... very bad levels on the ol' "apprecio-percepti-meter".)




I was thinking of having a contest with people sending a WAV of the way they pronounce &Chi;-ma&ccedil;ons to see who gets the closest LOL. (No prizes, just fame and glory)

Things are very tight for me right now too. I do understand. I keep wanting to postpone gift giving days.

The contest sounds fun!!

All I can do to give right now is to share with friends and family how much they mean to me. You have become a dear friend who has brought me the gifts of laughter and sharing and caring I can't ask for better gifts or a better friend.
Have a great Holy Days!!!

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Pah... don't want this breaking down into a love fest to feed my stupid ego LOL

It was just a moment of panic last night after figuring out that I only have $50 padding in my bank account if all bills/paychecks come in on the exact day they're supposed to. (i.e. no checks are late and no bills are early)

(3 weeks off to study + lab closed for 2 weeks over Christmas break puts a dent in things...)