[Touch HD Windows Mobile ROM Development] SomethingWicked:
Hello, my name is Jesse W. and I am a flash-a-holic. Welcome to this meeting of Flash-A-Holics Anonymous.

Flash-A-Holics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop flashing and become electronically sober.

It all started with me back several years ago when I purchased my first Windows Mobile PDA from Cingular, which was the model 8525/TyTN. I was introduced to xda-developers and saw many people were flashing custom roms. I was too afraid then to flash a custom rom, so instead took the safer road and flashed a Cingular rom. I soon grew tired of this pda because more than one email account would render the device useless and it locked up constantly. I did, however, sit in front of my computer screen in cold sweats, completely drunk with anticipation and fear of flashing a custom rom. My next pda was an iphone, and soon grew tired of its inflexability and inability to customize, so I sold it and purchased a Polaris. Soon after, while reading through the list of custom roms available, I took the plunge and downloaded one. I was so drunk with excitement, I honestly don't even remember which one it was. My hands were shaking violently as I scrolled through the instructions. I installed Olinex's HardSPL and it worked!!! I was ecstatic!! I almost fainted as I slowly plugged the usb cable into the phone and rebooted it into HSPL. I must have blacked out because I can't remember the actual flashing procedure. The next thing I remember is configuring multiple working email accounts to my ultimate delight! Months later, I tripped over a udK rom message and read how everyone was flocking to his roms, so I tried one. And it wasn't much longer and he had another updated rom out. Drat! I had to flash again... Then again... Each time the feeling of elation a little less than before, the fear not as pressing, the anticipation not as overwhelming. Then he released a rom with Manila 2D. I was one of the rats caught behind the Pied Piper being lead on a journey with no control of my own. I was hooked. I had become an addict. I had become.... a flash-a-holic. I changed to the Diamond series roms by itje soon after because I liked the look and feel of the device interface. Then I bought an HD. Not because I wanted to... because I **HAD** to. Those of you who are true flash-a-holics will understand. If you're sitting there scratching your head, it's not too late for you, you still have a way out. Seeing a custom rom by Dutty, I couldn't resist. I flashed the rom. I've flashed about every rom that comes out by Dutty now, because I can't stand not to have the latest, greatest rom on my precious hd. Just about every weekend I flash. I think I flash in my sleep... v1.9 extreme is the latest, and I just finished flashing it an hour ago and just now got all my settings back to the way I like them.

If there are any other true flash-a-holics out there, please feel free to share.

** Sorry this got so long, I just couldn't resist heheheee.....

Jesse