Show us your desktop

[ad4mg]

I now have Ubuntu running on 5 of the 7 machines on the property, and have introduced several friends to the OS.
They are as amazed as I am.

With that, I'd get a kick outta seeing some of your desktops (shrunk down to something reasonable, say 800x600).

Here's my uncluttered Ubuntu 9.04 desktop on my main computer ... background is a pic of a sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean
as viewed from Hatteras Island a couple of years ago. I really like some of the applets that you can run on the taskbars. On
the top, I am using the hardware sensors applet to monitor my CPU & MB temps, and the processor cooling fan speed:

[attachment=0:1xcc8x76]desktop.jpg[/attachment:1xcc8x76]

[W4GPL]

http://heliosj.iddings.us/images/currentdesktop-1210x756.png

Mine's a bit more understated, I just use a gradient instead of a background image.

[KG4CGC]

Cool Luke! Way Cool!
Now pick any one of the space pictures I posted and that is my desktop. Right now it is the two planet halo nebula.

[N2CHX]

Ubuntu here too. This is my laptop, a pink Sony Vaio VGN-NR460E:

[attachment=0:lzmdn78v]desktop800.jpg[/attachment:lzmdn78v]

[ad4mg]

Cool Luke! Way Cool!
Now pick any one of the space pictures I posted and that is my desktop. Right now it is the two planet halo nebula.
I rotate mine pretty frequently, and often use some of the many Hubble and
space shuttle pics I have.

Jeff, don't you gimp? I run 1280x960, but I scaled my image down to 800x600.

I like your desktop switcher on the top taskbar ... been kicking that around myself!

Wider is only better on Pontiacs ... :lol:

[KG4CGC]

I was also using a nude chick on the beach in sepia tone for the longest time.
Too risque to post here but if you pm me I'll send it to you as a file in an email.

[ad4mg]

Ubuntu here too. This is my laptop, a pink Sony Vaio VGN-NR460E:

[attachment=0:1oplfsrs]desktop800.jpg[/attachment:1oplfsrs]
Very nice!

[ad4mg]

I was also using a nude chick on the beach in sepia tone for the longest time.
Too risque to post here but if you pm me I'll send it to you as a file in an email.
Hell yeah! There are a number Ubuntu backgrounds online with some really hot ladies on them!

I usually only use those in my "man cave" however, out of respect for the little lady, who,
interestingly enough, isn't put off by that sort of thing at all. I netted a good one ... not a
jealous bone in her body!

[W4GPL]

Jeff, don't you gimp? I run 1280x960, but I scaled my image down to 800x600.Yes, but.. deal with it. :p

[kf0rt]

Sunrise in Cancun (dual monitor, cluttered):

http://kf0rt.westton.com/desk.JPG

[ad4mg]

Jeff, don't you gimp? I run 1280x960, but I scaled my image down to 800x600.Yes, but.. deal with it. :p
:lol: ...

1680x1050 ?

Afraid you're gonna miss something? :lol: What are you using for a monitor, a 42" flat screen? :wall

[W4GPL]

Jeff, don't you gimp? I run 1280x960, but I scaled my image down to 800x600.Yes, but.. deal with it. :p
:lol: ...

1680x1050 ?

Afraid you're gonna miss something? :lol: What are you using for a monitor, a 42" flat screen? :wallThat's the native resolution of my 22" LCD.. I could have posted my second monitor too (same resolution).

Poor Luke, I made a horizontal scrollbar appear. Forgive me, Father. :pray

[ad4mg]

It's like penis envy ... I feel so, well, inadequate with only a 19" NEC LCD ... 8)

[WØTKX]

Winders desktop background at home (resized for my 23" Acer, sorry Luke :snicker: )
http://www.starrynightphotos.com/planet_earth/images/lenticular.jpg

On Ubuntu (also resized):
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/113843main_soho1_lg.gif

Work Laptop:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/top30/TRICOLOR.jpg

And the AT&T Tilt(this is original size, it's very cool, errr hot):
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/images/sun-soho-05-15-2005-1150z.jpg

[ad4mg]

Sunrise in Cancun (dual monitor, cluttered):

http://kf0rt.westton.com/desk.JPG
Wow ... so many icons ...

I do note the 7Zip icon! I've added 7Z to the gnome archive manager on all my machines,
and I use 7Zip on all the winders installs. Killer compression! Now if it only worked on
people ...

[N2CHX]

Way cool pics! All of them.

[N1LAF]

Luke, don't look - the following graphic may cause further discomfort...

[ad4mg]

Winders desktop background at home (resized for my 23" Acer, sorry Luke :snicker: )
http://www.starrynightphotos.com/planet_earth/images/lenticular.jpg
I like that one! The solar pics are nice, but pretty common.

[ad4mg]

Luke, don't look - the following graphic may cause further discomfort...
Lemme guess ... dual monitors. :roll:

What does that strange "START" button do? Oh, I remember.

That's how you shut those things down ... Bwaaaaaaha!

:lol:

[WØTKX]

We get those lenticular clouds around here fairly often. They are really cool.

I am a huge fan of the SOHO project.

[N1LAF]

Next Desktop image ...

[N1LAF]

Next....

[N2NH]

The Screen for June-July:

http://i30.tinypic.com/2e3x27a.jpg

Glommed off of TinyPic

Since Sunday:

http://i30.tinypic.com/2cgj02v.jpg

From an old subscription...

All running on a 20" old fashioned square LCD, but with a new 3-D Vid program (1152x864).

[N2RJ]

I don't use desktop wallpapers because I'm tight on memory (only 1GB on this PC).

My monitor is a 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic though.

[ad4mg]

I don't use desktop wallpapers because I'm tight on memory (only 1GB on this PC).

My monitor is a 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic though.
If you can use PC-5400 DDR2, I have two 1 MB strips you can have ...

[N2RJ]

I don't use desktop wallpapers because I'm tight on memory (only 1GB on this PC).

My monitor is a 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic though.
If you can use PC-5400 DDR2, I have two 1 MB strips you can have ...

I'm sure you meant 1GB, and no, unfortunately I can't use it since this PC uses Rambus so I'm stuck with what I have since Rambus/RDRAM is expensive. It's an old Dell Dimension 8200.

But thanks for the offer anyway.

On a side note, I'm actually going to consolidate my laptop and desktop and simply get rid of the desktop and get a docking station/port replicator with a new laptop. Been eyeing the Sony VAIO FW series. This machine I'm using now is almost 9 years old.

[ad4mg]

I don't use desktop wallpapers because I'm tight on memory (only 1GB on this PC).

My monitor is a 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic though.
If you can use PC-5400 DDR2, I have two 1 MB strips you can have ...

I'm sure you meant 1GB, and no, unfortunately I can't use it since this PC uses Rambus so I'm stuck with what I have since Rambus/RDRAM is expensive. It's an old Dell Dimension 8200.

But thanks for the offer anyway.
Yeah, 1GB ... senior moment.

I was thinking 640k should be enough RAM for anyone.

Remember who said that? :lol:

If anyone else can use those two strips of RAM, let me know. I'll send them to the 1st person who asks
for the price of the postage, or you can mail me back a big fat doobie ... naw, better not. Postage will do!

[N2NH]

One more...

http://i28.tinypic.com/2i92d50.jpg

[N1LAF]

I think John has the coolest sets of wallpaper.

Looking forward to seeing more..

[kf0rt]

Got a disk full of the digitalblasphemy stuff around here somewhere, but it's a few years old. Really neat stuff, and it's all "artificial", done by one guy who gave up his day job to do wallpaper artwork full-time. He (obviously) sells the result.

http://digitalblasphemy.com/dbhome.shtml

[kf0rt]

I don't use desktop wallpapers because I'm tight on memory (only 1GB on this PC).

My monitor is a 22" 1680x1050 Viewsonic though.
If you can use PC-5400 DDR2, I have two 1 MB strips you can have ...

I'm sure you meant 1GB, and no, unfortunately I can't use it since this PC uses Rambus so I'm stuck with what I have since Rambus/RDRAM is expensive. It's an old Dell Dimension 8200.

But thanks for the offer anyway.

On a side note, I'm actually going to consolidate my laptop and desktop and simply get rid of the desktop and get a docking station/port replicator with a new laptop. Been eyeing the Sony VAIO FW series. This machine I'm using now is almost 9 years old.

No joke on the Rambus. I've got an old Dimension 8200 here, too, with 3/4 Gig in it. That second half Gig cost me almost $300 about 5 years ago. Last I checked, the only place you could find Rambus memory was on eBay, and it's still expensive.

The old 8200 keeps chugging along, though. Mine is now relegated to running an old SCSI film scanner. These days, you can build a reasonably nice desktop system for under 4 bills.

[KJ3N]

This is from my OS/2 (now known as eComStation (http://www.ecomstation.com)) desktop.

http://mysite.verizon.net/dgilmore/OS-2-doesnt-work.jpg

[N2RJ]

WOW!

Next thing you know someone here will show up with an Amiga...

[N2NH]

WOW!

Next thing you know someone here will show up with an Amiga...

I used to know a lot of Amiga/Commodore users. The Amiga was one heck of a
gaming machine one time. There were Ham software apps for both too.

[ad4mg]

Well, all nice pics, but I was interested in desktops ... I'm always curious how individual configurations differ.
Me, I'm a nutter about a clean, uncluttered desktop.

Here's the one from my Ubuntu 8.1 box that's running JNOS on tty1 ... background is a photo I took in '06 of the
sun setting over the Pamlico Sound, 2 miles below Avon on Hatteras Island:

[attachment=0:370qx6sc]Screenshot.jpg[/attachment:370qx6sc]

[KJ3N]

Oh, you wanted to see uncluttered. OK.....

http://mysite.verizon.net/dgilmore/ecs-1.jpg

[KG4CGC]

OK, I must make a planet like that now.

[N2RJ]

Mine is just boring, windows with the usual crap.

[KB3LAZ]

Here you go...the funny dots along the edges appear there because of the format I used to save it...did not want to wait three days to upload it.

[KB3LAZ]

From my other laptop...this is my fave. Greenfeed is awesome!

Sorry for the quality of the screen shot. If you wan to view the artists work then check the link. If you go to the greenfeed website you can get permission to use their images. But for the intent purpose I will send you elsewhere.

http://greenfeed.deviantart.com/art/Jus ... r-13856733 (http://greenfeed.deviantart.com/art/Just-a-Dream-Wallpaper-13856733)

[KG4CGC]

Is the rat consoling her?

[KB3LAZ]

Is the rat consoling her?

Not sure. The artist gives his thoughts on the image but I can not read the language in which it is posted, German, I think.

Makes me think of depression and poverty. That along with the days of the plague. I guess it is open to interpretation. I do know that it caught my attention so I set it as my desktop some time ago.
I love all of greenfeeds deviations.

[KG4CGC]

Yeah but then there's the part where she is dressed in that nice black evening dress.

[KB3LAZ]

Yeah but then there's the part where she is dressed in that nice black evening dress.

I know, makes me think of loss. Something like the loss of a loved one.

[KG4CGC]

Oh, I was thinking she got in a fight with her date or BF or got stood up altogether and the rat is now telling her not to worry.

[KB3LAZ]

Oh, I was thinking she got in a fight with her date or BF or got stood up altogether and the rat is now telling her not to worry.

That reminds me of an interview with Rob Thomas. He was speaking out about the Match Box 20 song "3AM". He explained that it was about his mother contracting cancer and confinding in him for comfort which is quite contray to how most people interpreted it. He said that what it says and means to him is one thing and that we should see it for what we want. Let it mean what we want it to mean. I think that most art is interpretive in that same manor.

Just a thought

[KG4CGC]

Yep. As an artist, while I was growing up someone would always ask me what a drawing meant. I never thought about a meaning while drawing so I just said it means nothing. Unacceptable! People were told that art has to have a meaning so if I told them it means nothing then somehow that was grounds for them to get upset.

What I learned was to either make up bullshit and blow smoke up their hindquarter or try to be a little more honest and just say it means whatever you want.
That was the 70's.

[KB3LAZ]

Yep. As an artist, while I was growing up someone would always ask me what a drawing meant. I never thought about a meaning while drawing so I just said it means nothing. Unacceptable! People were told that art has to have a meaning so if I told them it means nothing then somehow that was grounds for them to get upset.

What I learned was to either make up bulls**t and blow smoke up their hindquarter or try to be a little more honest and just say it means whatever you want.
That was the 70's.

Ya, growing up my best friend was quite good with a pencil. So good that it startled people. They always wanted to know what he was thinking when he drew something. To make it easier he always said, it's personal. What a lair. :lol: Sure his art was good but I never really swooned over it. Maybe that is because I was used to seeing it daily. Ah...I miss high school. Things have changed a lot since then and most of my friends have went to different school than I, got a job in another state, joined the military, are in jail, or dead. Things sure do change. (sigh)

[N1BHH]

How about that!

[N1BHH]

Oh, yeah, I also use this one, from NASA. The beehive!

[KG4CGC]

Cool!

[KG4CGC]

Oh, I was thinking she got in a fight with her date or BF or got stood up altogether and the rat is now telling her not to worry.

That reminds me of an interview with Rob Thomas. He was speaking out about the Match Box 20 song "3AM". He explained that it was about his mother contracting cancer and confinding in him for comfort which is quite contray to how most people interpreted it. He said that what it says and means to him is one thing and that we should see it for what we want. Let it mean what we want it to mean. I think that most art is interpretive in that same manor.

Just a thought
Just thought of something, the rat symbolizes obviousness. Maybe the artist meant it to be obvious that she got stood up?

[KG4CGC]

http://abduzeedo.com/node/8858

[ad4mg]

http://abduzeedo.com/node/8858
These are excellent! I grabbed several of them! :cheers:

[KB3LAZ]

http://abduzeedo.com/node/8858
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3495444661_595e3e934e.jpg

My fave...

[KB3LAZ]

Oh, I was thinking she got in a fight with her date or BF or got stood up altogether and the rat is now telling her not to worry.

That reminds me of an interview with Rob Thomas. He was speaking out about the Match Box 20 song "3AM". He explained that it was about his mother contracting cancer and confinding in him for comfort which is quite contray to how most people interpreted it. He said that what it says and means to him is one thing and that we should see it for what we want. Let it mean what we want it to mean. I think that most art is interpretive in that same manor.

Just a thought
Just thought of something, the rat symbolizes obviousness. Maybe the artist meant it to be obvious that she got stood up?

Interesting...I like the sentiment obviousness. As to her being stood up, I think it was a bit deeper than that. The setting leads me to believe that...

[kc7jty]

My DT is the same as my photo on the ZED call look up.

[N1LAF]

A little something for everyone...

[ad4mg]

A little something for everyone...
Hideous. Someone took a beautiful photo from space, then a horrible accident occurred on one side of it,
disfiguring the photo horribly. Looks like a big, fat, smelly, repulsive, malignant tumor is growing on it.

You should contact the EPA, and pay them to dispose of that monitor, the computer, and any furniture in
the room within 10' of the image. Then use lots of disinfectant.

Or, for immediate relief, just burn down the house. Leave before doing so ...

[N2RJ]

Here's my bit of "therapy" for Luke. :lol:

This is my new desktop...

http://www.n2rj.com/images/desktop.JPG

[KB3LAZ]

No, only thing that makes my desktop is computer, trash bin, documents, networking. That is only if I have the desktop function enabled. Actually I don't like the task bar to show either. That is what the task manger is for. :D

oops...meant to make a new post, looks as if I edited this on.

[N2RJ]

This PC is about 7 years old and due for a replacement. The number of icons I have is good considering the last time I installed Windows was in 2002.

[N1LAF]

A little something for everyone...
Hideous. Someone took a beautiful photo from space, then a horrible accident occurred on one side of it,
disfiguring the photo horribly. Looks like a big, fat, smelly, repulsive, malignant tumor is growing on it.

You should contact the EPA, and pay them to dispose of that monitor, the computer, and any furniture in
the room within 10' of the image. Then use lots of disinfectant.

Or, for immediate relief, just burn down the house. Leave before doing so ...

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[ad4mg]

I'm fairly tolerant - but I do not have any use at all for the (not) funny fat man ... :evil:

Now, brother Ryan offered his desktop with the Fox News/Politics page opened
for my benefit ...

Truth is that I probably read Fox's news as much as I do CNN. I really don't like
either of their web page interfaces ... too "busy", too many links and too many blinkie/flashies.
I used to read CBS News the most, particularly because of their previously simple
and uncluttered interface, but now even they are changing towards the louder type
of web interface, complete with blinkie/flasies and cluttered with everything else
under the sun.

Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, etc, all have much the same "News". The difference between
all of them is the amount of distortion slipped in between news stories. In this category,
Fox wins hands-down, with MSNBC a very close second.

[KB3LAZ]

I'm fairly tolerant - but I do not have any use at all for the (not) funny fat man ... :evil:

Now, brother Ryan offered his desktop with the Fox News/Politics page opened
for my benefit ...

Truth is that I probably read Fox's news as much as I do CNN. I really don't like
either of their web page interfaces ... too "busy", too many links and too many blinkie/flashies.
I used to read CBS News the most, particularly because of their previously simple
and uncluttered interface, but now even they are changing towards the louder type
of web interface, complete with blinkie/flasies and cluttered with everything else
under the sun.

Fox, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, etc, all have much the same "News". The difference between
all of them is the amount of distortion slipped in between news stories. In this category,
Fox wins hands-down, with MSNBC a very close second.

Love the avatar.

[N2RJ]

Truth is that I probably read Fox's news as much as I do CNN. I really don't like
either of their web page interfaces ... too "busy", too many links and too many blinkie/flashies.
I used to read CBS News the most, particularly because of their previously simple
and uncluttered interface, but now even they are changing towards the louder type
of web interface, complete with blinkie/flasies and cluttered with everything else
under the sun.

Most of the "blinky flashy" stuff is from advertisers. Of course if you advertise, you want to be noticed.

There have been a few new interactive/flash stuff that's being put up now as well.

But for video, unlike CNN, FNC offers a standalone video player. Live streaming of breaking news events, NASA coverage and of course the strategy room.

If that's not your cup of tea, there's also Hulu desktop with content from Fox, NBC and ABC.

[ad4mg]

Love the avatar.
Thanks! That's one of several hawks that frequent the area. I wanted to get a silhouette type shot of
one of these guys, and this fellow helped me out by stopping on a dead tree just off the edge of my
property where the bright sky provided the perfect background!

[KB3LAZ]

Love the avatar.
Thanks! That's one of several hawks that frequent the area. I wanted to get a silhouette type shot of
one of these guys, and this fellow helped me out by stopping on a dead tree just off the edge of my
property where the bright sky provided the perfect background!

I made the mistake of attempting to pick up an adolescent hawk once. He was hurt. He tried to remove my face. So I ended up calling the game commission.

[N2RJ]

Love the avatar.
Thanks! That's one of several hawks that frequent the area. I wanted to get a silhouette type shot of
one of these guys, and this fellow helped me out by stopping on a dead tree just off the edge of my
property where the bright sky provided the perfect background!

And here I am thinking it was a crow. We have so many black birds around here I don't know whether they're crows or something else.

We have some woodpeckers too, sure to provide some free firewood sooner or later. :dance

[KG4CGC]

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/30-inspiring-and-beautiful-widescreen-wallpapers

[N1LAF]

From Charles Link...

start here: http://www.wallpapers-room.com/popular/


For N2NH...

http://www.wallpapers-room.com/random/space/

[n6hcm]

national geographic has lots of cool backgrounds ... this is what i've had for the past few months:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/3788359676_6980859696_o.jpg

this is on the windoze notebook that i keep upstairs.

[KB3LAZ]

Well, here is my new screenshot....notice anything different?

[KB3LAZ]

Well, here is my new screenshot....notice anything different?

I did a little housekeeping.

[KG4CGC]

http://www.thelancelife.com/inspiration/25-amazing-dual-monitor-wallpapers/

[W2NAP]

Debian (5) Lenny w/ KDE 3.5

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z82/ddog241/debianlenny.png

Ubuntu 9.04 w/ KDE 3.5

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z82/ddog241/ubuntu904wkde3.png

[WØTKX]

Why I use Winders... HRD & DM780. :agree:

[W4GPL]

http://heliosj.iddings.us/images/currentdesktop-1024x640.png

http://heliosj.iddings.us/images/currentdesktop.png - full size.

[ad4mg]

Background: NGC-253 galaxy - from the VLT (very large telescope) array.

Desktop screenshot resized from 1280x960 to 800x600:

[attachment=0:27bitgi4]acer-e500_112909.jpeg[/attachment:27bitgi4]

[WX7P]

Well, you asked...

[ka8ncr]

http://webpages.charter.net/jtbrei/images/Screenshot-1.jpg

[kf0rt]

On the netbook-
http://westton.com/misc/Screenshot.jpg

[ad4mg]

On the netbook-
http://westton.com/misc/Screenshot.jpg
So, what do you think of Ubuntu One? I've been using it a little to put files I access often in a convenient place. I have 4 machines here signed in to the account.

[ka8ncr]

On the netbook-
http://westton.com/misc/Screenshot.jpg

How do you like the Netbook? Which one are you using?

I bought my son one for Xmas, an HP. Hope he likes it...

[kf0rt]

So, what do you think of Ubuntu One? I've been using it a little to put files I access often in a convenient place. I have 4 machines here signed in to the account.

I really like it on the netbook - better than XP. Simple, and (I think) less mouse needed than XP. Very well done and the install was a snap. I *love* the software center. :clap:

Was going to show the desktop off the Mac, but couldn't figure out how to save a screen capture. So far, I think the Mac is losing the OS war here. Everything here runs a different OS (except 2 machines on XP). Got 2 on XP, one on Tiny XP, one on Vista, one on Win 7, Ubuntu One on the netbook and Snow Leopard on the Mac. Think I might switch the Vista machine to Ubuntu -- need to "learn more Linux."

[ka8ncr]

Was going to show the desktop off the Mac, but couldn't figure out how to save a screen capture. So far, I think the Mac is losing the OS war here. Everything here runs a different OS (except 2 machines on XP). Got 2 on XP, one on Tiny XP, one on Vista, one on Win 7, Ubuntu One on the netbook and Snow Leopard on the Mac. Think I might switch the Vista machine to Ubuntu -- need to "learn more Linux."

Command-shift-4 saves the entire desktop, command-shift-3 saves the focused window.

[kf0rt]

Was going to show the desktop off the Mac, but couldn't figure out how to save a screen capture. So far, I think the Mac is losing the OS war here. Everything here runs a different OS (except 2 machines on XP). Got 2 on XP, one on Tiny XP, one on Vista, one on Win 7, Ubuntu One on the netbook and Snow Leopard on the Mac. Think I might switch the Vista machine to Ubuntu -- need to "learn more Linux."

Command-shift-4 saves the entire desktop, command-shift-3 saves the focused window.

Thanks! Kinda new to the Mac, so still learning.

I've got an Acer Aspire One. Got it on a buy.com sale for $279 last summer with XP and the 6-cell battery. I like it, but it's not the dual-widescreen quad core I'm used to. Mostly use it for a couch-potato computer and for when portability is nice. Great email/surfing machine on the road. It definitely gets enough use that I don't feel too bad about splurging for it.

[KJ3N]

So far, I think the Mac is losing the OS war here. Everything here runs a different OS (except 2 machines on XP). Got 2 on XP, one on Tiny XP, one on Vista, one on Win 7, Ubuntu One on the netbook and Snow Leopard on the Mac. Think I might switch the Vista machine to Ubuntu -- need to "learn more Linux."
What? No OS/2? :rofl:


http://mysite.verizon.net/dgilmore/ecs-1.jpg

[kf0rt]

Ha!
http://www.linuxkungfu.org/images/fun/geek/ShirtHaxx0r.jpg

[n0iu]

Not my desktop, this is my Apple Safari home page:

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv124/scottaschultz/screen.jpg

[W3MIV]

I change my desktop as often as some East Tennesseans change their underwear. This one has been on the "radio-room" computer for a few days. It is a shot I made some years back in memory of one that A. Aubrey Bodine shot at the same location in the early 1950s. It is the split in the Old Main Line at Point of Rocks, on the Potomac. I should note, by way of edit, that the view looks southeast, and the left track is the Old Main Line and the right track is a newer iteration now used by the commuter rail to DC. To my back is the ancient Point of Rocks tunnel, which was completed in 1909 (if memory serves) and is now bypassed by the commuter tracks.

[N4VGB]

I change my desktop as often as some East Tennesseans change their underwear.



At least once daily Albert??? Seems a bit odd, but then........

[n0iu]

I change my desktop as often as some East Tennesseans change their underwear. I see your Mobipocket Reader icon. What mobile device do you use? I have an iPod Touch and use Stanza and I much prefer that to the Kindle for the iPod.

[W3MIV]

I change my desktop as often as some East Tennesseans change their underwear. I see your Mobipocket Reader icon. What mobile device do you use? I have an iPod Touch and use Stanza and I much prefer that to the Kindle for the iPod.


I don't yet have a mobile reader other than a conventional laptop. I downloaded and installed MobiPocket on a couple of machines in order to test it and see what literature might be readily available (free or at nominal cost) before investing in anything else. I chose MobiPocket only because it seemed the most nearly "universal" of the readers out there.

I am still stuck on decision, mostly due to the high cost of the Kindle, the new Google competitor and others I have been "previewing." Most of the others are convenient due to small size, but that only exacerbates the problems of reading, IMO.

I have cooled down a great deal, finding that a "real" book is no less cumbersome to deal with than a Kindle. And, while you may load the entire New York Public Library into your Kindle ( :chin: ), you can still only read one book at a time.

I may never get any farther along with this. :doh:

[W4GPL]

http://heliosj.iddings.us/images/currentdesktop-1024x640.png

[ad4mg]

http://mysite.verizon.net/ad4mg/desktop.jpg

:-D

[kf0rt]

Desktop at work.
This may blow the frames:

http://www.westton.com/misc/desk3.JPG

[KG4CGC]

Possible NSFW content. Click show spoiler.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/screenshot_desktop.jpg

[W4GPL]

Psst.. "[spoiler]" tag.. yo. :)

[NA4BH]

Possible NSFW content. Click show spoiler.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/screenshot_desktop.jpg

They need to be arrested for pedaling puxxi.

[KG4CGC]

Psst.. "[spoiler]" tag.. yo. :)
Oh Cool!
And now you know!
And knowing is half the battle!
G.I. JOE!

[WØTKX]

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[KG4CGC]

They need to be arrested for pedaling puxxi.
In the actual desktop, the parts are of course, not edited.
Not that you can really see anything anyway. A few bare boobs never hurt anyone except a few Super Bowl fans.

[n6hcm]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4800842805_39836a9655_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/henare/4800842805/)

original is 1920x1200. the guy is ben cohen, an english rugby player.

i used to not be one of those "save everything on the desktop people," too.

[n0iu]

This is my desktop:

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv124/scottaschultz/DSC_0028.jpg
(I suppose I really should clean this place up once in a while, huh?)

[KG4CGC]

Show me your browser!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/browser.jpg

[NQ6U]

What's wrong with this picture?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4818136283_58fcb9896e_b.jpg

And, no, it's not a Photoshop job.

[KG4CGC]

What's wrong with this picture?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22279637@N06/4818136283/sizes/l/

And, no, it's not a Photoshop job.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22279637@N06/4818136283/sizes/l/

[NQ6U]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22279637@N06/4818136283/sizes/l/

Picture now showing up okay on my browser--is there still a problem with yours?

[KG4CGC]

Oh no. It's just hunky dorey now.:)

[kf0rt]

What's wrong with this picture?

And, no, it's not a Photoshop job.

Care to offer up some details there, Carl? Hardware? Boot structure? :)

[KG4CGC]

He's using Paint for a browser.

[kf0rt]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[NQ6U]

Care to offer up some details there, Carl? Hardware? Boot structure? :)

I was running XP Pro as a virtualized "guest" OS on a Intel processor MacBook using something called Parallels Desktop. It allows you simultaneously run as many operating systems as you have the RAM (and HD space) for and run apps under the "guest" OS while keeping the primary OS showing. The guest OS is saved as a special disk image on the HD that the virtualization software opens when it's launched. It's a pretty cool trick.

I don't use it anymore, though--the version I have wouldn't run under OS X 10.6.x and since I no longer needed it for work (I ran a Windows-only VPN client) I decided it wasn't worth buying the new version. Now I use BootCamp to dual-boot between OS X and Ubuntu depending on what I want to do. It's not as flexible as Parallels but it has the advantage of being free.

[KG4CGC]

Hah.
You were using Paint.

[W4RLR]

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Mac Mini running Mac OS X version 6, with the ability to run Windows XP in emulation using Parallels. The Mac Mini is my go to machine. I also have a MacBook, two Mac G4 desktops, and my wife has a G4 and a MacBook. Daughter also has a MacBook, ditto my son. We all have iPhones. We're just an Apple bunch.

[w3bny]

Y'all dont wanna see my desktop.:-P

[KG4CGC]

Y'all dont wanna see my desktop.:-P
You're a furry.

[W4RLR]

Was going to show the desktop off the Mac, but couldn't figure out how to save a screen capture. Go to "Utilities" folder, find the app "Grab". It will grab anything from a selection to the entire screen. Save the grabbed shot, open in Preview, save again as a JPG file. You're golden.

[KJ3N]

This is my desktop:

http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/vv124/scottaschultz/DSC_0028.jpg
(I suppose I really should clean this place up once in a while, huh?)

That's pristine compared to mine. :lol:

[N1LAF]

This might be offensive to some...

http://paulfelgate.com/avatars/desktop0.jpg

[NQ6U]

This might be offensive to some...

Yeah--it's freakin' Windows....

[n6hcm]

Show me your browser!

see, i don't get skinning your browser. that's just distracting. the only change i make to my browser's appearance (at least until chrome, which doesn't support this yet) is to make the tabs across the top different colors ...

[kf0rt]

This might be offensive to some...

http://paulfelgate.com/avatars/desktop0.jpg

That's bizarre. First time I've ever seen a virus that only affected one monitor. :rofl:

[WØTKX]

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[KD8JFO]

i keep my background clean :D .. why waste a good picture by coverin it up?

[kc7jty]

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1314/capturenum.png

[n6hcm]

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1314/capturenum.png

i like that photo ... very cool.

but: get yourself foxit reader. less bloaty than adobe reader ...

[kc7jty]

looking into it...
OK, I downloaded it, should I purge all Adobe now?

[n6hcm]

looking into it...
OK, I downloaded it, should I purge all Adobe now?

nah. there will be rare instances when you may need adobe. make foxit your default reader, though. you have tried it out already?

[kc7jty]

yes, seems a bit quicker so far.

[N1LAF]

Next....

[N1LAF]

Next....

Ubuntu, Windows 98, and XP with Safari...

[w3bny]

You're a furry.

Resized from 1280x800


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/Bunnieman/Bunnehfixedresize.jpg
Well, this is one of them anyway!

[KG4CGC]

I was thinking the same thing. Everytime I see the thread title I keep thinking "Show us your tits!" Then I think about Jabba and that thought shrivels up and goes away. I'm a sick, sick barkeep.

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/OldGuy2.jpg

[KG4CGC]

Possible NSFW content. Click show spoiler.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/screenshot_desktop.jpg
Oh yeah. Forgot, PB censored this too.

[KG4CGC]

We still playing Desktop Poker?


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/Wingy%207-5-08/d4fcd526.jpg

[N8YX]

This is the admin's wallpaper on the the new radio controller PC when running XP:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/176/backdrop07.jpg