What does your Desktop look like?

[Intrepidation]

Let's bump this up.

[David]

Home computer:

pic on my work Mac desktop:

Gotta love this sunset shot of our San Juan's here in Seattle Washington. This is taken up on a local road in Bellingham I have taken this shot many times at various times of the day due to storms, it is always lovely.

[Robert Hall]

Gotta love this sunset shot of our San Juan's here in Seattle Washington. This is taken up on a local road in Bellingham I have taken this shot many times at various times of the day due to storms, it is always lovely.

I picked that photo because it is so not Arizona...gives me something relaxing to look at when I get tired of looking at the dry hideous desert void outside... I also have a background picture of Aspen, Colorado's Maroon Bells on my laptop..

Edited June 26, 2012 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[David]

Gotta love this sunset shot of our San Juan's here in Seattle Washington. This is taken up on a local road in Bellingham I have taken this shot many times at various times of the day due to storms, it is always lovely.

I picked that photo because it is so not Arizona...gives me something relaxing to look at when I get tired of looking at the dry hideous desert void outside... I also have a background picture of Aspen, Colorado's Maroon Bells on my laptop..

Very Cool, I love scenes like that to enjoy on any computer, always makes things relaxing.

[Blake Noble]

Still working on overhauling Win7's appearance on my new ultrabook. The taskbar needs some more tweaking and Rocket Dock needs some new icons.

[Z-06]

^ That's one cool HuDuR photo. If there was a subject in the photo, things would have been perfect.

[Intrepidation]

I disagree, the clouds are the subject matter. Where;d you get that photo?

[Intrepidation]

[Blake Noble]

I disagree, the clouds are the subject matter. Where;d you get that photo?

Ohhh yeah. Those are some wicked shelf clouds in the background.

I snagged it from an imageboard (yeah), where it was uploaded by someone who more than likely snagged it from DeviantArt.

I still need to find a nice orb for the taskbar. The one in the screen print works fine, but it looks terrible when you click it. And since I have to use that RAM hogging Rainmeter app to keep my nifty shut down buttons below the dock, I need to find a cool clock and system status readouts so at least it's more worth while.

Edited August 20, 2012 by black-knight

[Z-06]

I disagree, the clouds are the subject matter. Where;d you get that photo?

Nope, the magnitude of the clouds cannot be balanced without a smaller subject.

[Intrepidation]

Clouds are there own genre of photography, clearly that's what the photographer had in mind. A smaller object is not needed, but if you must, there's a house there already which gives a very ominous feeling. I wouldn't change it.

[Blake Noble]

Although I still haven't replaced the dock icons, the new layout is pretty much finished. It's a Windows, Mac, and Android orgy.

I don't know if I want to call it MacWindroid or Chardee MacDennis.

As for new icons, I'd like to have something that straddles the line between iOS icons and Windows 8 tiles.

Oh, and DF, here's that background from earlier if you'd like to use it.

Edited August 20, 2012 by black-knight

[Intrepidation]

Sweet, thanks.

[Jeeagle]

Current Background

[Z-06]

Clouds are there own genre of photography, clearly that's what the photographer had in mind. A smaller object is not needed, but if you must, there's a house there already which gives a very ominous feeling. I wouldn't change it.

Sure clouds are their own genre of photography, but the infinite depth of field perception can be enhanced by a smaller object placed closer to the camera distance. The house in the back is too blended in the clouds to be a subject in the photograph.

[Intrepidation]

Agree to disagree.

[David]

OK, either I have totally missed how this interface works or because I do not use a hosting service for pictures I just am not able to upload pics. I know I asked before and was told there was plenty of space to upload pics with comments, but how do you guys get pictures uploaded from your computer to the forum. Only way I have found is to put it in my media, but then I end up with a link rather than the pic or are you guys uploading to "My Media" and using the url to the pic there to post in the forum?

[Intrepidation]

You can either use the full editor and click "attach images" or get a free photobucket account and host from that.

[ocnblu]

Right now I have a spunky silver Spark 2LT left front 3/4 view as my background. I found out you can download "your" car from the GM "build & price" home sites, and I'm havin' a ball.

[David]

My desktop is covered in Lavendar right now, I let BING desktop take me all over the world.

[Blake Noble]

Realizing that dressing up Windows 7 to look like Mac OS is lame, I returned the Sony T13 and bought a MacBook Air. I'm officially a douchey douche McDouchepants now.

Oh well. At least I don't have to bitch about Sony's bloatware anymore.

Edited August 30, 2012 by black-knight

[FAPTurbo]

Great! Windows 7 runs perfectly on MacBook Air's!

[Intrepidation]

Oh boy, now you get to have Apple's bloatware instead!

[Blake Noble]

Great! Windows 7 runs perfectly on MacBook Air's!

Yup, yup. I noticed Endgadget did that to a mid-2011 model Air.

It's nice to know that if I have Win7 withdrawals, it's not that hard to go back.

Oh boy, now you get to have Apple's bloatware instead!

Either way, at the end of the day it's better than having to soon deal with Windows 8's ... well, everything.

[FAPTurbo]

Your font has changed for some reason. At least Safari didn't enable its 'hipster' mode that makes everything Helvetica or the podcast crew would have to kill you.

[Blake Noble]

Your font has changed for some reason. At least Safari didn't enable its 'hipster' mode that makes everything Helvetica or the podcast crew would have to kill you.

Ohhhh ... you mean like this?*

*(Assuming its visible to not only just me.)

Anyway, I'm going to close out of Safari now and reopen Firefox before I kill myself.

Edited September 1, 2012 by black-knight

[Intrepidation]

[Soku47]

QUOTE(wildmanjoe @ Aug 31 2007, 02:22 AM) 316681[/snapback]

Have I got the best desktop ever or what?

Ha, got enough icons there? I'm also a Runescape player heh.

[David]

Wow talk about working out of chaos.

[Robert Hall]

My work laptop has a sunset at Huntington Beach photo and my home laptop has a Colorado wilderness photo, both to distract me from the vile Arizona summer reality

[rosa]

Mine has mountains and stream now but i'm looking to upgrade to something more personalized as soon as I get some help. 

[oldshurst442]

That is soooooo freakin' cool.

 

I LOVE WW2 aircraft!

 

(yeah I know...posted in 2012....doesnt change the fact that this is such a cool pic)

 

This is my current desktop...it used to be of my two kids...but I see their face live everyday...

 

 

I HATE THAT 5th gen. CAMARO!!!

I just ignore it...I have it for the Hellcats (yes car and airplane) and for the DC-3.

To tell you the truth...Ive had this desktop now for about 3 months...and I dont see the Camaro at all anymore...

Can you call that  power of persuasion?

Whatever...Im happy I dont acknowledge it and drool over the Hellcat.

[cp-the-nerd]

My background is currently this outrageously hot Camaro, but it's on a 1-hour rotation with like 15 wallpapers including the ATS-V and CTS-V.

 

Edited May 21, 2015 by cp-the-nerd

[Cmicasa the Great]

This is my background.. with all icons on the Bottom toolbar. I like it clean. I did just steal the two pics in Old's post tho.

 

Edited May 21, 2015 by Cmicasa the Great

[Drew Dowdell]

My work laptop.  I've been to this castle before though not in the snow.

 

[SalesmanSean]

Mine is kind of boring, I suppose, but my background is just an old picture of my son at 1 years old (he's 4 now, I should really update that, but I haven't yet).  I'm usually posting from work, and that is my laptop at home, so I'm afraid no screen grab just at the moment.

[William Maley]

 

Since I use two screens, I tend to vary what I have on either desktop. The first is a drawing of the Skoda Superb that I pulled from their media site - I have a thing for drawings of concepts and production vehicles. The other is a Subaru WRX STI rally car. Usually, I have one of the shots from my reviews on one of my screens.

[David]

I just go with the Bing Desktop so I get a new pic everyday.

[daves87rs]

My work laptop.  I've been to this castle before though not in the snow.

 

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Like that castle!

[oldshurst442]

 

My work laptop.  I've been to this castle before though not in the snow.

 

desktop.png

 

 

Like that castle!

 

Me too.

That castle inspired me to have the Acropolis of Athens as my signature.

Edited May 25, 2015 by oldshurst442

[Drew Dowdell]

 

 

My work laptop.  I've been to this castle before though not in the snow.

 

desktop.png

 

 

Like that castle!

 

Me too.

That castle inspired me to have the Acropolis of Athens as my signature.

 

 

The castle, I forget the name, is one of the few castles in Europe to never be damaged in war. It is still privately owned and the family lives in one section while allowing tours in the other.

[oldshurst442]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That castle inspired me to have the Acropolis of Athens as my signature.

 

The castle, I forget the name, is one of the few castles in Europe to never be damaged in war. It is still privately owned and the family lives in one section while allowing tours in the other.

 

"Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany."

 

Google is my friend.

So I just dropped the image of that castle in the Google Image box...and Voila! Like magic...

 

Id love to visit Germany one day. All of Europe actually. Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary...ahem Monaco...(maybe a tad too rich for my blood), Austria...where Ill throw another shrimp on the Bar B...

 

Sometimes I just crack myself up!

(Ok...that joke was stolen from somewhere else...sue me!)

On second thought...let me just reference it just in case...Dumb and Dumber...that joke comes from Dumb and Dumber...

 

Ive been to Greece countless of times...but its nice to see other parts of the world, non?

[David]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That castle inspired me to have the Acropolis of Athens as my signature.

 

The castle, I forget the name, is one of the few castles in Europe to never be damaged in war. It is still privately owned and the family lives in one section while allowing tours in the other.

 

"Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany."

 

Google is my friend.

So I just dropped the image of that castle in the Google Image box...and Voila! Like magic...

 

Id love to visit Germany one day. All of Europe actually. Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary...ahem Monaco...(maybe a tad too rich for my blood), Austria...where Ill throw another shrimp on the Bar B...

 

Sometimes I just crack myself up!

(Ok...that joke was stolen from somewhere else...sue me!)

On second thought...let me just reference it just in case...Dumb and Dumber...that joke comes from Dumb and Dumber...

 

Ive been to Greece countless of times...but its nice to see other parts of the world, non?

 

Most fun you could have is to be in Frankfurt for October fest which is also preceeded by their wine festival. Talk about a drinking blast of fun with amazing food. Then make sure you get to Hanover for CBET. Just bundle up as it is cold.

[Drew Dowdell]

Yup, that rings a bell.  I go to Germany just about every year, but the visit to that castle was 3 or 4 years ago. 

[Intrepidation]

Good to see this thread has had some activity!

 

 

Sentimental Journey. One of the finest examples of the breed with one of my favorite names.

[daves87rs]

Nice!!!

[oldshurst442]

Nice B-17.

 

You've inspired me to go back to WW2 aircraft pics for a signature...

[Intrepidation]

WWII aircraft are best aircraft.

[Suaviloquent]

I read somewhere once that the best looking aircraft are almost always the best performing ones too.

 

I'd agree. Boeing's X-32 is such an ugly piece of work... But then again so is the Lockheed X-35 that went on to become to F-35....

[surreal1272]

My current one which is a throwback of sorts. The picture on the desktop was done about eight years ago. It's a combination of Photoshop, Bryce 3D, and my old Talon. I was feeling a bit nostalgic this weekend.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2016 by surreal1272