Post your desktop [Archive] - Page 9

Fahrenheit

2009-03-31, 15:34

Oh, I forgot we had a thread like this. Here is mine. The pic is from last month which is taken with my infrared modified camera. It is a dying town in Italy, and it was nothing short of breathtaking. Unfortunately, the aspect ratio is not right for my monitor.

http://gong.smugmug.com/photos/477241238_QmT6u-XL.jpg

A) That's beautiful. Care to share (I know you are a proper photog so you may have a copyright on it, and that's fine :) )

B) Just had a look at your Charlottesville Fire Dept. photo essay. Boston 'Big Picture' worthy, if I may say so!

Yontsey

2009-03-31, 15:48

A) That's beautiful. Care to share (I know you are a proper photog so you may have a copyright on it, and that's fine :) )

B) Just had a look at your Charlottesville Fire Dept. photo essay. Boston 'Big Picture' worthy, if I may say so!

Agreed. I'd love to be able to set that pic as my background. That is absolutely beautiful.

curiousuburb

2009-04-01, 11:48

DeviantArt has a sweet Typographic treatment of Steve referencing the Think Different scripts.

http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/055/a/4/Steven_Paul_Jobs_by_dylanroscover.jpg (http://dylanroscover.deviantart.com/art/Steven-Paul-Jobs-113968783)

stevegong

2009-04-01, 18:05

Fahrenheit and Yontsey,

I normally would never do this, because I once found my pics used without permission on some Italian travel site for profit, but I trust you guys and take joy in making this community a better place.

Please PM me for the picture. :)

Quagmire

2009-04-10, 14:24

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1179/picture1hyq.th.png (http://img10.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1hyq.png)

Brad

2009-04-10, 20:16

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/1718/picture1fan.png

Eerie coincidence! :)

Today at lunch my coworkers and I went to a local sub shop and the TV in the corner was on CNN, featuring the current weather disasters (thunderstorms, tornadoes, etc). I mentioned that my favorite "disaster" photo was of the Chile volcano + lightning and pulled up that very same photo on my Crackberry to show them.

PS. Any chance you could thumbnail that? kthxbye.

Brad

2009-04-10, 20:22

I feel ashamed whenever someone asks about it, but I think it's really sweet...

http://i43.tinypic.com/vgogli.png (http://i41.tinypic.com/15i24j5.png)

(original (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Warptable.gif))

I think I just found the new desktop for my work computer! :D

Also, I'm so tempted to make an SVG based on that so it can scale up better...

Maciej

2009-04-11, 01:23

Also, I'm so tempted to make an SVG based on that so it can scale up better...

That might not be a bad idea...

Brad

2009-04-11, 01:48

I couldn't resist! :D

http://i40.tinypic.com/5k5cb9.png

http://i44.tinypic.com/1zluqg5.png

Honestly, I'm surprised I hadn't thought to make a desktop picture like this before. Thanks for the inspiration, abb! I had the TNG tech manual back in the 90s but loaned it to a friend and never got it back. A couple years ago, though, my wifey found a replacement for me and it's now snuggled safely on the bookshelf. :)

edit: And here's a ZIP file (http://applenova.com/etc/brad/WarpFactorScales.zip) that contains several formats since SVG isn't quite commonplace yet: SVG, PNG (very large with alpha), PS, PDF, and ODG.

SpecMode

2009-04-11, 03:09

http://www.specmode.net/images/an/desktops/imac_11apr09.png

Grabbed from an awesome desktop artist on dA (link to this particular set (http://allhopeislost.deviantart.com/art/Argentum-Vivum-114223403)).

thegeriatric

2009-04-11, 06:07

Wow Lovely. Thanks SpecMode. :)

Downloaded and using. Beautiful.

Jasoco

2009-06-18, 22:28

Is this thread dead for a reason?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3640437302_01f82bfd5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoco/3640437302/)

A combination of BowTie and GeekTool plus an explosion of color.

The weather and the background for my "Sidebar" are GeekTool. (The Weather script can be found in many places on the internet. Just use Google for GeekTool Weather.)

The rest, time, date, calendar, photo of Zooey Deschanel and song playing are a custom Bowtie Bowlet I made myself. It's proprietary. I built it myself custom.

The photo changes every 30 seconds between an assortment of specially picked photos.

The font used is from www.dafont.com and is called "EraserDust" and "Eraser" (One is all caps and hasslightly different numbers but doesn't have the Degrees symbol or some other special entities.)

The desktop picture is from InterfaceLift:
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/1895/smell_of_holland.html
It is one of a hundred or so photos taken from IL. Alas, not all of them are as colorful as this one.

The video is "Weird Al" Yankovic's latest "Craigslist". It's a style parody of The Doors.
See it here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R32aFmxL9HY)

The music video for the song playing in iTunes can be seen here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8K4zPSKQc)

evan

2009-06-18, 23:10

wow that's not a desktop, it's art...

speaking of customizing, whatever happened to that thread that had a bunch of tips/links for making the mac more unique?

lightning_bug

2009-06-18, 23:40

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/albolte/desktop_061809.png

Just a picture of the rear badge of my Corolla.

Luca

2009-06-19, 02:01

http://i40.tinypic.com/29m6as5.jpg

PKIDelirium

2009-06-19, 02:26

Since the movie came out:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5083/startrek11wallpaper2610.jpg

PKIDelirium

2009-06-23, 19:13

Above is still in use on the iBook. Just set this up on the Mac Mini (click for teh big):

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6608/picture4pau.png (http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8880/picture4jqz.png)

jdcfsu

2009-06-27, 12:02

My new MacBook Pro with a picture taken while near Masachapa, Nicaragua on the Pacific coast about three weeks ago.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3665804050_05497f625f.jpg

SpecMode

2009-07-01, 04:19

http://www.specmode.net/images/an/desktops/imac_1jul09.jpg (http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/snow-leopard-wallpapers/)

One of a pair of awesome Snow Leopard-inspired desktops by Sebastiaan de With, icon/UI designer extraordinaire. (Click the image for download link.)

popantique

2009-07-05, 23:14

Not really my desktop per se, but...
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1707/0630092213a.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/0630092213a.jpg/)

...yeeeaaaaaaahhhhh.

Also, Jasoco has a really sweet setup there.

Brad

2009-07-05, 23:28

Broken image, popantique. Looks like it needs an Amazon authentication or something.

edit: That's better… in a way. :eek:

popantique

2009-07-05, 23:31

meh. I stole it from my twitter, and angered the gods of microblogging. Fixed, albeit oversize now. (there is no winning, and I'm supposed to be studying for midterms anyway.)

lightning_bug

2009-07-06, 23:50

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2530/3697059076_1a63727610.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/albolte/3697059076/)

Found this shot in my iPhoto gallery, and it looked pretty nice, so - new desktop! Click for big.

709

2009-07-08, 23:41

My little lappie pic:

http://www.davidlegatt.com/images/albums/userpics/10002/avp_chess.jpg (http://www.davidlegatt.com/images/albums/userpics/10002/avp_chess_1680x1050.jpg)

turtle

2009-07-09, 21:57

Thanks for linking. It's my new desktop too. :)

Yontsey

2009-07-10, 08:25

Thanks for linking. It's my new desktop too. :)

Mine too! That think looks beautiful on my screen!

atomicbartbeans

2009-07-10, 16:33

Who likes subtle grids!

http://imgur.com/kuxkw.jpg

It's nice to put them in a folder and have them randomly change every 30 minutes.

I'll put up the originals upon request. :)

turtle

2009-07-10, 23:19

So I was looking for a new desktop for my Mac Mini and I found this one and it's replaced the last one on my MB.
http://turtle2472.com/an/desktop090711.png (http://allsizewallpapers.blogspot.com/2009/06/swine-flu-3d-wallpaper.html)
Click to download from blog source.

Brad

2009-07-10, 23:32

Who likes subtle grids!
I do! I do! I do!

I'll put up the originals upon request. :)
Request.

709

2009-07-10, 23:41

I can't see a fucking thing.

Ya know, as big of a Mozilla cheerleader as I've been (ALL HAIL CAMINO!!!), Safari 4 is, um, actually, not bad. Not bad at all in fact. :\

I don't know.

I kinda hate myself for thinking this way, but, Safari 4 is something I might actually use. And I might like it.

Forgive me, great DinosaurStar in the sky, I am weak.

(Posted from Camino Version 1.6.8) ...

atomicbartbeans

2009-07-11, 09:03

Request.

http://imgur.com/bJpGq.jpg

http://imgur.com/BaMjd.jpg

http://imgur.com/dPCjb.jpg

http://imgur.com/Cm3cw.jpg

http://imgur.com/dXBx8.jpg

Brad

2009-07-11, 13:19

I can't see a fucking thing.
:confused:
Safari 4 is, um, actually, not bad. Not bad at all in fact. :\

I don't know.

I kinda hate myself for thinking this way, but, Safari 4 is something I might actually use. And I might like it.
Hey, come on it! The water's great! :cool:

(Posted from Camino Version 1.6.8) ...
Wait, what? You call yourself a Camino fanboi and you're not using the 2.0 betas (http://preview.caminobrowser.org/)? :eek: They bring much needed tab-dragging and updates to Gecko, at the very least. :)

Brad

2009-07-11, 13:20

http://imgur.com/bJpGq.jpg

http://imgur.com/BaMjd.jpg

http://imgur.com/dPCjb.jpg

http://imgur.com/Cm3cw.jpg

http://imgur.com/dXBx8.jpg

Danke! I prefer subtle, low-contrast desktop pics, which tend to be harder to come by these days. :)

Chris A

2009-07-11, 15:50

Here's my current main machine desktop, Duke Ellington Boulevard, looking towards Central Park West (NYC). That building dates back to 1884, it was a cancer hospital—the genesis of Sloane-Kettering. I live around the corner.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j275/Nurdley/MydesktopJuly2009.jpg

SpecMode

2009-07-12, 09:35

Let's go with something a little different, shall we? :)

http://www.specmode.net/images/an/desktops/imac_12jul09.jpg

I came up with this after a little messing around in Lightroom with a shot of the harbor right outside my office a few days ago. It is by no means perfect, but I thought it came out a lot better than it had any right to given how little work went into it.

The image itself (as shown) can be downloaded here (http://www.specmode.net/images/an/desktops/coldharbor.jpg). (edit: bonus desktop with same theme here (http://www.specmode.net/images/an/desktops/destroyer.jpg).)

Batman

2009-07-18, 16:17

Here's my latest desktop, on my MacBook Pro. The picture is a promo shot of Mia Wasikowska as Alice from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. And yes, that's actually what my desktop looks like. I've done a bit of UI tweaking and use Quicksilver for most tasks.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3419/3733363032_58d599f2f7_b.jpg

PKIDelirium

2009-07-18, 16:39

Click for big:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4839/picture435.png (http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4839/picture435.png)

Jasoco

2009-07-18, 19:02

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3723805447_a61836182c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoco/3723805447/)

Slight variation on last months. Different font in side area. Slightly different Dock. And about 3 Snow Leopard updates later.

murbot

2009-08-10, 00:12

http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/.Pictures/desktop2.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/.Pictures/desktop1.jpg)

Elysium

2009-08-24, 19:00

It's coming...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3853574333_378fbe71c4.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3853574333_378fbe71c4_b.jpg)

Long live hockey! :)

Jasoco

2009-08-24, 19:13

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3821081339_2934aba43e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoco/3821081339/)
I love that album art. :lol:

Switched to left aligned media with right side text for drives that I use all the time. Keeps my right side free for files I dump on the desktop and makes it easier to select them all and drag them to the Downloads folder for storage without accidentally selecting a HD.

Noel

2009-08-24, 19:33

My new Dell mini 10v :D

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3854448602_63a9a10ff3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41807418@N06/3854448602/)

Iago

2009-08-24, 19:34

Jasoco

2009-08-24, 19:41

As usual, Bowtie and GeekTool.

Iago

2009-08-24, 19:43

Ah, Bowtie. Many thanks.

Foj

2009-08-24, 20:14

It's coming...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3853574333_378fbe71c4.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3853574333_378fbe71c4_b.jpg)

Long live hockey! :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3854562126_ca39a42bae_o.png

MacLahoriya

2009-08-24, 22:01

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3851910055_8f18246375.jpg

I can only go this far with my PowerBook when it comes to Snow Leopard :(

Link to full size (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atiquesnapped/3851910055/sizes/o/)

Wyatt

2009-08-25, 16:59

Here's my new wallpaper for my 13" MacBook's internal screen. You can click for the full-size, but I think you get the point. :lol:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/3857452620_4cc21d5931.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/3857452620/sizes/o/)

Robo

2009-08-25, 17:01

I LOVE IT :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: haha

ime_NY

2009-08-28, 02:42

Wyatt, that is awesome!

Wyatt

2009-09-06, 18:12

I've just started experimenting with Geektool. Here's my first attempt with it. Click for the Flickr link.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/3894757830_7a501340e4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/3894757830/)

Jasoco

2009-09-06, 19:35

Nice. I would probably turn the shadow on for the text because it renders much crisper if you do. Except that it then has a shadow, if you don't want one. (I wish GeekTool's shadow worked the same way as CSS with complete control over the color, spread and position. You could turn it to 0,0,0 and make it not show up, yet the text would render smoother.)

Wyatt

2009-09-06, 19:44

Oh, you were so right. I never tried the shadows, but that does make the text much sharper. I don't actually really notice that the shadows are there because I'm using such a light background. I'm really pleased with the way it looks now. Thanks!

Now I just need to think of a few more things I can use it for. :p

Here's my (slightly) modified version:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/3895044602_de5b5f39cf.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/3895044602/)

turtle

2009-09-10, 21:43

My newest on Beast. I don't know where I got the wallpaper from other than Google.
http://turtle2472.com/an/desktop090910.png

Brad

2009-09-10, 21:56

I don't know where I got the wallpaper from other than Google.

Here's one likely origin: http://www.desktopmac.net/archives/apple-wood-wallpaper

turtle

2009-09-10, 21:59

Yep, that was it! :)

lightning_bug

2009-09-10, 23:40

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/3876020539_278e5442c3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/albolte/3876020539/)

Decided to take a picture of my car's speedometer and use that. :cancer:

dmegatool

2009-09-15, 15:58

I switched from Mac to PC at work (was the only Mac out of 30). I would need a sad mac face wallpaper but I can't find any. Anybody got this ?

Brad

2009-09-15, 15:59

I switched from Mac to PC at work (was the only Mac out of 30). I would need a sad mac face wallpaper but I can't find any. Anybody got this ?

You could take this and either scale it up or leave it centered on a black background. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Sad_mac.png

Alternatively, here's the sad iPod icon.

http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/TS1373/TS1373_4.gif

dmegatool

2009-09-15, 19:55

Brad

2009-09-15, 22:27

Lol, I was hoping for a more OSX version (finder face) but I guess that could do it :)

What's that anyway? An Apple II error? :)
What?!

That's the "Sad Mac" error! You get that on any Old World ROM Mac if it has serious problems at boot time. The only times I ever ran across the Sad Mac icon was using an emulator like vMac; I never saw one IRL despite having several Old World Macs. The icon itself is of an original-style Macintosh, just the unhappy version of the Happy Mac icon that normally accompanied boot.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Macintosh_128k_transparency.png/250px-Macintosh_128k_transparency.png

http://i32.tinypic.com/294o1ur.jpg
(full size of this poster (http://www.guidebookgallery.org/extras/posters/obituaries), among others)

I guess you didn't know there was actually such a thing as a "Sad Mac" icon? :)

Kids these days... :no: ;)

Swox

2009-09-15, 22:33

Ah, I have fond memories of the Happy/Sad Macs, and the bomb. Playing Enchanted Scepters, having errors occur just as I'm about to finally make it through the pyramid almost felt like part of the game play. Every move felt like rolling the dice - will the game crash, or will the voodoo doctor suddenly pop up and kill me again? Where is that last scepter, anyway? Why aren't there still Hypercard games?

My god, I really have to stop writing and read these damn articles for tomorrow!

Brad

2009-09-15, 22:35

Ah, Why aren't there still Hypercard games?
:( :( :( Don't remind me.

Robo

2009-09-15, 22:57

Brad: I think/hope dmegatool was referring to the

0000000F
00000003

bit, as the Apple ][ error. I don't know what that is. But surely nobody could not know about Sad/Happy Mac? And how could a Sad Mac icon, which is a picture of a Mac, be on the Apple ][ that predates it? :confused:

Wyatt

2009-11-12, 19:52

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/4098958747_585365f9a9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/4098958747/sizes/o/)

I'm giving a no-icon desktop a shot. It's a huge shift from using GeekTool, but I'm liking it so far. In my dock, I only have Finder, Safari, Mail and TextWrangler on the app side and stacks for my home folder, applications and downloads.

It's a little strange at first, but I'm getting used to it. I'm pretty much using the Applications stack and spotlight as my app launcher, and I'm just opening Finder to browse for files. I do that rarely enough anyway that I don't mind the extra click.

Noel

2009-11-12, 22:49

Wyatt, where'd you get that wallpaper? It's fantastic! I must have it for my collection!

Wyatt

2009-11-13, 05:10

Wyatt, where'd you get that wallpaper? It's fantastic! I must have it for my collection!
I couldn't remember, so I Googled the file name and found it here:

http://files.caffeinated.se/index.php?File=7&Folder=0-0&Page=3&Search=

I forgot to mention in my last post that I found a great new place for wallpapers yesterday in Dan Rubin's twitter feed. It's called Simple Desktops (http://simpledesktops.com/), and it's great for people who love minimalist wallpapers. I downloaded a bunch of them yesterday.

Miko

2009-11-13, 06:02

Lol, I was hoping for a more OSX version (finder face) but I guess that could do it :)

What's that anyway? An Apple II error? :)

But thx Brad, I think I'll make one with the first one. I'll post the result.

Well here is an more artful take on the sad mac in a not so 8 bit flavor.

Flickr link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/techthis/2692798677/sizes/l/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2692798677_c0fa0ffe6d.jpg

krMACguire

2009-11-16, 12:37

Thought I would share my simple desktop with you.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_K7rgxm4bdVc/SwGbfuUzZII/AAAAAAAAK4w/wHprmXQj0SA/s800/5e81cd943110b20f78a10fae62feb3c6.png

I actually have a second monitor hooked up which I use to view my e-mail and Twitter feeds as well as iCal.

mattnm104

2009-11-16, 19:59

http://www.alcimedes.com/desktop.jpg

Good pics, love it, how can i get it?

pscates2.0

2009-12-09, 14:07

Here's mine. I used this last year, around this time (up until about February or so). I found it online... *shrug* But it's cute and the color is me.

http://homepage.mac.com/pscates/mockups/wp_imac.jpg

And this year I made a little iPhone companion to go with it:

http://homepage.mac.com/pscates/mockups/wp_iphone.jpg

:p

I've been doing the above for about 9-10 months now (after a friend lost his phone and worried about what was suddenly out there for anyone to look at...e-mail, photos, contact info, map/address stuff, etc.). This wallpaper, along with the Passcode Lock enabled, makes me feel very safe with my iPhone "out in the world". It gives honest people two ways to contact me the minute they turn it on, but keeps prying types (or thieves) out of all my personal info. Best of both worlds: assists honest, helpful people, thwarts the snoops.

The above, along with MobileMe's "Find my iPhone" feature, makes going out for the evening, among crowds and visiting multiple places, nowhere near the worry or hassle it used to be. Hell, I almost wish I would lose the damn thing (or have it stolen), just so I could get a new one, guilt-free. :D

Mugge

2009-12-09, 14:27

With such a nice snowman it's bound to get returned.

:)

pscates2.0

2009-12-09, 14:29

I know. Who could ever be mean and keep it, when faced with such a smiley little guy? :)

Wyatt

2009-12-14, 20:30

Here's my current one. Mostly I'm posting this as an excuse to show off how adorable my daughter is. :p

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4185915811_f7b1a815c1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/4185915811/)

thegeriatric

2009-12-14, 20:35

Don't worry, she will soon grow up, and be a pain in the butt. :lol:

Aww she looks soo cute now though. :)

turtle

2009-12-14, 20:58

She is a cutie!

turtle

2010-01-16, 16:18

My new desktop:
http://turtle2472.com/an/desktop100116.png

Me at SeaWorld a few years back doing my "I'm a little teapot" rendition for the crowd. :)

jdcfsu

2010-01-16, 20:23

Me at SeaWorld a few years back doing my "I'm a little teapot" rendition for the crowd. :)

That's that the sea lion and otter show. That's a pretty funny show.

turtle

2010-01-17, 00:27

It was an awesome show. Even better that they picked me to go down in front of the crowd. :) I loved it. What's really funny is I was just playing along with the joking back and forth. The pirate by the boat asked what I was doing and the guy on shore with me said I was just singing (he was speaking for me of course). He then started to sing the teacup song and I instinctively did the moves for it. Thankfully one of the overpriced photographers were on hand to blackmail me into buying one of the shots from the booth. Totally worth it! It was a great time and my kid loved watching me make a fool of myself. Then again, so did the whole crowd. They were laughing hysterically at me.

ezkcdude

2010-01-17, 07:03

The title of this thread feels like such an anachronism to me. Does anyone here still use a 56K modem?

turtle

2010-01-17, 08:18

The title of this thread feels like such an anachronism to me. Does anyone here still use a 56K modem?

Yes there are. The ones I see don't normally use the web though. They do email and that's about it.

dmegatool

2010-01-17, 10:02

I got an 56k modem in my HTPC but it's for showig caller ID on tv... Can you beleive they are still selling theses ? I bought mine for like 4$.

Web isn't for 56k anymore. It would be such a PITA.

Iago

2010-01-18, 08:13

Here's mine (http://i.imgur.com/rtsPb.jpg). I like to keep things simple... the dock is looking pretty cluttered at the moment! Pedobear Adium icon = gold. The pin-up lady sitting on the eiffel tower is my home folder, and the little grim reaper you can barely see on the bottom left is my 'miscellaneous items' folder, where everything ends up :)

Foj

2010-01-18, 12:42

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4285713850_3a15ffec1e_o.png

Iago

2010-01-18, 12:49

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4285713850_3a15ffec1e_o.png

I know I'm wrong for saying it, but I want to Photoshop Pedobear over the top of the weird thing in the middle there :)

AWR

2010-01-19, 08:17

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Nice! My favorite animated film is Tonari no Totoro (back-up HD is partitioned into Mei and Satsuki :o ).

Mugge

2010-01-19, 13:26

I know I'm wrong for saying it, but I want to Photoshop Pedobear over the top of the weird thing in the middle there :)

Well, that would fit nicely with that icon in your own dock, eh?

http://gossipcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hansen.jpg

:p

Iago

2010-01-19, 13:38

Well, that would fit nicely with that icon in your own dock, eh?

http://gossipcandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hansen.jpg

:p

:lol:

I don't know why but pedobear/pedrobear just cracks me up. Everything about him. I imagine he's a really jolly fellow, like Mr. Hanky from South Park, with almost the same high pitched voice.

evan

2010-03-23, 11:32

Clean, using one of apple's Art backgrounds (can you name the artist?):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4456959425_753f9c1aa5_o.jpg

And me working on my homework - building a program using IBCM assembly. Example on the left, commands on the right, instructions in the top middle, my code in the bottom middle.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4457736046_226ec279d3_o.jpg

Dovek916

2010-04-10, 17:37

Glow sticks in slowmo

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb8/dovek916/Screenshot2010-04-10at33035PM.png

Iago

2010-04-11, 10:33

building a program using IBCM assembly.

Totally misread that as ICBM assembly :)

addabox

2010-04-12, 00:03

Clean, using one of apple's Art backgrounds (can you name the artist?):

Malevich. Is it too late to claim my prize?

I love that era of constructivism/suprematism/geometric abstraction, because for all their formal rigor, they still look so hand made, so painted. Unlike the later American pop influenced and minimalist stuff that goes for the untouched by human hands thing.

Kaelri

2010-04-15, 01:15

http://ecomm1.csug.rochester.edu/~lore/hosted/ls.13.thumb.jpg (http://ecomm1.csug.rochester.edu/~lore/hosted/ls.13.jpg)

Capella

2010-04-16, 17:41

http://sixthbrightest.net/files/desktop.png

The photo I took today, plus my dock. Afraid not much is ever stored on my desktop, though you can see my KotOR screenshot folder.

kieran

2010-04-16, 18:02

I've had the same picture as my desktop background for a while, so I figured it was time for a change.

Here's my new one. The gf with the Philly Phanatic statue at Love Park.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4527034806_6885214ed6_o.jpg

Wyatt

2010-04-23, 04:43

Here's my current wallpaper on my MB screen. The original is from Simple Desktops (http://simpledesktops.com).

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4544895057_6f20f680b5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwyatt/4544895057/sizes/o/)

Brad

2010-05-01, 15:01

I'm particularly proud of this desktop image I just made. :) After having seen a bunch of worn "grunge" flag pictures, I decided to make one last night with my own spin on the concept.

http://applenova.com/etc/brad/images/desktop_UFP_grunge_flag_thumb.jpg

Also sitting on my desktop is an early rendering of another work-in-progress idea I'm toying with.

http://applenova.com/etc/brad/images/desktop_ALttP_WIP_1.jpg

Capella

2010-05-01, 15:03

Nice background, Brad!

lightning_bug

2010-05-01, 16:21

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/4569272736_9c26e91534.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/albolte/4569272736/)

Found this when looking up articles of the volcano in Iceland. Unfortunately, don't remember where I found it, but I think it's pretty bad-ass. :)

nikstar101

2010-05-01, 18:03

Glow sticks in slowmo

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb8/dovek916/Screenshot2010-04-10at33035PM.png

Cool clock thing!! Where did you get that?

Jasoco

2010-05-07, 16:35

It's probably GeekTool. On the topic of GeekTool, why hasn't 3.x gotten text shadowing back yet? Sheesh! It's hard to read my memory and uptime stats on light backgrounds. I need my shadows back.

Quagmire

2010-08-02, 09:37

My new desktop of a picture of Robinson Cano's 100th career HR that I took at the Yankees game I went to back in June.

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5357/screenshot20100801at816.png

PKIDelirium

2010-10-04, 01:44

Temporarily replacing my Tokyo night skyline that I've had for well over a year now.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4969/screenshot20101004at241.png

Digital cookie to the first person to identify the aircraft without cheating!

AWR

2010-10-04, 02:38

Easy. C130 Spectre, firing countermeasure flares.
:)

PKIDelirium

2010-10-04, 02:55

Yup.

pscates2.0

2010-10-07, 22:46

I often stick with the graphite theme of the current OS, but I came across this online. My two favorite colors (orange and green) and abstract/techie enough to appeal. Also, I'm trying hard - for the first time ever - to do without the hard drive icon in the upper right. I know it's not necessary, but it's just something I've had/clicked on for 16-plus years (getting in the habit of just clicking the Finder face in the Dock, or hitting Command+N). Just my Time Machine backup is the only thing on my desktop.

I'm a bit of a clean freak... :)

http://homepage.mac.com/pscates/mockups/desktop_10-10-07.jpg

ironlung

2010-10-08, 19:03

I like it a lot pscates

Brad

2010-10-08, 22:18

pscates2.0

2010-10-08, 22:44

Oops...sorry! Here you go. (http://www.pulsarmedia.eu/r_abstract_wallpapers_3_pink_light_art_wall_954_li ght_and_line_4_green_orange_1680_x_1050_47046.html ) I found it by typing "1680x1050 orange" into Google last night. :)

Quagmire

2010-10-09, 10:53

My new desktop (http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/1117/screenshot20101009at114x.png)

ironlung

2010-10-11, 01:06

pscates2.0

2010-10-11, 12:15

:confused:

Odd, I never did. Just went right to the site. I had to wait 60 seconds for the download to start, but that was the only "grr" or "uh-oh" part of it.

thegeriatric

2010-10-11, 12:46

Im getting a harmful website message from safari.

Works ok in Google Chrome. :)

PKIDelirium

2010-10-11, 13:08

Im getting a harmful website message from safari.

Not me.

ironlung

2010-10-12, 16:35

Im getting a harmful website message from safari.

Very strange. This time around I didn't get it, and also the website looks completely different. Perhaps the website had been hacked before?

Jasoco

2010-10-13, 19:38

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5079334059_8f3187fcaa_z.jpg (http://i54.tinypic.com/2506xle.jpg)
Bowtie: Calendar, clock, time and date, iTunes information custom Bowlet
GeekTool: The black sections along the edges, the memory and trash size
HyperDock: The Windows 7-style Dock previews - http://hyperdock.bahoom.de/
Minecraft: The addictive game in the screenshot
Desktop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darlingseas/2691387849/
Menubar: PTH Pasteboard, Dragthing, Bonjour Mounter, Teleport, FaceBook Notifications

GeekTool:
Memory: top -ocpu -l1 | grep 'PhysMem' | sed 's/PhysMem: *//' | awk '{print "Mem: " $9 " free/" $7 " used"}'
Trash: du -sh ~/.Trash/ | awk '{print "Trash: " $1 }'

Noel

2010-10-22, 18:12

Jasoco, is that calendar Bowlet a custom one, or did you download it somewhere? Either way, would you mind sharing? :D

Here's my current desktop:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1971638/2010-10-22_sm.png (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1971638/2010-10-22.png)

Jasoco

2010-11-18, 00:39

Jasoco, is that calendar Bowlet a custom one, or did you download it somewhere? Either way, would you mind sharing? :D
It's a constant work in progress and I wouldn't recommend using it as is. Edit it to fit your needs first. It's currently set up for exactly 1280x800 resolution so you'll have to fix the code that resizes the Bowlet and maybe move the calendar or remove it all together or whatever. I don't care.

Also you probably don't have the fonts I use. Google their names if you want them Qlassik is the one I use now. Otherwise it defaults to Helvetica Neue. If you change fonts you'll have to adjust the locations of things too as fonts are finicky.

http://uploading.com/files/6b13286a/Jasoco%2BBar.bowTie.zip/

Provided as is with no warranty or support. It's CSS, JavaScript and HTML. Google will help.

Brad

2010-12-16, 12:43

I got a request for my current desktop picture that showed in my screenshot here (http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?p=713732#post713732).

http://i.imgur.com/Wautr.jpg

Full size:
http://i.imgur.com/ON6pD.png

I can't remember where I got it. Probably deviantART? Regardless, it's awesome. :)

Wyatt

2010-12-16, 13:01

Wow, that was quick. Thanks for sharing it! I'm adding it to my archive of awesome wallpapers. :)

noleli2

2011-01-25, 23:51

In honor of the Mac’s 27th birthday, and just because I’m feeling nostalgic. :)

http://noahliebman.com/uploads/screenshot20110125_thumb.png (http://noahliebman.com/uploads/screenshot20110125.png)

(Rounded corners courtesy Displaperture (http://manytricks.com/displaperture/).)

Quagmire

2011-02-01, 23:20

2012 BMW 1 M Coupe at NAIAS.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6056/screenshot20110202at121.png

Fullthrottledesigns

2011-02-02, 07:37

noleli2

2011-02-03, 19:38

Now if only you could get Oscar the Grouch to come out of the trash can it wold be tits. :cool:

haha, I totally forgot about that! I was thinking about trying to find those eyes that would follow your cursor around from the menubar, though. :lol:

Brad

2011-02-03, 19:50

Now if only you could get Oscar the Grouch to come out of the trash can it wold be tits. :cool:

"Oh I... loooove... trash!"

What memories of the classic System 7 days! :eek: I'd nearly forgotten about that gem too.

FatChance

2011-02-04, 08:32

http://i55.tinypic.com/2z9l8js.jpg

I never knew about the Grab function in Utilities until recently.

Oh dear...

Fullthrottledesigns

2011-02-04, 11:13

Well I did some searching and found this. I haven't tried it yet but plan on installing. :D

http://www.stephengilman.ca/ilovetrash.html

EDIT:

If anyone wants I made better icons for the trash to use.

Full:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/bad03xtreme/oscar_full.png

Empty:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/bad03xtreme/oscar_empty.png

Brad

2011-02-05, 11:56

I never knew about the Grab function in Utilities until recently.

Oh dear...

Welcome to AppleNova, FatChance! :)

A couple of other shortcuts you may like:

cmd-shift-3 takes a snapshot of the whole screen
cmd-shift-4 gives you crosshairs to select a portion of the screen
cmd-shift-4 and then spacebar lets you highlight and capture a window

By default, these all write a file to your desktop folder. If you hold also control when taking the snapshot, it'll put the image on your clipboard instead, allowing you to paste it into an image document in your editor of choice.

PKIDelirium

2011-05-15, 15:49

Had this one since like November or so:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7240/screenshot20110515at446.png

PKIDelirium

2011-05-27, 18:32

Change of pace finally.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9235/screenshot20110527at729.png

Brad

2011-05-27, 18:49

Here, PKI. For your coked-out default Cyberduck icon (http://nadesign.net/download/icons_cyberduck.dmg). Thank me later.

PKIDelirium

2011-05-27, 19:39

Dude. Those are awesome, thanks!

Quagmire

2011-06-16, 00:41

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4173/screenshot20110616at137.png

GOLDFRAPP

2011-06-21, 01:46

Über-minimalistic look:

http://cl.ly/7nIh/img.png

Mac+

2011-06-21, 03:14

Nice, but that menu bar looks pretty weighed down though. :eek:

GOLDFRAPP

2011-06-21, 11:56

Nice, but that menu bar looks pretty weighed down though. :eek:
Well, everything there is pretty much indispensable: Sparrow, Cloud, Pastebot, Facebook Notifications, Battery, iChat, Keychain Access, MobileMe Sync, Bluetooth, WiFi, Volume, Keyboard, Time. :lol: :D

Fullthrottledesigns

2011-06-23, 15:11

Is Sparrow better than Mail?

Brad

2011-06-23, 15:44

Is Sparrow better than Mail?

It's different from Mail. ;) Sparrow is not as fully-featured as competitors like Thunderbird or Outlook. Whether or not that makes it better is highly dependent on your daily workflow.

Quagmire

2011-06-25, 21:54

Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond edition.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6273/screenshot20110625at105.png

jdcfsu

2011-06-25, 22:15

It's different from Mail. ;) Sparrow is not as fully-featured as competitors like Thunderbird or Outlook. Whether or not that makes it better is highly dependent on your daily workflow.

I find it's a perfect alternative to Outlook for my work email (which uses Google Apps for Domain). Sparrow is made for Gmail, though it supports anything with IMAP. I still prefer Mail.app for my personal email.

Here's my latest. It's a Tron:Legacy design I found somewhere online. It lets me work without distracting. It's perfect.

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6335/screenshot20110625at111.png (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/screenshot20110625at111.png/)

Quagmire

2011-07-09, 22:23

Derek Jeter's foul ball before his 3000th hit.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4852/screenshot20110709at112.png

joveblue

2011-07-30, 01:25

Anyone utilising the ability to have different desktop images for each Desktop Space in Lion? Here's a couple of my travel photos I pulled out of iPhotos this morning which I took on travel. Pretty cool to have basically the same image but also with a sense of where you are spatially. :)

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1Y_0JUdAF_A/TjOitpQqjqI/AAAAAAAABmM/cUhrQbn0Qns/s640/IMG_1224.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RbExDWqAb94/TjOitkuyijI/AAAAAAAABmQ/CRc-LnkNw68/s640/IMG_1222.JPG

Pity the weather wasn't better that day too, although I don't mind the kind of muted feel the grey skies bring to my Desktops.

jdcfsu

2011-09-12, 15:04

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6207/6141633060_abae6b9e56.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/justin-cox/6141633060/)

I don't know why I didn't start playing with GeekTool a long time ago.

Foj

2011-10-08, 19:06

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6041/6224233339_8935afcb02_b.jpg

torifile

2011-10-08, 19:52

http://db.tt/kTaJxrio

GOLDFRAPP

2011-10-29, 23:33

I keep switching back to this every time I try something different:

http://cl.ly/BO0W/img.png

Dovek916

2011-12-11, 21:30

Nothing like a little grass and mountains.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb8/dovek916/IMGP0318.jpg

PKIDelirium

2012-03-13, 19:03

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1636/screenshot20120313at756.png

GameWallpapers.com is awesome.

Quagmire

2012-04-15, 19:01

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1780/screenshot20120415at513f.png

Fahrenheit

2012-04-16, 15:10

Check Applenova perhaps once a month now unfortunately, but this is always the thread I come back to for some reason!

This forum is quieter than it used to be! :(

PKIDelirium

2012-04-26, 00:20

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9551/picture2729.png

Most recent shot of my laptop. The two folders on the desktop have since been moved off the machine to my desktop, the only thing now on the Dock is Safari and X-Chat, and the hard drive has been renamed Atlantis.