AppleInsider › Forums › General › General Discussion › Post Your Desktop (2005 edition)
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Post Your Desktop (2005 edition)

post #1 of 220
3/4/05 at 12:22pm
Thread Starter 
I love the old thread, I do, but it's too work-unfriendly.
New thread with new rules.

- If it's not safe for an average workplace it does not belong in this thread. Don't push it. Don't think you're clever, because you're not. Don't bemoan the prudishness of whatever society blah blah blah and use that as an excuse. Trust me, you'll survive, you artistic genius.

- Nothing wider than 640 pixels. Anything wider than that should be thumbnailed. If you don't know how to make a thumbnail, figure it out. Don't break tables with your fatness, Fatty McFat.

- If possible, please provide a link to the biggest source desktop image you have, we may want to grab it up and try to be just like you.

- Did you read the first rule? Read it again.

- Explain what your desktop is and where you got it. This is a question we all think when we see desktops, so satisfy our curiosity, won't you?

Love and kisses!
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #2 of 220
3/4/05 at 12:23pm
Thread Starter 
I will get us started off right!


1280x1024 source

This is album art from David Bowie's Diamond Dogs. I always disliked Bowie because I hated that '80s sell-out crap and that's what I grew up with. Only recently have I discovered his early stuff and it's pretty damned good. Now I understand why he was popular in the first place.
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #3 of 220
3/4/05 at 4:39pm
Quote:
Originally posted by groverat
- If it's not safe for an average workplace it does not belong in this thread. Don't push it. Don't think you're clever, because you're not. Don't bemoan the prudishness of whatever society blah blah blah and use that as an excuse. Trust me, you'll survive, you artistic genius.

thank you. i was so tired of browsing that thread for useful desktops, only to find porn everywhere.
Tsunami Steve
Program Feed
Reply
Tsunami Steve
Program Feed
Reply
post #4 of 220
3/4/05 at 9:23pm
Quote:
Originally posted by ipodandimac
thank you. i was so tired of browsing that thread for useful desktops, only to find porn everywhere.

Indeed, but does this count as porn?
Mac user since before you were born.
Reply
Mac user since before you were born.
Reply
post #5 of 220
3/5/05 at 4:25am
Quote:
Originally posted by slughead
Indeed, but does this count as porn?

Underage.

Thank heaven for little girls...

--B
...


...
Reply
...


...
Reply
post #6 of 220
3/5/05 at 10:46am
Quote:
Originally posted by ipodandimac
thank you. i was so tired of browsing that thread for useful desktops, only to find porn everywhere.

Same here, glad my boss wasnt arround when I slipped into that thread at work...I didnt want to explain that to the boss, would you?
You can't quantify how much I don't care -- Bob Kevoian of the Bob and Tom Show.
Reply
You can't quantify how much I don't care -- Bob Kevoian of the Bob and Tom Show.
Reply
post #7 of 220
3/6/05 at 11:55am


Made the picture during the Grand opening in London
Greetings,

bka77

Regent Street, Bluewater and more
Reply
Greetings,

bka77

Regent Street, Bluewater and more
Reply
post #8 of 220
3/6/05 at 6:46pm
Here's a couple I like for wallpaper. I excluded my actual desktop, since it only has the Macintosh HD and a fairly basic Dock on it. That way you can use these as your own!

The picture I use now.

Another nice one.

Hope you like em!
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 220
3/6/05 at 7:01pm
Thread Starter 
I always like nice scenic shots.

If you have vanilla icons I can see not posting your desktop, but if anyone has interesting icons or obscure apps these threads can be just as useful for finding that type of thing as it can for finding desktop backgrounds.

I've got this adorable puppy as my home desktop. He's not mine, but damn do I wish he was.
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #10 of 220
3/6/05 at 8:13pm
You can't go wrong with Calvin & Hobbes.

[groverat says: "Geocities does not work. Go to http://www.imageshack.us for free image hosting."]
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 220
3/6/05 at 8:42pm
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 220
3/6/05 at 9:05pm
Thread Starter 
Looks like one of Marilyn Manson's watercolors. I don't know how many people will be wanting to show that one off at work.
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #13 of 220
3/6/05 at 9:34pm
Click image for source page with other sizes...


The Impending Destruction of NGC 1427A

For more wallpapers while this eye is still available, see Hubblesite
"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" -Isaac Asimov
Reply
"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" -Isaac Asimov
Reply
post #14 of 220
3/7/05 at 10:27am
Quote:
Originally posted by soulcrusher

that's one hell of a buddy list
Mac user since before you were born.
Reply
Mac user since before you were born.
Reply
post #15 of 220
3/7/05 at 11:01am
Some from Cassini (Clicky McLinkerson):



My current Desktop is actually still Mimas against the rings shadow.
"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" -Isaac Asimov
Reply
"I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them" -Isaac Asimov
Reply
post #16 of 220
3/7/05 at 11:57am
Thread Starter 
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #17 of 220
3/7/05 at 10:09pm


Big size

Picture I took of my mouse using long exposure and the light of another mouse, ontop of my glass desk.
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 220
3/8/05 at 4:25am
Quote:
Originally posted by Lain

Picture I took of my mouse using long exposure and the light of another mouse, ontop of my glass desk.

Wonderful picture. Wow.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 220
3/8/05 at 12:33pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Lain
Picture I took of my mouse using long exposure and the light of another mouse, ontop of my glass desk.

well done. "wow" as well.
I think I think...therefore, I think I am.

We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more...
Reply
I think I think...therefore, I think I am.

We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, really. How many more...
Reply
post #20 of 220
3/8/05 at 5:58pm
Desktops and more...
Reply
Desktops and more...
Reply
post #21 of 220
3/8/05 at 6:40pm
Anyone who understands my handle won't be the least bit surprised by my desktop.


Actually, I have an alternate desktop for those times when I have to run OS9, but I'm not proficient enough to post a usable image. It's a great shot of Moya from Farscape.

Also, I have a PC *gasp!* on which I have a map of Middle Earth. Gets a bit distracting at time.

Lord of the Rings. Farscape. Mac. Does this make me a true geek?
The Mom
Reply
The Mom
Reply
post #22 of 220
3/8/05 at 8:40pm
This is mine for the moment, but I just got back from Costa Rica and took over five hundred pictures so I'm sure it will change.

[IMG][/IMG]
http://www.myspace.com/thedopes
Reply
http://www.myspace.com/thedopes
Reply
post #23 of 220
3/8/05 at 9:02pm
http://thewiz.mine.nu:1984/G4.jpg
http://thewiz.mine.nu:1984/iBook.jpg

yeehaw
http://thewiz84.net
Reply
http://thewiz84.net
Reply
post #24 of 220
3/9/05 at 12:11am



The above wallpaper is of my girlfriend on Liberty Island with the Manhattan skyline in the background. Not that you can see Manhattan cos i used the cutout tool in photoshop to play with it.
http://www.tangent21.com
Reply
http://www.tangent21.com
Reply
post #25 of 220
3/9/05 at 12:24am
Here is mine.



http://www.pbase.com/powerdoc/image/36559982
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 220
3/9/05 at 1:30am
here's mine

the desktop can be found here
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
Reply
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion
Reply
post #27 of 220
3/9/05 at 4:50am
Great desktops, Maffrew and Lain.

Here's a little photoshop action of Fellowship and me separated at birth...



Maybe not.
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 220
3/9/05 at 4:55am
Thread Starter 
I love that picture of Fellowship, it's very "hey ladies".
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
proud resident of a failed state
Reply
post #29 of 220
3/9/05 at 5:14am
Yeah I couldn't quite pull it off. It comes off as "I want to eat your babies."

Speaking of ladies.



Happy girl I guess.
Reply
Reply
post #30 of 220
3/9/05 at 8:46am


Saturday I will go to the dealer and have a closer look at the car.
Lets hope the build quality is better than what I saw in the BMW 1 series.

If I don't like the interior you can expect a new picture on saturday.
Greetings,

bka77

Regent Street, Bluewater and more
Reply
Greetings,

bka77

Regent Street, Bluewater and more
Reply
post #31 of 220
3/9/05 at 5:12pm
Shawn, is that your girlfriend? she's HOT!
Reply
Reply
post #32 of 220
3/9/05 at 6:03pm
Quote:
Originally posted by tonton
Shawn, is that your girlfriend? she's HOT!

Check your pms.
Reply
Reply
post #33 of 220
3/9/05 at 8:15pm
Quote:
Originally posted by ShawnJ
Check your pms.

Reply
Reply
post #34 of 220
3/10/05 at 2:44am
Mine:

Full size

Beautiful car. Why would anyone want a 911?

The complete gallery
Abhor the Stereotype, respect the Individual.
1.33Ghz 15" Powerbook: 80GB HD, 1GB RAM, OSX.4.7, Soundsticks II, 320GB LaCie FW800 EXT HD, iPod 20GB 4G
Reply
Abhor the Stereotype, respect the Individual.
1.33Ghz 15" Powerbook: 80GB HD, 1GB RAM, OSX.4.7, Soundsticks II, 320GB LaCie FW800 EXT HD, iPod 20GB 4G
Reply
post #35 of 220
3/10/05 at 6:52am
Work wallpaper

1632x1232 version

This is probably one of the better landscape pictures I've ever taken. It was taken at Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis, MO. I just stuck my camera down at water level, and took a picture. Go figure.
Reply
Reply
post #36 of 220
3/12/05 at 2:53pm


1680 Version

This is a picture i took in New York City on the corner of Liberty and West St (did i say that right?) facing the site of Ground Zero (which was very sobering). I don't know what the site looks like now, but the photo was taken on the 5th April 2004.

I'm no photographer and most of my holiday snaps are crap, but I love that one.
http://www.tangent21.com
Reply
http://www.tangent21.com
Reply
post #37 of 220
3/14/05 at 12:18pm
used to use this desktop pic
http://elqui.dcsc.utfsm.cl/humor/ant...ination_99.jpg

and then this pic http://www.worth1000.com/entries/65000/65205RWyV_w.gif

now this one
http://www.macdesktops.net/showphoto.php/photo/666
Reply
Reply
post #38 of 220
3/14/05 at 6:29pm
Reply
Reply
post #39 of 220
3/14/05 at 7:43pm
Very nice Shawn, very nice. Although I'll admit that hockey games didn't really come into their own until NHL 96 for the Sega Genesis, the simplicity of NES ice hockey has its own appeal.
Cat: the other white meat
Reply
Cat: the other white meat
Reply
post #40 of 220
3/14/05 at 9:19pm
Button-mashing is a great time.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: General Discussion
AppleInsider › Forums › General › General Discussion › Post Your Desktop (2005 edition)