The new Post Your Desktop thread - Page 22

Saito S · September 26 2011, 02:03 AM

^ That's a really cool pic, CaptMurdock. Is it from anything in particular, or just someone's art?

I've had this up for a while now:

They are characters from a story of mine, drawn by an artistically talented friend.

Admiral Shran wrote:

Surfing the net, watching movies, TrekBBS....

But mostly porn.

So mostly the same things everyone here uses their computers for.

CaptMurdock · September 26 2011, 06:14 AM

Saito S wrote:

^ That's a really cool pic, CaptMurdock. Is it from anything in particular, or just someone's art?

I got it from Wallbase. Here's the link to the picture.

Saito S · September 26 2011, 07:32 AM

CaptMurdock wrote:

Saito S wrote:

^ That's a really cool pic, CaptMurdock. Is it from anything in particular, or just someone's art?

I got it from Wallbase. Here's the link to the picture.

Thanks!

Hm, other good stuff at that site too... might have to sign up there, I'm always looking for new sources of nice wallpaper.

Admiral Shran · September 26 2011, 01:45 PM

Saito S wrote:

Admiral Shran wrote:

Surfing the net, watching movies, TrekBBS....

But mostly porn.

So mostly the same things everyone here uses their computers for.

Yeah, pretty much.

M'Sharak · September 27 2011, 08:36 AM

Saito S wrote:

CaptMurdock wrote:

Saito S wrote:

^ That's a really cool pic, CaptMurdock. Is it from anything in particular, or just someone's art?

I got it from Wallbase. Here's the link to the picture.

Thanks!

Hm, other good stuff at that site too... might have to sign up there, I'm always looking for new sources of nice wallpaper.

Not just art. That was a depiction of the Tektite undersea habitat and laboratory, from about 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite_habitat

I think that illustration may have appeared in National Geographic magazine at around that time.

Ha, found it: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.c...s=SE&id=619783

CaptMurdock · October 1 2011, 04:09 AM

M'Sharak wrote:

Saito S wrote:

CaptMurdock wrote:

I got it from Wallbase. Here's the link to the picture.

Thanks!

Hm, other good stuff at that site too... might have to sign up there, I'm always looking for new sources of nice wallpaper.

Not just art. That was a depiction of the Tektite undersea habitat and laboratory, from about 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite_habitat

I think that illustration may have appeared in National Geographic magazine at around that time.

Ha, found it: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.c...s=SE&id=619783

I'll be damned! So that's where it's from! Way to research.

Saito S · October 1 2011, 07:23 AM

CaptMurdock wrote:

M'Sharak wrote:

Saito S wrote:

Thanks!

Hm, other good stuff at that site too... might have to sign up there, I'm always looking for new sources of nice wallpaper.

Not just art. That was a depiction of the Tektite undersea habitat and laboratory, from about 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tektite_habitat

I think that illustration may have appeared in National Geographic magazine at around that time.

Ha, found it: http://www.nationalgeographicstock.c...s=SE&id=619783

I'll be damned! So that's where it's from! Way to research.

Wow! Seconded; nice job, M'Sharak!

New desktop! Been in a sci-fi writing mode lately, so I switched to something more appropriate for that kind of setting:

Yes, I do move my desktop icons around every time I change the picture so that they get in the way of the image as little as possible. I am that OCD about it.

CorporalClegg · October 1 2011, 08:15 AM

I move my icons around to in an ocd manner. I just get rid of them.

I have keep my desktop empty--sometimes completely.

Also, I cannot tell which is more scifi-ish, your AV (Sukhoi Berkut?) or the wallpaper.

spooky spice · October 1 2011, 11:56 AM

CorporalClegg wrote:

I move my icons around to in an ocd manner. I just get rid of them.

I have keep my desktop empty--sometimes completely.

There's an app for that - it's called iconoid, let's you choose where on the screen the icons are (top, bottom, left or right) and hides them completely. I've been using it for years

CorporalClegg · October 1 2011, 03:30 PM

Why would I need an app? As a rule, computers come pre-equiped with a delete button.

Q2UnME · October 1 2011, 07:59 PM

SPCTRE wrote:

New desktop, still sort of safe for work:

I approve of this desktop series ....

(and would like to see more)

Q2

ares93 · October 1 2011, 09:19 PM

My girlfriend borrowed my computer the other day, so this is the new wallpaper. Ariel Rebel was kicked out faster that she could say "bikini".

Mike Ram · October 2 2011, 05:41 AM

After seeing the trailer for TNG-HD, I had to make a desktop of the Enterprise-D:

Saito S · October 2 2011, 06:38 AM

CorporalClegg wrote:

I move my icons around to in an ocd manner. I just get rid of them.

I have keep my desktop empty--sometimes completely.

Ha, I know how you feel. The way I use my comp and open programs, I wouldn't be able to have nothing on the desktop (one of the things I like about Win 7, it has more ways to open stuff. I'll probably upgrade eventually). But I keep as little on there as possible, and between it and the quick launch bar, I make sure I have easy access to everything I use frequently.

Also, I cannot tell which is more scifi-ish, your AV (Sukhoi Berkut?) or the wallpaper.

Well, they both are pretty sci-fi, really. The former is actually a fighter from an anime called Yukikaze; here is the pic from which I clipped my avatar:

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Though there certainly is a resemblance to the Berkut, now that you mention it.

The desktop wallpaper is an awesome ship design from one of the more talented 3D modelers at scifi-meshes.com. Sadly, I actually haven't seen anything from him in quite some time. Besides the ship in my wallpaper, he also did this insanely cool looking ship (which has also served as my wallpaper previously, and no doubt will do so again one of these days

).

Mike Ram wrote:

After seeing the trailer for TNG-HD, I had to make a desktop of the Enterprise-D:

That's a pretty good shot of the D, but my goodness that's a lot of icons, I would go insane.

J. Allen · October 2 2011, 08:26 AM

Mike Ram wrote:

After seeing the trailer for TNG-HD, I had to make a desktop of the Enterprise-D:

Awesome! I'd stare longer, but my OCD is forcing me to try and re-arrange your icons and I can't!

October 1 2011, 08:15 AM	#323
CorporalClegg Vice Admiral Location: Nuevo México	Re: The new Post Your Desktop thread I move my icons around to in an ocd manner. I just get rid of them. I have keep my desktop empty--sometimes completely. Also, I cannot tell which is more scifi-ish, your AV (Sukhoi Berkut?) or the wallpaper.

October 1 2011, 03:30 PM	#325
CorporalClegg Vice Admiral Location: Nuevo México	Re: The new Post Your Desktop thread Why would I need an app? As a rule, computers come pre-equiped with a delete button.

October 1 2011, 09:19 PM	#327
ares93 Commodore Location: ares93	Re: The new Post Your Desktop thread My girlfriend borrowed my computer the other day, so this is the new wallpaper. Ariel Rebel was kicked out faster that she could say "bikini". __________________ I find it extremely satisfying watching Jehovah's Witnesses through my window. After all, it takes an RFID lock, a titanium enhanced fireproof door and bullet-resistant glass to keep them out of the building.

October 2 2011, 05:41 AM	#328
Mike Ram Lieutenant Commander Location: Agoraphobia, CA	Re: The new Post Your Desktop thread After seeing the trailer for TNG-HD, I had to make a desktop of the Enterprise-D:

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