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Blood Asp for the win!-
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my new wallpaper is here
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/05/t ... bouti.html

(8.2 MB if u clik on it)
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You can't go wrong with a Miku Hatsune wallpaper. I've been using a winamp skin with her for a while now.
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Whitewater wrote:You can't go wrong with a Miku Hatsune wallpaper. I've been using a winamp skin with her for a while now.
Actually I wanted to go hide in the nerd corner of shame for using a Vocaloid wallpaper. I picked them both by just randomly scrolling through my wallpaper folder thumbnails and clicking on one with the overall color theme I was looking for. :P
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I like that picture on the right side.
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this is my desktop at home and at work, My Grandsons :D
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they Saimese twins ??o_0



(they're really cute Cuda) Are those \"Binar's\"?
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one on the left is he's 2 1/2, one on the RT is My oldest Daughters he almost 2
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..think I just heard a couple of buttons pop. ;)

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well right now its Ruth and I, our 8 kids, their 4 spouses (so far) my 2 Grandkids, PLUS Ruth an I have adopted a young couple in their mid 20's with 2 young kids of their own (3yrs + 6 months) so add 4 more to the List for a total of 18.

not to mention My oldest daughter and her husband are now talking about having #2, and my 2nd Daughter and her Husband are talking about starting their family.

BUSY BUSY WORKY WORKY

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Neo wrote:desktop
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Fix your link it points to your Avatar - Spider-ManWebofShadows2009-04-26-1.jpg
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heh
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I know, ENOUGH of this RT crap!-
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(Okay, guys, seriously... Give me a break will ya! So what if I still love Robotech that doesn't mean it's greater than everything, I have varieties of interests (mech or non-mech). Jeez! :roll: ) (I wouldn't risk of listing them in this thread or else we'll be off-topic)
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Sapphire Wolf wrote:I know, ENOUGH of this RT crap!-
(Okay, guys, seriously... Give me a break will ya! So what if I still love Robotech that doesn't mean it's greater than everything, I have varieties of interests (mech or non-mech). Jeez! :roll: ) (I wouldn't risk of listing them in this thread or else we'll be off-topic)
So we can start giving you crap because you have 43 desktop icons? ;)

I might actually have a couple of Macross desktop backgrounds myself, it isn't like I would (or am in a position to) fault anyone for the subject of their desktop backgrounds. If I were to comment on your desktop background choices negatively, it would probably be along the lines of "horrible clashing shapes and colors/poor overall presentation/lack of focus/make up your mind/fix the lighting already!, etc". I wouldn't use your wallpapers not because they are robotech, but simply because they are ugly. :P

It doesn't help in the least bit that I am very picky about my desktop backgrounds, on occasion I've spent over an hour searching for the right ones. :P
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I just discovered Ratchet and Clank and so it's my latest craze. After switching back to XP from Win7 I hadn't put in a custom wallpaper until I got the ones from the R&C official site.

Desktop of my main PC (1280x960):

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I actually have rotating desktops set up (Windows 7), which kind of makes it hard to screenshot them. Still only using the stock ones, but some of the landscapes they have in there are really awesome. :)

Eventually I'll get tired of them and switch to something else, I suppose.

Anyway, I suppose I can show one of the 20 or so...

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These are from my Dual Boot Windows/Linux Laptop

Ubuntu Side

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Standard Desktop | Desktop Cube (ctrl-alt-lmb)

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Then Expose' (super-e)




The Windows Side (MCE)

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More to come from the 6 other systems in the house
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Sapphire Wolf wrote:Blood Asp for the win!-
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Euuuu Star adder is better

Most of mine are screenies from il2...pain in the ass to upload tho...
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This is my blackberry background.
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Zan - Awesome! :lol: R&K rocks. I still have a bunch of those old commercials.

Sirius - Whoa. It looks like they called out for art design this time around. Office 07 runs a similar thread in the artsy-farsty dept.

Bubba - Ghost in a Shell? That's a really nice FanArt. Could you send a copy of that my way please?

Oct - Dude, that's just ... well ... let me just say there are easier ways of getting a glass of warm milk. :lol:
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Bagheera wrote:Euuuu Star adder is better
I think the Blood Asp is a Star Adder mech, in fact. Didn't think the Feddies had any though... it's a little far afield.
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Duper wrote:Oct - Dude, that's just ... well ... let me just say there are easier ways of getting a glass of warm milk. :lol:
They're the ones with the matches! :P
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that would make an awesome \"caption this pic\"
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Duper wrote:that would make an awesome "caption this pic"
Is there a sort of LOL blog it could be submitted to?
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Caption: \"Keep your hands off our teets!\"
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The \"cows with guns\" song comes to mind.
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Xubuntu 9.04 Base-Line Install System using xfwm4, style \"Xfce\", Linux Kernel 2.6.30, X.Org latest stable. I've experimented with Ubuntu several times before over the last few years, and after messing with them and not liking many things about the GNOME apps, decided to try Xubuntu, and found XFCE functional and pretty enough for my liking. Using Window Tweaks, it runs alright in spite of this 2002-and-older computer being archaic / hardware parts dying off. Though, I'd continue to use it even if I were to magically acquire a brand new $2,000 desktop or notebook tomorrow. :)

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/am looking into Arch Linux now since that's reputably \"bleeding edge\"...
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Something that I thrown together with Photoshop-
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Sapphire Wolf wrote:Something that I thrown together with Photoshop-
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Your link is broken. I suggest you fix that.
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Zantor wrote:
Sapphire Wolf wrote:Something that I thrown together with Photoshop-
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Your link is broken. I suggest you fix that.
It worked this morning.

Looks like the problem is with imageshack.
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fixed!
EDIT: I forgot what Sirius wrote something before I post about the fact of the Blood Asp AND Clan Star Adder.
EDIT2: seriously, Bagheera, go to the Battletech Wiki (sarna.net) and other Battletech archives or source sites for BT research (just an option) :P
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Here's a close up of the penguins shown in the image above. quack quack quack
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What iGoogle gadget is that that loads a custom webpage inside?
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There's a few:
http://www.google.com/ig/directory?q=br ... g&dpos=top
I'm using \"Browser in a Module,\" I think.
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My desktop for now...
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Picture of Abbey, German Shepherd, and Haley, Golden Retriever/Cow mix in Haley's crate during my attempt to get Haley adjusted to confinement.
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Nice dogs, Kiran.
I do have a dog as well (also a German Shepherd)
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