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This has been my little break project.
Which has been heavily based off of TeknoFTW's Desktop "Zebra1".
www.flickr.com/photos/teknoftw/4067279453/
I loved the red, and the large taskbar. The little sidebar-ish thing with the info was great too. The dock contributed. Overall, really good.
This is completely Rainmeter, and a few other programs. No. Litestep. Period.
The wallpaper is basically just a generic metallic tinted example from DeviantArt, though this could work with many different backgrounds. Its by Glorious Day, and heres the Link:
gloriousday.deviantart.com/art/beautiful-wallpapers-pack-...
Im also running Rocket Dock with Stacks Docklet, and Token Dark Icons, along with the Blackline Skin.
Vista VS: Gaia 09, Original One. They came out with a green one and a red one too, which I really liked.
Startkiller hides the Start button, making it look more solid. Launchy is also running with a modified Dank Skin, sorta mixed with Roola by Otis Bee.
OK. Time for Rainmeter.
Everything was heavily based off of Synergy:
redblackproduction.deviantart.com/art/Synergy-Clock-1-0-1...
Great Skin. Of course, that was just the clock, and Notes, the latter of which I flipped horizontally. The weather and Power Icons are Custom, and when clicked, Power takes you to Windows Power Options and Weather takes you to the weather.com page of your City.
By the way, the font has been changed to "Antipasto", which can be found here:
I changed the icons a bit, so the edges are less "crisp", and are a bit more rounded.
Hope you like it!
Back to finishing up my driving hours.
Finished modding my desktop/workspace. Modified icons and dock with CandyBar (using David Lanham's Somatic Dream set), added widgets with Geektool. Forgot who made the wallpaper, though - been sitting around in my wallpapers folder forever.
Here's my newest dual monitor desktop! I originally had plans to make a Warhammer 40k theme...but the wallpaper I'm making for it is taking a bit longer than expected. Anyways...
I have always been fond of the Calvin and Hobbes comic, and after seeing a lot of positive feedback from my previous C&H desktop, I decided to make another one! While browsing wallpapers, I saw this gem and knew I had to make something with it. This desktop is simple and concise and gives me a calm, comical feeling and I hope it does the same for you!
Enjoy :)
What's In this Desktop:
[Icons:]
[Taskbar:]
The invisible taskbar can be found here.
[Rainmeter:]
- Simple Sentence for the weather temps and conditions and date and time.
- Helmet HUD for iTunes now playing.
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Full-Size screen shot of the finished desktop.
*If you want the Rainstaller install file for this interface, comment or send me a message!
Comments / tips are appreciated!
Using cardboard cut-outs to mock in the desktop and keyboard tray to test heights and geometry. So far so good. Thank you Catia.
Office area using Ikea Vika Amon tabletops, two 2x4 Expedit bookcases laying on sides and one 1x5 Expedit bookcase. Custom wall divider made from over 1100 feet of sisal rope, hand made custom frame to double as divider and cat ladder.
Living in a cheap student apartment, I have to do my laundry on a coin operated machine in the hallway. This requires a lot of quarters, and keeping them organized can be quite a challenge! That's why I use a small Quick Clamp to hold them securely in place until needed, organized by date of mint, and if the same year may occur, by mint (Philadelphia first, followed by Denver and finally San Francisco, though the latter stopped producing circulating coinage some time ago). In the unlikely event that two quarters are from the same year and the same mint they will be organized according to levels of wear, least worn first.
A custom stand supports the twin LG 23's. The idea of a free desk drove me to this also helps for posture. Keyboard receiver is two-way taped to it for a great signal and visibility. Using the lifehacker credit card cable holder hack as well on the CPU end of the desk.
Scrap steel and elbow grease. Thanks to scott's welding.
Just in case some of you didn't happen to see my mug on Lifehacker today! Rock Star... but why couldn't they have used a more flattering image - I guess it's because it's all about headaches, and when you think headache you think Terryland!
On the Web: lifehacker.com/software/health/stop-your-headache-before-...
Office area using Ikea Vika Amon tabletops, two 2x4 Expedit bookcases laying on sides and one 1x5 Expedit bookcase. Custom wall divider made from over 1100 feet of sisal rope, hand made custom frame to double as divider and cat ladder.
For the Lifehacker Flickr desktop pool. The desktop is Openbox over Ubuntu (10.04!) with a slightly modified Tempura theme and tint2 at the bottom. The key parts I'd draw attention to are the conky bar which has CPU, RAM, temp, battery, load, and indicators for mail activity, as well as all sorts of unobtrusive network activity on the right. The Openbox menu also has all sorts of fun stuff. Shown is where I can get my forecast in just a click or two without opening a browser using the conkyForecast script. Much of the scripts and configs are at github.com/uriel1998/ducking-archer If you have questions (or need a script I've not posted on github) let me know!
I have searched everywhere for a suitable Moleskine-style iPad case over the past few months. Lifehacker ran this a couple of weeks ago and I finally got around to making one. It's wonderful.
Inspired by a post on Lifehacker, I decided to tackle the ugly, nasty, dirty mess of cables under my desk.
After all day of cleaning, organizing wires, mounting the rack...the finished result.
Here's the clever bit: all the stuff that doesn't need to be directly seen by me is stashed into the flat desk drawer right above my lap. Everything in the drawer is lifted off the bottom of the drawer with cardboard risers. In the back of the drawer are two 500 GB external hard drives in Rosewill cases; the one on the left is for backups, on the right, for movies. I keep the lid of the laptop very slightly open to further improve air circulation. This setup is great because when I'm using my computer normally, all this stuff is out of the way. But to access it, all I have to do is pull a drawer out if I need to plug in headphones or grab my computer to go mobile. All the cords go out the back of the drawer and into a makeshift cable trough I made with a long, narrow piece of cardboard. (It's not pretty or elegant, but hey, it works, and was free).
I think these kinds of desks are extremely common in college dorm rooms, so this might be a good solution for those in college looking to get some efficiency out of their setup. It sacrifices that often advantageous dual-monitor efficiency that comes with having a laptop and an external display, but I really think that having a cleaner desk makes me more efficient than having two screens.
The logos. I have no idea what BBE Digital is. I need to read the manual. :P
Edit: This photo was featured on lifehacker.com/352870/improve-your-hdtv-experience. Thanks guys!
Tape a round piece of the color filter to the inside of the battery assembly. Make sure to cover all sides of the light, or you will get some white and some colored lights.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
Tap a sharp knife firmly, once, right into the pit, and twist it out. Avo must be ripe for this to work.
(Testing my theory that Flickr is perfect for quick HOWTO vids.)
Here's the Lifehacker post.
Tidied up the cabling and lighting with some tips via Lifehacker. I still have the overhead spots if I need mega light, but an in between the low light and that is the desk lamp. I offset it on the other side with a 2nd can light behind the PC that illuminates the corner. It gives it just enough light for most tasks without the desk lamp.
Another clean desktop.
Same Configs, just a new wallpaper.
Wall: cacoephoto.deviantart.com/art/sky-22617643
Configs: Custom
Other:
RocketDock with Basic5 and some Custom Icons
StartKiller
Launchy with Dank Skin
I think that i should change my Configs soon...
Used at www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/10/plan-your-meal-before-reach..., and www.boredpanda.com/restaurant-owner-responds-bad-customer..., and crazynotesplus.com/customer-gives-1star-review-restaurant/, and www.doodly.us/customer-leaves-a-one-star-review-for-resta..., and www.celiac.com/articles.html/gluten-free-dining-r1521/
"What?" You asked.
Yes KOLO is synonymous with archival/presentation and most often associated with photography, scrapbooking and art projects. Their Essex Travel Book released this year seems like an odd addition to their product line-up but when you think about it, the whole idea of the Essex series is to bring the KOLO aesthetics and these associations from your archive to your everyday life. You don't carry a typical KOLO product everyday, but you can carry an Essex all the time and treat it as a process to create your final archive/project.
How does this lead to the KOLO-GTD association? If you've been a follower of Scription or lifehacker, you've probably seen my mind.Depositor and its subsequent version as a GTD index card cover. Well, months ago when I received a long awaited Essex in leather, I decided that I wouldn't want to put it into rough use as a notebook. So I employed the law of subtraction, took away the refills and elastic loops and made the cover my new GTD tool.
The medium size Essex is just right for the 6x4" index cards. Since the elastic enclosure is quite strong and I don't intend to walk around dangling this, even though the index cards are not secured inside any pocket, I feel safe enough.
The back side of the window pocket becomes very useful to hold a notepad as a temporary drop box too, how perfect! With a few more creative twist, you can secure the cards when enclosed, unfold the cover all the way to make an "A" stand so you can see your top index card in standing position, etc... I will leave this to you for fun. Don't forget to share here or at Koloist.com if you decide to GTD this way.
mind.Depositor GTD to-do Template - ruled with priority and checkbox
mind.Depositor GTD to-do Template - plain
Scription mind.Depositor index ruled in colors
Scription mind.Depositor index ruled in black and white
Enjoy!
More on Scription blog: moleskine.vox.com/library/post/getting-things-done-the-ko...
The main setup. My husband sits on the right, I sit on the left. I swear we do occasionally go outside as well.
-background picture: www.flickr.com/photos/w__l/5937144152/ (modified by me)
-rainmeter (midnightBiro clock/ enigma tasks, date and weather)
-mac transformation pack for win7
under construction
Keeping things simple is what it's about. I try to install as few extra shells/toolbars/fancy enhancements as possible to preserve resources, avoid issues, and make things portable. I use a simular setup at work, where all those fancy tools aren't allowed anyway... officially...
Office area using Ikea Vika Amon tabletops, two 2x4 Expedit bookcases laying on sides and one 1x5 Expedit bookcase. Custom wall divider made from over 1100 feet of sisal rope, hand made custom frame to double as divider and cat ladder.
What I HATE most about glass is the cable situation. Especially running two monitors and speakers, there is a LOT of messy cables. I ended up using wire management tubing after seeing someone else do the same thing from a previous lifehacker post.
Amarok - An open source linux media player I just stumbled upon. It's made for the KDE desktop. I use Gnome, and I hadn't seen it before.
It is very nice: plays well, without the stream speed/buffering problems I was seeing with Rhythmbox; sends tunes to i-Pods wirelessly; grabs the album cover art off the web; finds lyrics; converts file types, populates audio file tag information automagically; integrates with wikipedia...
edit:
I spoke too soon! The fast-playing mp3s/oggs have returned... it "skips" about every five seconds, I assume because it runs out of the buffer. It's very annoying to listen to. I have found others mentioning this, but no solution.
Any idea how to fix this?
Toshiba 37" is my third monitor and ultimately home theatre.
Running 25' of HDMI to TV and toggle displays with a hot-key. Panasonic mini-system handles audio from pre-outs on Cambridge amp. Can run quadraphonic sound for when the neighbours want to hear the music.
Rainmeter skins -
:: Enigma
Rainlendar skin -
:: Pica
Miscellaneous other programs
:: AutoHotkey
:: TaskbarEx
:: Styler
:: ViGlance
:: Launchy
I'm just a 14-year old student from Malaysia lol
My desktop, featuring a shot I took in Algonquin. It also features gmail notifier, bluetooth, Safari, iCal, and iSync, the cornerstones of my GTD system.
Win 7
Rainmeter
Big Helvetica Clock
Enigma for PWR, Uptime
and edited SimpleMedia widget for the weather
Google Bar
Image code to make the text appear in the background-- found it on last weeks Lifehacker Featured Desktop post
I like this desktop because for some reason it reminds me of No Country for Old Men. Im glad lifehacker posted a desktop with this clock in it, Ive been looking for a big, simple clock like that for some time.