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This is the side of the room that I play in!!! :)
Just had to share - my husband took pics of my office and it made it on the front page of Lifehacker.com Unfortunately, I have not had much time to play so this is all I have to post this week...
More of a simplistic or minimalist desktop here.
-Rocketdock for the app dock
-Taskbar Eliminator to get rid of task bar
-Rainmeter:
>10 Foot HUD (Date)
>Enigma App Launchers
>HUD.Vision (CPUs, Network)
>Onion Cake (RAM)
So far the choas makes things easier to source and move. Speaker placement left me with a lot of room behind the desk so until i get a real desk this seems to be the best approach, i kinda like the look.
Router and printer placement for easy access.
- Rainmeter - using 'Bauhaus-Thin' font
- Rocket Dock - using ecqlipse 2 icon set
For those expecting football or concert photos, I am bored. International break for you.
It was very, very crowded in the recently reopened National Museum of American History, on "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving.
Blogged:
www.divorcesaloon.com/how-to-have-a-black-friday-divorce
lifehacker.com/5598630/watch-the-feet-to-cut-through-larg...
gizmodo.com/5598851/watch-the-feet-to-cut-through-large-c...
This has been my basic look and feel, but after seeing www.flickr.com/photos/11398192@N02/2780418250/in/pool-876... made me realize i want to contribute my own desktop.
As you can see I have 19inch lcd dual monitors. I am using the visual style from wingnome-xp.deviantart.com/art/Clearlooks-Gummy-Colors-73... I can't remember where I got these wallpapers, it's somewhere on deviantart or wingnomeXP's private blog at wingnomexp.blogspot.com/
I also started to use yahoo widgets, after trying several tools that are both low memory usage, but also provides essential tools.
The start of my core desktop is the usage of the super tango patcher, which provides me with gnome-ish looking icons for my desktop folders etc. from vertigosity.deviantart.com/art/Tango-Patcher-2600-8-06-27...
With the SkyGC/Normal 2 Visual Style enabled, i have my quicklaunch icons set to large icons, to make it easier to read. But i also use ultramon, to manage wallpapers/screensavers for dual monitors, and that allows me to switch wallpapers as i like. On my right screen, beneath the smart taskbar, i have a second quicklaunch toolbar, that has my favorite folders that i use.
At the top of my 1st screen I am using WinExt available at winext.hulubulu.net/ Which allows through customization, to give me an ubuntu kind of look/feel in terms of an application/places/system bar.
Now I am using Yahoo Widgets, and i am using Task List (Which uses a slightly html-able text file as it's source) Sys Monitor, and Callwave which is a free service that allows me to interact with my cellphone's voicemail.
I am also using the new D-Color XP app, which I found on lifehacker, that is pretty sweet how it organizes the icons on my desktop. Very nice.
I really love desktop customization, and want to learn more XD
Bought a 90 degree corner clamp, worth the money ten times over. Another great tool is the 4.5 inch angle grinder with a 80 grit flap disk.
This is actually my country house setup. I only just got the monitor and laptop, so I will bring it all back home and make a new setup there.
(for LifeHacker, post this in the description please if I get posted):
Before doing a renovation in my cottage, I knew that I would be wanting a desk for my newly-discovered computer addiction (I'm 14, so...). The desk was originally a charging station, but it changed into a full-out desk. All the cables are still on the top of the desk though, because I have yet to make a whole to send them down under (there is a plug up top anyways, but you could see in the portrait photo that my desk actually has 2 levels, so I can hide wires under the top layer). Anyways, I love this setup, and want to see what I could do with all this stuff in my regular house!
I have been doing a lot of video editing with Premiere Pro and also starting to use After Effects as a summer project, so the monitor is a welcome addition.
You could see in some pictures I submitted earlier this year that I used to have a useless Dell Latitude D630 (also from my school), so the speedy Mac is a very nice upgrade.
I wanted to find a really nice car to make my setup around and I found this beauty.
---------------------------------------------------------Setup-----------------------------------------------------
-Rainmeter-
2. Enigma
3. GeoSans
4. myHUD's( hacked version of 10 Foot HUD)
5. HUD. Vision
-Launchy-
1. YFlex.
-Visual Styles-
1. CleanGlass.
-Software-
1. Rainmeter.
2. AeroShake AHK.
3. Autohotkey.
-wallpaper-
1. Porsche 911
I found a couple of tron style desktops online and combined them for a dual headed display. It's very minimal - I'm growing to hate having icons on my desktop, and I just want the necessary info.
The rocketdock is set to auto-minimise.
Wallpaper courtesy of katiemccormack.us/design/web/
Use clear silicon adhesive sealant to mount the solar panel in the lid. Let it dry, then use some more sealant to attach the battery assembly to the inside of the mason jar lid.
(Tutorial from Lifehacker. See their "Create Your Own Sun Jar" tutorial.)
Used my Keep A Cable to secure the wires. Great since I use the laptop as a desktop and never open it anyways. Also have a wire running up there for my external drive. Easy to pull up and connect!
This is my windows 7 desktop. The most important thing for me these days is to not miss deadlines. Consequently, I wanted my calendar always visible on my desktop, a copy online, and a copy synced with my phone. To achieve this, I created my calendar using Google Calendar, then used "Screen Calendar" (http://www.screencalendar.com/) to display it on my desktop in a visual style of my own design. I then used MyPhoneExplorer (http://www.fjsoft.at/en/) to sync my Google Calendar with my Sony Ericsson phone. The clock, weather, and Notes are part of the Enigma theme for Rainmeter. (http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/)
Other than that, I keep the taskbar hidden to maximize calendar space.
My name's Barnaby. I'm 17. And this is the workspace I designed, picked, bought and built.
I wanted something fairly cheap, as it was coming out my own pocket. Ikea seemed the best bet for this.
I'm pretty pleased with the results, especially with the small amount of space I had to work with.
The RGB LEDs were a last minute decision, but I'm so glad I added them in.
An update to my previous desktop: www.flickr.com/photos/bransorem/3683225055/
Background: www.flickr.com/photos/bransorem/3691575222/
-Obviamente el Caballero de la Noche no podia quedarse sin escritorio!
-Windows 7 Ultimate.
-Iconos token Light.
-No es exactamente el mismo wall que use pero es el unico que encontre: wallbase.net/wallpaper/495475
-Papelera de Reciclaje en barra de tareas.
-Saludos!
my desktop consisting of one 22" on the left side and one 27" on the right side.
Background picture made by myself: eldoras.deviantart.com/art/dancing-girls-by-eldoras-17478...
Rainmeter with default skin and Simple Circle skin found here:
lysy1993lbn.deviantart.com/art/Simple-Circle-Meter-256078152
After creating the original mind.Depositor with clips and used it for a while, I found a small problem but it bugs me on regular basis. To insert and pull out the cards, it requires force, no matter how small it is, it creates stress. That's why superior Japanese stationery designs often put into considerations how to reduce user efforts. They call the practice "Universal Design".
So I set out to do a simpler version by using two pieces of leather only. I also have a practice to carry a small notepad or Field Notes to capture to-do inputs temporarily before transferring them to GTD index cards. So I'm adding a slit for the notepad and a slit to store extra blank index cards.
On the left hand side of the cover, I can put a notepad by inserting it to a slit, put blank GTD index cards in the pocket and insert a Field Notes.
On the right hand side I can put two categories of index cards (Personal and Work) into different pockets.
There is also a flap used as a bookmark or enclosure.
The whole thing becomes more compact and functional. It requires less effort to use, it is a simpler design with pleasant leather as the only material, I'm so happy with it. I especially like the color contrast of the outer white and inner brown. So check out the sections below and learn how to create your own.
Original mind.Depositor
Download mind.Depositor Index Card Templates
How to create the original mind.Depositor
How to create mind.Depositor 2
Previous cover of mind.Depositor: Lifehacker.com (followup, and Japanese version of it), GTDTimes, Moleskinerie, Koloist, David Allen Co., Lifehacking.jp, Geeks Guide To Productivity
More on Scription blog: moleskine.vox.com/library/post/minddepositor-2---leather-...
And the coolness continues. Now my home office is featured on Gizmodo's "favorite Lifehacker posts of the week."
gizmodo.com/5424674/our-favorite-lifehacker-posts-of-the-...
I had no idea people were so interested in DIY home office cleanup projects.
XP Pro
Wallpaper = Eagle Creek Wilderness, Oregon
Windows Theme = Zune by MS
Start/Task at top
Rocketdock at bottom
Partition icons on right with Vista Drive Icon installed
Ω folder on DT and Taskbar = other less oft-used programs
Program Files on I partiition also on Taskbar
Tray shows Fastone Capture, WinPatrol, Threatfire, Vista Startmenu, Logitech Bluetooth, etc
Thank You Guys for visiting thanks a lot. My mail box is jam with questions about more details to my tilt-shift lens that why i will dismantle my tilt to show you how looks from inside. New post with ton of new details will be appear on my blog before end of this weekend.
new post about tilt is ready !!! maciekpp.blogspot.com/2012/02/inside-job.html
Special thanks to all bloggers and webs for sharing my project
www.diyphotography.net/create-a-tilf-shit-lens-from-a-sho...
blog.flickr.net/en/2012/02/16/rubber-glove-tilt-shift-lens/
www.heise.de/foto/artikel/Do-it-Yourself-Tilt-Shift-Linse...
lifehacker.com/5885947/build-your-own-tilt+shift-lens-fro...
www.petapixel.com/2012/02/15/build-a-diy-tilt-shift-lens-...
gizmodo.com/5885270/how-to-make-your-own-tilt+shift-lens
blog.makezine.com/2012/02/15/diy-tilt-shift-lens-2/
...and the others which i dont now...yet:)
My desktop, its got--
- Object Dock on the top
- Eclipse icons
- Rainmeter (both Enigma and Omnimo)
- Cowon Clock
- A wallpaper I think I found on LifeHacker
What I see when I'm sitting down. Hanging on the hook to the right of the display is a pair of headphones. The hook is the adhesive kind available at most hardware stores.
All the "hurdles" for mentors to sign up for the program made sense, and the workflow was straight forward. This process is still pretty much in place except they have one application to complete and email back. Eventually, mentors will probably get a link rather than an application attachment, to an online form application.
Seeing this process led to significant changes in how the proteges enroll in the program.
This photo is part of my Evernote experiment.
Totally stolen from www.flickr.com/photos/teknoftw/3891488131/in/pool-lifehac...
My first real venture into editing Enigma's skins, and I think I did pretty well. Now I don't need DesktopCoral :) Startups are WAY faster.
Rainmeter: Enigma by Kaelri
Icons: AMANA by imrik
Wallpaper: Darkened Opiate by DLKreations
Visual Style: Satin2 by Michel8170
Ferrari Apple Ipad Wallpaper: The World's Best Brands United :)
wakpaper.com/id70866/ferrari-apple-ipad-wallpaper-ipadfla...
As a graduate student in international relations I do not need a insane computer set up. I would love one, but am resigned to the fact I will be poor for years to come. Mostly my imac and macbook are used to run Stata, Maple, Papers, iTunes, iWork suite and word processors. Thankfully my macs make it easy to run the software I need and work with mission critical reliability. Loosing a thesis after months of work is terrifying.
When the sun isn't too bright, I'll often work the late morning or early afternoon hours out on the balcony. It's also a good place to take a lunch break.
i felt that it was time to do some changes. So this time around i made an "info-dock-bar" with the main thought that i can change the background image without the dock-info-bar-thingy needs a remake.
I used to have the background image host the bar-info-dock-background. Now I remade the whole thing...
listofusedthingys-thingy:
Geektool - for systeminfo
hd-space, IM and Mail count, weather, free ram, battery, date and time.
the IM/mail counters is actually applescripts called from within geektool.
Dragthing - for launching.. stuff
there are 4 different docks here, disk-dock for showing connected drives, processdock for active programs, 2 shortcut-docks.
The shortcut-docks are 1) bottom middle folder-icon - overflow for quick access to my most used folders. didnt want to clutter the info-dockythingy-bar
2) left screenside main applauncher divided in 5 tabs with somewhat corresponding ecqlipse2 icons.
the process-dock also contains my trashbin (right bottom most icon)
menubar is using a blackmenubar-mod (found somewhere in lifehacker-pool)
ive just recently updated both twitter and hyperspaces thats why they are having black icons.. (forgot about them.. sry :P )
apps in menubar as follows:
layers- for screenshots
dragtthing- se above ;)
Pwitter- twitter client
Hyperspaces- adds some stuff to apple spaces (spaces labels ...)
freemem- optimizes RAM usage
AirPhones- Airphones server, sends itunes music to my iphone speakers..
Insomniax- disables the sleep-function. i can close my netbook-lid without sleepmode turning on
Audeee- makes the sound work on my eeepc 901
GeekTool- se above
MemoryCell- monitors memory usage of active app.
Volume- well .. guess
Spotlight- apple search thingy .. usefull anyways :)
wallpaper: made by me
iconset: cant remember the name. made by fif7y (57) found on deviantart.
dragthing theme: simple one -stefan ka
Font in geektool: Kremlin Advisor (temp is white rabbit)
OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6
osx on eee901 guide: eeemac.blogspot.com/2008/12/installing-osx-on-eee-pc-901-...
im going to upload the wallpaper as soon as i can... :D
Windows 7
Rainmeter (Its just Enigma and a little weather ticker)
Objectdock
And a wallpaper that I got in a lifehacker wallpaper exchange
After creating the original mind.Depositor with clips and used it for a while, I found a small problem but it bugs me on regular basis. To insert and pull out the cards, it requires force, no matter how small it is, it creates stress. That's why superior Japanese stationery designs often put into considerations how to reduce user efforts. They call the practice "Universal Design".
So I set out to do a simpler version by using two pieces of leather only. I also have a practice to carry a small notepad or Field Notes to capture to-do inputs temporarily before transferring them to GTD index cards. So I'm adding a slit for the notepad and a slit to store extra blank index cards.
On the left hand side of the cover, I can put a notepad by inserting it to a slit, put blank GTD index cards in the pocket and insert a Field Notes.
On the right hand side I can put two categories of index cards (Personal and Work) into different pockets.
There is also a flap used as a bookmark or enclosure.
The whole thing becomes more compact and functional. It requires less effort to use, it is a simpler design with pleasant leather as the only material, I'm so happy with it. I especially like the color contrast of the outer white and inner brown. So check out the sections below and learn how to create your own.
Original mind.Depositor
Download mind.Depositor Index Card Templates
How to create the original mind.Depositor
How to create mind.Depositor 2
Previous cover of mind.Depositor: Lifehacker.com (followup, and Japanese version of it), GTDTimes, Moleskinerie, Koloist, David Allen Co., Lifehacking.jp, Geeks Guide To Productivity
More on Scription blog: moleskine.vox.com/library/post/minddepositor-2---leather-...
My desktop for May.
Image available here: www.zixpk.com/2008/12/chameleon-desktop-background.html
Info for geektool can be found in previous screenshots. Post a comment if help is needed.
I bought this at Edward's Luggage: a pocket leather notepad and business card holder, with pen. It is more efficient and portable than any PDA. It costs less than $20 and Edward's Luggage even sells replacement notepads.
My Lifehacker feature on "Public speaking do's and don't's" is a top-4 popular site on del.icio.us in the last 24 hours (as per populicio.us). Of course, depending on when you click on the 24-hour link, the site will no longer be on the list.