Post ur wicked July Desktops

[Antallica]

Ok I'm gettin a bit bored with just the normal desktops and I'm sure the other ppl/mods are too. How about we start showin a bit of apps and stuff (ie. Coolmon, MBM5, Statbar, weather monitors...... and all other crap. Keep postin those mean backgrounds though, that's the main focus still.

Hell I'll even give $15 to the best desktop at the end of the month (provided you gimme ur bank details so I can deposit the green when I announce)

Please post them as 800/600 MAX res.
Nothing over.
Also, donations are accepted to the "SilverPriest needs more Tui fund":D

"Ride the Big One"

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

Well, being the desktop Biatch I am....here's my latest :D


Click HERE (http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/kris_rob_2u/vwp?.dir=/Public&.dnm=July+Desktop.jpg&.src=bc&.view=l&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/kris_rob_2u/lst%3f%26.dir=/Public%26.src=bc%26.view=l) for the full size pic (It's a modem killa:p)


Not sure, but I think you might have to be logged at Yahoo to see the full size pic

[Antallica]

lovely, you seem to have combined everything I was looking for........ cars are not my style but still mean, anyone care to beat?

say, the weather monitor, can ya gimme the link pls?, I lost it

Cheers

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

No problems, desktop weather can be found at http://www.desktopweather.neonerds.net/ :D

I only just started to put cars on my desktop, usually I've got pics of deep space, or abstract stuff.

Oh and you can't see on the pic but I'm running the ChosenOS theme :D

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Antallica
hmm, I take it I need the .Net framework? or is this Beta software failing me again?

Hrmm, me too :(

[Joshsti_NZ]

:D
I'll change the wallpaper soon probably

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

yeah I'd say you both may need to d/l the .NET framework

Hey Josh can you hook me up with that wallpaper ?

[Antallica]

yeah I'll get the .net frame going overnight, cheers man :D

Josh u 'aint gonna get my $10 with that Win98 theme hehehehe :D at least get MS Plus! :D :p

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by -=DEI[]v[]OS=-
Hey Josh can you hook me up with that wallpaper ?

Have just sent you a PM :D

For everyone else go here (http://images.deviantart.com/large/wallpaper/wscifi/Misconstrue_-_Image_1.jpg) :)

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Antallica
Josh u 'aint gonna get my $10 with that Win98 theme hehehehe :D at least get MS Plus! :D :p

I spit on people that use that blue XP theme (not literally :P ), its so fugly .. but i do like thier silver theme, whatever thats called¿?

I'm not really bothered about $10 .. but how about changing it to a Sunon 80MM fan :D ... hook me up with MS Plus!? :D

[Agent666]

suck my balls Joshsti_NZ

the silver scheme is very hard on your eyes because it is so bright

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Agent666
suck my balls Joshsti_NZ

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

NO NO NO

I'll pass on that offer, thanks anyway ( NOT )

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Agent666
suck my balls Joshsti_NZ

the silver scheme is very hard on your eyes because it is so bright

Ditto.

To me looks come a very distant second to usability. And MS aren't morons - their default settings are a VERY good combination for readability.

Man, -=DEI[]v[]OS=- - you're just making my dually withdrawl worse :(.

BTW, anyone using any good multi desktop ( not necissarily multi monitor ) software? The win XP Power Toy for multi desktops is kinda.... average....

I really like the way RedHat/Mandrake do it. It's fast and built in, using little desktop space, and requiring only 1 click to switch desktops. The Win XP powertool either needs 2 clicks ( and is slow ), or uses a lot of desktop space.

I dunno, I may run 1600, but I prefer to use 3 ( I dunno, just never seem to use the 4th ) desktops.

BTW, this post is relevant, see:

How about we start showin a bit of apps and stuff....
:D

[Antallica]

hahaha "Give SP more Tui" :D :D LMFAO!!!!! man I'm sitting here like....... "EH!!?? I didn't write that!!". Nice touch man (guessing it's SP or KJ :D)

[Joshsti_NZ]

KJ, although your such an OC GOD i still would not do as what was suggested by A666, its just not me, sorry :p

But back to the themes .. i personally dont like the blue one because it looks plain ugly and everyone seems to use it to "show off" XP .. i'll take the standard, YES the standard W9X theme in XP anyday. :D

[Antallica]

I'd use classic over luna anyday ;), can't get coolmon going as of yet (crashes instantly), weather monitor not workin either..... ahh I need sleep........zzzz..........zzzz................zzz zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Joshsti_NZ]

nice one Ant, thats what i like!

[dumass]

Thats a nice trillian skin antallica, mind teling were u found it?? (or sending it my way? dumass@paradise.net.nz)

[img src="http://forums.overclockers.co.nz/attachment.php?s=&postid=11102"]

[asanthadenz]

heres mine

[TheCrow]

Heres mine for the month and most likely for a long time to come

Enjoy :D

http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/thecrow/images/crowsdesktop2.jpg

[dustyslapper]

My...:o

What tasteful nipples you have there.

[Antallica]

Hey asan, can u tell me all about ur theme etc. It's mean :D

Dumass, I got it from the trillian skins directory at their main site. It's called Aikon Squared.... There are other sites with the same skin that has different backlight colors.

[mird-OC]

let's play: Name That Platform...

one point for the hardware, one point for the O/S :D

[asanthadenz]

u think thts mean, ull have to take a look at other desktop like this on for eg
http://www.deskmod.com/files/hoverdesk/screenshots/739thmbl.gif

first go here and d/load HoverDesk
HERE (http://www.hoverdesk.net/dl/en/HDsetup.zip)

after uv d/loaded it go to these sites to d/load the skins.
DeskMod (http://www.deskmod.com/?show=showcat&cat_name=hoverdesk)
DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com/browse.php?section=hoverdesk)
Pictudio (http://www.pixtudio.com/)
LotsofSkins (http://www.lotsofskins.com/?page=skins&type=19)
PixelPerfect (http://honz12.hoverdesk.net/)
PCDesktop (http://pcdesktops.emuunlim.com/)
SkinBase (http://www.skinbase.org/section.php?sections=hoverdesk)
Titans (http://www.titanskins.cjb.net/)
CrumbutGraphics (http://cloud.prohosting.com/~crumbut/)

[swiftynz]

antallica, may i ask why you have yourself on your contact list :D

heres mines, nothing special, just functional the way i like it. :)

i didn't even clean it first lol:

[Joshsti_NZ]

Nice desktop swifty :D

I like how you have all the system info and stuff too :)

[Antallica]

Originally posted by swiftynz
antallica, may i ask why you have yourself on your contact list :D

I'm not sure really.......... umm, just because I can?? :D. I'd have myself on icq and yahoo if it werent for a format :D :D

[swiftynz]

antallica could you please post a link to that biohazard background pic? it lookz ph@t :D

[Antallica]

haha ur the 2nd person to ask me today, I don't use it anymore cause I really hate that WinXP logo thingie beside it... I just want a biohazard sign and nothing else...


anyways hehe :p: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/antallic/biobluexp.jpg <--- Dialup killer 900kb BBWWAAHAHAHA!!!!

[Sydog]

ive chopped up that wallpaper for ya Ant

http://sydognet.orcon.net.nz/images/biohazard.jpg

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

If ya like BioHazard wallpaper, I've got this one if ya want it.

[Geek4Life]

Originally posted by swiftynz
antallica, may i ask why you have yourself on your contact list :D
Doesn't everyone have themselves in their trillian contact list?

There really is nothing more enjoyable than having two accounts and signing in to one with Trillian and the other with MSN/ICQ then chatting yourself up :D

or is that just me :p

[Antallica]

Only trouble with multiple signins is that the contacts get merged :( My (ex)girlfriend sat down and before I knew what she was doing all my contacts were hers and hers were mine....... good for digging up some dirt eh ;) :D

[Geek4Life]

Originally posted by Antallica
Only trouble with multiple signins is that the contacts get merged :( My (ex)girlfriend sat down and before I knew what she was doing all my contacts were hers and hers were mine....... good for digging up some dirt eh ;) :D
It can be quite good really. When you get a new account because the old one was getting too much spam. Just log in with trillian and the contacts are transferred.

[swiftynz]

Originally posted by Geek4Life
or is that just me :p
yup :D

cheers for ch0pping that wallpaper sydog, i think i'll use it :)

[Wibber]

one point for the hardware, one point for the O/S
hmm SGI workstation? Indigo maybe?, running some form of linux, debian maybe?

[mird-OC]

Originally posted by Wibber
hmm SGI workstation? Indigo maybe?, running some form of linux, debian maybe?
yes it's an indy... running IRIX 6.5... mmm SGI... ;)

[Wibber]

what do I 1/2 win?

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by -=DEI[]v[]OS=-
If ya like BioHazard wallpaper, I've got this one if ya want it.

Dude, thats cool, do you reckon you could email me it or chuck it on the net somewhere? :D

[GriffiN]

mine for this week :)

[Antallica]

Finally, I am 1/2 satisfied (I need more desktop flashies on screen though :() Damn coolmon won't work either, xp closes it if I get it to display a mbm5 function:mad:

[Binky Stunt Cat]

hmmm, gone green with envy...:p

[Antallica]

Check out my mean task switching, I only just found it out....... man I'm stoked :D

Even show a screen of what the task is..... MEAN!! :D

[TheChosen_1]

yeah thats a sweet skin ya got there antallica, hehe cheers man.

[Joshsti_NZ]

hehe, updated my WA2 skin and wallpaper :D

[LgD]

hmm, i like the one above

I think wallpapers need to be more original, if i see another default XP i think i'll cry

thank god for Adobe Photoshop

[Antallica]

Nice :) But I wanna see your desktop not the bg.

BTW... I haven't seen anything I really like so nobody is getting the $15 yet.

[asanthadenz]

Originally posted by Antallica
BTW... I haven't seen anything I really like so nobody is getting the $15 yet.

lmao Antallica checks bank account.....
You have a bank balance of $5.29 :p....jokes :D

[Antallica]

Well that disqualifies you totally....... and I'm not joking either :D BBWWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on ppl, last month thread was good. What better way of showing off than postin ur sweet @ss desktop.

[NTBlowz]

Below is my current one :)

http://shell.world-net.co.nz/~ntan/nwndts.jpg

[Antallica]

I'm bored bored bored..........

[Antallica]

Don't you just love these guys?

[LgD]

sorry didn't realise it was supposed to be a screenshot, post above has been changed :)

[Joshsti_NZ]

hehe, just installed XP Pro, pity its such bloatware for slower pcs :(

[Antallica]

XP Pro.... on your machine.... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! :D

May I ask WHY!!!??

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Antallica
XP Pro.... on your machine.... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! :D

May I ask WHY!!!??

Why not?
Its only installed on a 2G partition, at least its not teh shoddy XP HE, haha

:D

[Antallica]

Remind me never to do anything nice for you :D

Oh and please stop spammin' my threads with useless nonsence, this is for postin *GOOD* desktops :rolleyes:, not for telling us what ghey OS you are installing on your cruddy machine & at least get a good theme (even though the Standard is better than the Luna).

*Tosses UXThemePatcher his way*
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/antallic/uxthemepatcher.zip

See you ICQ buddy ;) :D

[Joshsti_NZ]

lol .. i wasn't being nasty .. XP HE is stil teh sh!t :D

[p01s0n_p1e]

*small girlish laughter*
tee hee hee hee

damn home edition is funny, pro is where its at..

[Antallica]

Ahh shut yer mouth.............. It was either XP Home or WinME.

I'll *borrow* the schools Win2k cd and have a crank at that baby some day. I'm sure they won't miss it, they have like 20 of them :D.

[Antallica]

I'm a RF man these days........ multi is excellent on 56k :D

[Antallica]

Hey read the rules buddy..... 800x600 :p

Yeah well, I get so fed up with my sig all the time, even my desktop get's changed all the time (avatar is diff. too ;)).

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Antallica
Hey read the rules buddy..... 800x600 :p

Yeah well, I get so fed up with my sig all the time, even my desktop get's changed all the time (avatar is diff. too ;)).

Bleh, heres an uopdated shot ... yes updated 5mins after the last update

[Mashed_Penguin]

Heres mine, semi made by me. I foud a photo I liked on deviant art and played with it.

[Antallica]

Yeah I love playin around with bg's, I find that sometimes some of the mean ones come about by just inverting the colors on some bg's.

That's a sweet one MP :D

[Glycerine]

heres my current 1

[Joshsti_NZ]

Sweet desktop Mr G., got enough HD's? :D

[Antallica]

Nah..... he was tellin me just before how he needs more :p :D

[Glycerine]

heh, nah i only got 3 HDDs, just lots of partitions

[Antallica]

Morning all :)

I'm trialing 1280x1024@60hz again, little bit sore on the eyes I suppose (room is dark except for screen).

Cheers for the bg links griff. :D
*Me thinks that someone should join the navy* :p

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by Antallica
Morning all :)

I'm trialing 1280x1024@60hz again, little bit sore on the eyes I suppose (room is dark except for screen).

Cheers for the bg links griff. :D
Perhaps i should read the thread and realise to make my pic 800/600 ;)

Trialling has two L's ... I think lol :D

I wouldn't be able to handle 60HZ for very long .. 75 is only just good enough.

[Joshsti_NZ]

Nice bg ... nice CPU speed too, better than mine f00!! :D

edit; Bah you changed it!

[Antallica]

Yes I know *Mr. Mod* but how come you let Glyc. get away with it..... so :p.... "why's everyone always pickin on me?" :(

[Joshsti_NZ]

haha nice, is that that Volcano 7+ with the gadget where you can change the fan speed eh?

[Antallica]

Why yes it is...... and it was pumpin 25C idle before I went 1.8v :D. It's only 17C outside now.

[Sydog]

Heres my current one, hehe Fry hehe

[Joshsti_NZ]

Man Fry owns, point in the direction of that wallpaper? :D

[Sydog]

i believe it was from www.deviantart.com

[Joshsti_NZ]

I am the wh0r3 of L337 wallpapers :cool:

[swiftynz]

i updated my desktop yesterday. nothing really exciting though.
http://swifty.orcon.net.nz/images/desktop4.jpg

[enzy]

Here's mine..

[Antallica]

Rather nice use of transperancy there enzy... nice one :D Would that be a rockin 1600x1200 res?

[enzy]

Nah.. My monitor can't do 1600x1200.. damn it..

It's on 1280x1024.. but then, 60Hz.. Hurtin' my eyes.. :(

[Sydog]

Tone it down to 1152x864, it is high enuff for most on a 17" and is easy on the eyes at 75hz

[Sydog]

heres what mine looks like atm

[GriffiN]

yep, finally updated mine too :)

[Joshsti_NZ]

Nice setup you got Griffin, RazorArt is cool:cool:

[AcurA]

june.... july desktop.... do u guys change every month?

[Joshsti_NZ]

Yep lol, I got dibs on starting the August thread :D

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

I'm in for the August thread....looking forward to this one.....should be able to rain "triple monitor desktop l33tn335" down on you all from up high ;)

[Joshsti_NZ]

WTF?!

Triple monitors? Aren't you using 7 or so now? jk

Can't wait to see that!

[Antallica]

Totally unrelated... hey why u not on icq josh?

[Joshsti_NZ]

haha, hot damn thats a good setup, I've got that pic saved somewhere .. how the hell on earth would you setup all those monitors!?

[asanthadenz]

that jst seems crazy to me

[Antallica]

I know.... 2 monitors will do me fine. It IS crazy.

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

That's cheating though....I count 6 boxes under the desk.

I know windows 98 and XP at least support 9 monitors.....hmm think I'd have to overclock/mod my desk to fit that many :p

[SilverPriest]

And mine, changed my background, finally, hehehehehehe.

[Antallica]

Whoah, that is one seriously mean dt SP. Where do u find ur ones?. Care to hook me up with that? Cheers :D

[Joshsti_NZ]

Wicked bg SP ... whats with the blue SETI icon, ain't it green?

[SilverPriest]

http://www.mobiusco.com/index2.html
Griffin pointed it out to me :)
And the SETI icon, that is SetiDriver ;)
UD is screwing up majorly on my machine @ the moment so SETI for the meantime....

[TheCrow]

heres another site kinda like the one silver posted got some decent wallpapers http://www.customize.org/list/wallpaper

[Joshsti_NZ]

Hrmm, i got that SETI Driver thing up and running, sort of, but i cant get rid of the "SETI 1" application in the taskbar, and ideas?

[SilverPriest]

Try this:

[Joshsti_NZ]

Thanks SP .. how do you know thats its working and stuff?

I know i sound like a moron ... but this looks like a cool thing that i wanna get into :)

[SilverPriest]

Not as good as this (http://www.radiativenz.com/projects.shtml)
That is what i normally do, but UD is screwing up for me.
Going to try it again tomorrow....
More worthwhile IMHO, but hey, each to their own.
Have a look @ our teams stats, we are doing quite well :)

And to know if it is working, well, check your cpu usage, and that indicator bar should creep along showing how much of the work unit it has done ;)

[Joshsti_NZ]

Thanks Silver, I was using UD for a while but it was doing some nasty things to my system .. I'll DL it again ... SETI Driver is up to 2.89% lol, do you have to reload the CLI everytime it starts? Thx

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Joshsti_NZ
Thanks Silver, I was using UD for a while but it was doing some nasty things to my system .. I'll DL it again ... SETI Driver is up to 2.89% lol, do you have to reload the CLI everytime it starts? Thx

You seem confused.

SetiDriver is a CLI manager - a wrapper of sorts. The CLI is simply a parser and list of commands that have to be carried out on a data unit. A data unit is just a bunch of frequency and intensity values.

Data Units

The data units are what you store up lots of. They'll be in the files:
<SETIDRIVERFOLDER>/#/work_unit.sah

They're binary data, and they're what you 'crunch', and download. They're generic - the same across all OS's and platforms ( SPARC, Motorola, Intel, AMD - anything ). They're the satellite data from the big radio-telescope arrays overseas.

CLI

The CLI ( Command Line Interface ) is the program that does all the work. It has been pre-compiled ( no source is distributed for security reasons ) for your OS and platform. The CLI is only downloaded once ( and re-downloaded when it becomes obsolete ), and only one copy is needed:
<SETIDRIVERFOLDER>/<SOMELONGCRYPTICNAME>.exe

By default, the CLI will first download a unit, then crunch it, then send the results back. As it goes, it saves it's progress into several other .SAH files. If the CLI is started on a unit that has already been started, it will resume from where it last left off.

The manager

SetiDriver, in this case, just starts the CLI on a unit. When the CLI finishes, it halts the CLI ( stopping it from auto-sending the unit ), and closes it. It then opens the CLI again on another work unit. To you, this looks like a program that goes along and crunches units one by one ( or two by two, etc - where you use multiple instances it just spawns multiple threads using the same EXE file ).

The manager allows you a few features such as stashing up ( hence one manager is called SetiStash ) work units, and crunching them in succession without you having to write a script to manage that.

Make sense now?

[Joshsti_NZ]

Originally posted by KingJackal


You seem confused.

SetiDriver is a CLI manager - a wrapper of sorts. The CLI is simply a parser and list of commands that have to be carried out on a data unit. A data unit is just a bunch of frequency and intensity values.

Data Units

The data units are what you store up lots of. They'll be in the files:
<SETIDRIVERFOLDER>/#/work_unit.sah

They're binary data, and they're what you 'crunch', and download. They're generic - the same across all OS's and platforms ( SPARC, Motorola, Intel, AMD - anything ). They're the satellite data from the big radio-telescope arrays overseas.

CLI

The CLI ( Command Line Interface ) is the program that does all the work. It has been pre-compiled ( no source is distributed for security reasons ) for your OS and platform. The CLI is only downloaded once ( and re-downloaded when it becomes obsolete ), and only one copy is needed:
<SETIDRIVERFOLDER>/<SOMELONGCRYPTICNAME>.exe

By default, the CLI will first download a unit, then crunch it, then send the results back. As it goes, it saves it's progress into several other .SAH files. If the CLI is started on a unit that has already been started, it will resume from where it last left off.

The manager

SetiDriver, in this case, just starts the CLI on a unit. When the CLI finishes, it halts the CLI ( stopping it from auto-sending the unit ), and closes it. It then opens the CLI again on another work unit. To you, this looks like a program that goes along and crunches units one by one ( or two by two, etc - where you use multiple instances it just spawns multiple threads using the same EXE file ).

The manager allows you a few features such as stashing up ( hence one manager is called SetiStash ) work units, and crunching them in succession without you having to write a script to manage that.

Make sense now?

Thank you so much KJ and SP!!

I've got it all setup properly now, thanks for showing my SETI Driver n00b a$$ how to get it going, thanks :)

[DiscoStu]

just as a wee note - UD seems fine now silver ;)

Now back to desktops ppl........

[Joshsti_NZ]

Yes right back on topic now ;)

Heres mine tonight;

[swiftynz]

i just got another 15 inch screen so mines been updated again.
full image here (http://swifty.orcon.net.nz/images/currentDesktop.jpg). :)

[asanthadenz]

Originally posted by Binky Stunt Cat
hmmm, gone green with envy...:p

hey where do u d/load the system resource meter, the one tht show u ur HDD space, temp, ram etc etc in text.

and how do u add an extra toolbar on the left hand side of ur window in XP like the one on the pic above..????

[Binky Stunt Cat]

go see the July thread....and its Coolmon