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  Where do you get your desktop artwork? RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-19 14:52 +0000
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? john <nospam@no.net> - 2014-05-19 13:09 -0800
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-19 23:13 +0100
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-05-19 22:05 -0400
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-05-19 23:46 -0500
      Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 07:05 +0000
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 08:07 +0100
      Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-21 10:00 +0200
        Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-05-22 11:36 -0700
          Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-05-22 13:17 -0700
            Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-23 13:29 +0100
              Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-23 22:01 +0000
                Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-24 02:30 +0100
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-21 07:04 +0000
      Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-21 14:38 +0100
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2014-05-21 10:42 +0000
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2014-05-22 18:47 +0000
      Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-23 14:01 +0100
        Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-05-26 11:16 -0700
    Re: Where do you get your desktop artwork? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-05-26 17:09 +1000

#2878 — Where do you get your desktop artwork?

From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork

Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]

Links:
[1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)

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#2886

RS Wood wrote:

> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
> Link:
> http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
> 
> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most
> of the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop
> than you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big
> fan of Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like
> Ryan's stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many
> great sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic
> to the mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't
> say 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]
> 
> Links:
> [1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)


kde-look.org, deviantart, sometimes a google image search for abstract 
wallpaper

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#2892

In article <lld5r4$bt1$1@solani.org>, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
wrote:

> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
> Link:
> http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
> 
> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]

I went here:

46  1' 29.73" N
06 51'  9.19" E

and took a picture, because I knew that, 40 years later, I'd need it
for a desktop image.

-- 
"If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling 
that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't 
ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid
tripping your hair-trigger insecurities."                  - D M Procida, UCSM

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#2895

RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> writes:

> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
> Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
>
> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]

My background image changes on the hour.
Right now I have 1200 images.

Lots of them came from APOD:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

(Hmm, nice one there right now.)

Here's a tip, click on the image first, you'll then get the large
hi-def one.  Then download it.

I also use some of my own photos.  Nice to see familiar things on
the screen background.

The main thing I like is to have the image change.
Looking at the same thing all the time is boring.

-- 
Dan Espen

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#2896

On 5/19/2014 9:52 AM, RS Wood wrote:

> Where do you go to get interesting artwork?

"Interesting"? If I wanted interesting artwork, I wouldn't be looking
at my desktop. Which is sorta an emulation of Win3.1.. monochrome
solid color.  I've got 104 icons on the desktop, I know that's not
many but I recently upgraded to this computer so the desktop is still
sort of bare. But with artwork on the desktop, I wouldn't be able to
see the icons.

Though I do use somewhat different colors for my different computers,
so that when I've got a remote desktop window open, it reminds me that
window is on a different computer.

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#2930

On 2014-05-20, Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:
> On 5/19/2014 9:52 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>
>> Where do you go to get interesting artwork?
>
> "Interesting"? If I wanted interesting artwork, I wouldn't be looking
> at my desktop. Which is sorta an emulation of Win3.1.. monochrome
> solid color.  I've got 104 icons on the desktop, I know that's not
> many but I recently upgraded to this computer so the desktop is still
> sort of bare. But with artwork on the desktop, I wouldn't be able to
> see the icons.

Precisely.


-- 
Today is Sweetmorn, the 68th day of Discord in the YOLD 3180
"I do not believe in revealed religion — I will have nothing to do with your
immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on
another." Lord Byron, 1778-1824, letter to Rev. Francis Hodgson, 1811

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#2898

RS Wood wrote:

> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?

#A9A9A9

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#2939

On 2014-05-20, Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
> RS Wood wrote:
>
>> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>
> #A9A9A9

:-)

Since my desktop is normally covered with app windows I only change the
default desktop if I find it ugly and/or garish.

Or dark.  I really cannot stand dark backgrounds or themes involving too
much black.  This is partly an eyesight thing so is not up for discussion.
If someone tries to force a dark theme on me I'll look elsewhere thanks.

-- 
Paul Sture

The final step of #heartbleed recovery is to call your mother, and advise
her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo

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#2998

I like mine completely black - like 0,0,0 black - so I can pretend that I'm 
viewing the void (which at my job pretty well is!)


"Paul Sture" <nospam@sture.ch> wrote in message 
news:l23u4b-i5a.ln1@news.chingola.ch...
> On 2014-05-20, Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
>> RS Wood wrote:
>>
>>> From the ŤMS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuchť department:
>>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>>
>> #A9A9A9
>
> :-)
>
> Since my desktop is normally covered with app windows I only change the
> default desktop if I find it ugly and/or garish.
>
> Or dark.  I really cannot stand dark backgrounds or themes involving too
> much black.  This is partly an eyesight thing so is not up for discussion.
> If someone tries to force a dark theme on me I'll look elsewhere thanks.
>
> -- 
> Paul Sture
>
> The final step of #heartbleed recovery is to call your mother, and advise
> her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo 

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#3002

"John" <j@j.j> wrote in message 
news:lllfuj$9ci$1@jefelex.eternal-september.org...
>I like mine completely black - like 0,0,0 black - so I can pretend that I'm 
>viewing the void (which at my job pretty well is!)
>
>
> "Paul Sture" <nospam@sture.ch> wrote in message 
> news:l23u4b-i5a.ln1@news.chingola.ch...
>> On 2014-05-20, Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
>>> RS Wood wrote:
>>>
>>>> From the ŤMS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuchť department:
>>>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>>>
>>> #A9A9A9
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Since my desktop is normally covered with app windows I only change the
>> default desktop if I find it ugly and/or garish.
>>
>> Or dark.  I really cannot stand dark backgrounds or themes involving too
>> much black.  This is partly an eyesight thing so is not up for 
>> discussion.
>> If someone tries to force a dark theme on me I'll look elsewhere thanks.
>>
>> -- 
>> Paul Sture
>>
>> The final step of #heartbleed recovery is to call your mother, and advise
>> her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo
>
>

Sorry, accidently top posted - wasn't looking what I was doing! 

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#3020

On Thu, 22 May 2014 13:17:05 -0700, "John" <j@j.j> wrote:

>"John" <j@j.j> wrote in message 
>news:lllfuj$9ci$1@jefelex.eternal-september.org...
>>I like mine completely black - like 0,0,0 black - so I can pretend that I'm 
>>viewing the void (which at my job pretty well is!)
>>
>>
>> "Paul Sture" <nospam@sture.ch> wrote in message 
>> news:l23u4b-i5a.ln1@news.chingola.ch...
>>> On 2014-05-20, Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> RS Wood wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
>>>>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>>>>
>>>> #A9A9A9
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Since my desktop is normally covered with app windows I only change the
>>> default desktop if I find it ugly and/or garish.
>>>
>>> Or dark.  I really cannot stand dark backgrounds or themes involving too
>>> much black.  This is partly an eyesight thing so is not up for 
>>> discussion.
>>> If someone tries to force a dark theme on me I'll look elsewhere thanks.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Paul Sture
>>>
>>> The final step of #heartbleed recovery is to call your mother, and advise
>>> her to change her maiden name                                  -- @gojomo
>>
>>
>
>Sorry, accidently top posted - wasn't looking what I was doing! 
>

 Apology accepted. :-)

 I see _far_ worse sins being committed than the one of _merely_ top
posting since Microsoft's latest Livemail versions started to fuck up
the quoting (bottom posted replies that look like part of the reply
text and hence make it look as though the poster is parroting the
previous poster).

 Google and Microsoft between them are doing their damnedest to
destroy usenet as an effective medium of discussion.
-- 
Regards, J B Good

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#3048

On 2014-05-23, Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>  Apology accepted. :-)

Quite possibly the first time I've ever seen those words printed on the
Internet.  Has the Rapture happened?

>  I see _far_ worse sins being committed than the one of _merely_ top
> posting since Microsoft's latest Livemail versions started to fuck up
> the quoting (bottom posted replies that look like part of the reply
> text and hence make it look as though the poster is parroting the
> previous poster).
>
>  Google and Microsoft between them are doing their damnedest to
> destroy usenet as an effective medium of discussion.

People that really dislike posts from those clients have put in simple
killfile rules that automatically filter them out.  I have killfiled
google groups posts and don't find I miss them.  Funnily enough, I
tested it on alt.astronomy, and immediately lost about 90% of the
conversation on that NG (and was better off for it - no better NG on
earth serves as witness to the worst of Usenet behavior).

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#3057

On Fri, 23 May 2014 22:01:38 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
<rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

>On 2014-05-23, Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>  Apology accepted. :-)
>
>Quite possibly the first time I've ever seen those words printed on the
>Internet.  Has the Rapture happened?
>
>>  I see _far_ worse sins being committed than the one of _merely_ top
>> posting since Microsoft's latest Livemail versions started to fuck up
>> the quoting (bottom posted replies that look like part of the reply
>> text and hence make it look as though the poster is parroting the
>> previous poster).
>>
>>  Google and Microsoft between them are doing their damnedest to
>> destroy usenet as an effective medium of discussion.
>
>People that really dislike posts from those clients have put in simple
>killfile rules that automatically filter them out.  I have killfiled
>google groups posts and don't find I miss them.  Funnily enough, I
>tested it on alt.astronomy, and immediately lost about 90% of the
>conversation on that NG (and was better off for it - no better NG on
>earth serves as witness to the worst of Usenet behavior).

 I'd do the same except I'm too cheap to upgrade FreeAgent (a piece of
"Crippleware") to the "payware" version. I can manage without the
killfile feature and I can still use the 'ignore thread' feature to
avoid the worse excesses of Livemail and googlegroups posters.

 Back in the days before the asset stripping cunts at Breath Networks
Ltd. got their grubby mitts on zetnet services Ltd., I was using a
custom email/newsreader client called ZIMACS (developed, afaicr, by
Tim Cole who, sadly, passed away a year or two prior to the BNL
debacle) which had all the useful features, such as killfile
filtering, of an excelent news reader client.

 Unfortunately, it was designed to work with the rather proprietry
email and news serving protocols used by zetnet to compress the data
transfers to minimise dial up connection charges.

 This legacy feature was retained even when it was updated to allow
other network connections to be used (alternative PAYG diallers and
straight ethernet via router/cable modem setups which allowed you to
use a true broadband connection from any ISP whether it was zetnet's
own ADSL offering or another ISP's ADSL or cable connection).

 As far as I'm aware, no one has ever developed it to work with the
common protocols used by all other client software. I lament its
demise even now. None of the other alternatives (Gravity, Agent, and
others ICBA to look up) seem to be a patch on ZIMACS.

 I've just tried another google search on "ZIMACS" to see whether this
example of "Abandonware" has been resurrected but all I'm coming
across are the painful forum discussions regarding the (annoyingly
still extent) Breath Networks' mishandling of zetnet's customer base
from 5 years ago. Tim Cole must be turning in his grave at this
ignominious end to his very fine work. :-(
-- 
Regards, J B Good

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#2929

On 2014-05-19, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? 

I don't. Desktop artwork is distracting and deeply irritating. Desktops
should be plain.


-- 
Today is Sweetmorn, the 68th day of Discord in the YOLD 3180
"I do not believe in revealed religion — I will have nothing to do with your
immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on
another." Lord Byron, 1778-1824, letter to Rev. Francis Hodgson, 1811

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#2953

On 21 May 2014 07:04:38 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

>On 2014-05-19, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>
>> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
>> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
>> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? 
>
>I don't. Desktop artwork is distracting and deeply irritating. Desktops
>should be plain.

+1

 I use what was the default greenish tinged light grey of windows 95
rather than the default blue tinted grey of win2k / winXP since it is
a more 'restful' background colour. The last thing you want to use is
a strong primary coloured background since that's so fatiguing on the
eye.

 I reckon Microsoft got it _so_ spot on with win95 that they then had
to choose the less optimum light blue grey as a 'signature' indication
to the end user/consumer that they were now running the "newer"
version of windows.

 This sort of 'trickery' by Microsoft (change for changes sake... and
absolutely none of it for the better[1]) was continued with each
successive windows version (the teletubby desktop of winXP, the
radically mucked up start menu and worse of Vista and win7),
culminating with the horror that is win8.

[1] The biggest 'con' being the premature appearance of the desktop
after switching the PC on to persuade the gullible (the vast majority
of their customers it would seem) that their bloated PsoS were faster
than win95 and win2k at 'booting up' when the reality was otherwise.

 I'm guessing that win2k which came after win98 and winME, wasn't so
afflicted since this was an OS aimed at corporate users with IT
departments staffed by people who would have seen this as "An Insult
to Their Intelligence".

 Microsoft weren't about to risk upsetting the very market segment
they'd relied upon to 'bankroll' the development of their NT based OS
product line, at least not until they had a version that was ready for
a  'prime time' roll out to the great unwashed massess.
-- 
Regards, J B Good

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#2940

2014-05-19, RS Wood wrote:
> So, where do you get your artwork?

From /usr/share/wallpapers/joy_inksplat/contents/images/1366x768.png,
ATM. I'm pretty much never seeing the image anyway, so it doesn't really
matter what it represents.

Adding

xsetroot -solid black

into your ~/.xinitrc (if you don't use a graphical login manager) is
also simple and effective background.

-- 
:q!

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#3000

RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
> Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
> 
> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]
> 
> Links:
> [1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)

Haven't had any artwork as my desktop background since I entered the
creative industry in 2007. One of the first things I learned was that a
solid, light grey is the best bet when doing colour critical work, keeps
your eye "tuned in" to the project at hand. 

-- 
Stephen Thomas Cole // Sent from my iPhone

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#3022

On Thu, 22 May 2014 18:47:19 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Thomas Cole
<usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:

>RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>> From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
>> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
>> Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
>> 
>> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
>> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
>> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
>> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
>> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
>> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
>> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
>> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]
>> 
>> Links:
>> [1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)
>
>Haven't had any artwork as my desktop background since I entered the
>creative industry in 2007. One of the first things I learned was that a
>solid, light grey is the best bet when doing colour critical work, keeps
>your eye "tuned in" to the project at hand. 

 Spot on! Although a mid grey might be thought of as being a little
bit too bland by some. :-)

 Even back in the day when I used to use a 640 by 400 bmp image, I
used the centred option which, with the 1024 by 960 monitor, rather
usefully acted as a reference point for all the desktop icons placed
around the wallpaper image.

 I eventually did away with the image since my missus kept
(erroneoulsy) thinking it was a slur on her 'beauty' due to it being a
picture of a scantilly clad young lady reclining on a couch. It was an
image that I'd chosen from a collection of (soft by today's standards)
porn on the basis that scantily clad as she was, she was at least
_clad_.

 When I got fed up with the grief from the missus and considered a
replacement image, I decided not to bother with any wallpaper pictures
altogether (the desktop icons had grown in number to the point where
they were encroaching on the picture in the middle of my 1024 by 960
display - not an issue today on a 1920 by 1080 display).

 Although I now have plenty of 'room to spare' to place a 640 by 400
bitmap image in the centre of the desktop display as way to 'stamp my
ownership', I no longer feel any need to do so. The collection and
disposition of desktop icons does that 'stamp of ownership' for me
without the need for any such 'frippery'.
-- 
Regards, J B Good

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#3239

"Johny B Good" <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
news:dufun9ldrkir2hkbnvnlm9g1dkcibtg3oj@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 22 May 2014 18:47:19 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Thomas Cole
> <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
>
>>RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>> From the ŤMS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuchť department:
>>> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
>>> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
>>> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
>>> Link: 
>>> http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
>>>
>>> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for 
>>> most of
>>> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop 
>>> than
>>> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan 
>>> of
>>> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
>>> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
>>> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to 
>>> the
>>> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
>>> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> [1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)
>>
>>Haven't had any artwork as my desktop background since I entered the
>>creative industry in 2007. One of the first things I learned was that a
>>solid, light grey is the best bet when doing colour critical work, keeps
>>your eye "tuned in" to the project at hand.
>
> Spot on! Although a mid grey might be thought of as being a little
> bit too bland by some. :-)
>
> Even back in the day when I used to use a 640 by 400 bmp image, I
> used the centred option which, with the 1024 by 960 monitor, rather
> usefully acted as a reference point for all the desktop icons placed
> around the wallpaper image.
>
> I eventually did away with the image since my missus kept
> (erroneoulsy) thinking it was a slur on her 'beauty' due to it being a
> picture of a scantilly clad young lady reclining on a couch. It was an
> image that I'd chosen from a collection of (soft by today's standards)
> porn on the basis that scantily clad as she was, she was at least
> _clad_.
>
> When I got fed up with the grief from the missus and considered a
> replacement image, I decided not to bother with any wallpaper pictures
> altogether (the desktop icons had grown in number to the point where
> they were encroaching on the picture in the middle of my 1024 by 960
> display - not an issue today on a 1920 by 1080 display).
>
> Although I now have plenty of 'room to spare' to place a 640 by 400
> bitmap image in the centre of the desktop display as way to 'stamp my
> ownership', I no longer feel any need to do so. The collection and
> disposition of desktop icons does that 'stamp of ownership' for me
> without the need for any such 'frippery'.
> -- 
> Regards, J B Good

Yes - experience says it's better to keep the missus happy - less problems 
that way! :)

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On 20/05/2014 12:52 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>  From the «MS Paint my very own wonders, thankyaverymuch» department:
> Title: Where do you get your desktop artwork?
> Author: zafiro17@pipedot.org
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:20:29 -0400
> Link: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-05-19/where-do-you-get-your-desktop-artwork
>
> Assuming everyone here is glued to the business end of a computer for most of
> the working day, you probably spend more time looking at your desktop than
> you do your kids :( So, where do you get your artwork? I was a big fan of
> Digital Blasphemy[1] for many years, and actually I still do like Ryan's
> stuff. But there are so many good artists out there, and so many great
> sources of interesting images, from the abstract to the futuristic to the
> mundane. Where do you go to get interesting artwork?[Ed note: Don't say
> 4chan. Please don't say 4chan.]
>
> Links:
> [1]: http://digitalblasphemy.org (link)
>

My desktop is usually obscured by multiple windows that I haven't got 
around to closing. It contains nothing of interest to me anyway, and 
I've set it to be plain blue.

Sylvia.

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