Post a picture - OF YOUR DESKTOP!!!!

[BubbaZanetti]

why do bikes get to have all the fun???

some might call this "boring", i call it "clean"

[Cliffy777]

help me out Bubba. How do I save what my desktop looks like?

[username]

you can get a screen cap on a windows box by holding
down "control" and then pressing "print screen." (print
screen should be up on the top of the keyboard, near
the function keys...) (also, holding "alt" and hitting print
screen will give you just the active window....)

then open paint. start ---> accessories ---> paint.

then hit cntrl-V to paste the screen capture. it'll ask if
you want the bitmap enlarged. tell it, "hell yeah!" then
click file ----> save as and be sure to save it as a jpeg
to keep the file size reasonable.

bubba - you stole my background! ;)

oh, and just like with a photo, you can use irfan view
to *easily* resize the image as i did. :thumb

[username]

i'm considering using this one.

cliffy, whadya think?

[kbasa]

You're a pretty pony.

[The_Veg]

OK I'm not gonna do all that geeky crap so youse guys can see my perty lil' icons, but here's the picture I use:

[Holly]

Here's why I rid up north whenever possible.
Holly

[Holly]

Had to resize, way too big.

[kbasa]

.

[Callmethebreeze]

why do bikes get to have all the fun???

some might call this "boring", i call it "clean"



Did the term Black Hole ever cross your mind????? Hmmmm, maybe not.



Breeze

BTW I could show you mine but it's classified and I'd have to kill you. :doh

[Callmethebreeze]

.
Dave, Is this one from your stable?

[Cliffy777]

i'm considering using this one.

cliffy, whadya think?

ohmigod! (he squeeled) I can't believe it - that is the very same one I use.

[Cliffy777]

I changed it once I saw username had COPIED my really cool unicorn one.
MOM - username copied my unicorn desktop.....MOM!....MOM!

[kbasa]

Dave, Is this one from your stable?

Yep. The R100CS Last Edition that formerly belonged to the now departed Greg McQuide.

[Vuulfie]

Messy but my ideal ride is always in the back of my mind.:bikes

[SheRidesABeemer]

Work and Home look the same these days.

[RickD]

Gp5

[blake]

proud poppa desktop b/c someone had to post something that wasn't a windows machine.

[msnden]

I change it often, this is what i have now. Denhttp://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-4/991455/bike2.jpg

[Mar]

Okay, let's see if this works. If there isn't a photo, it didn't!

This is from this year's Dinks rally in Pontiac, IL.

[Mar]

Okay, it worked but it's small. Here's a larger one, I think.

[2popfire]

OK I'll play along. Here's my current desktop, but I get bored and change it often. This is the coast of Oregon near Brookings which I took in 2001.
Joe

[cjack]

Wow. Is this fun or what?

[knary]

proud poppa desktop b/c someone had to post something that wasn't a windows machine.

The apps in your dock are eerily familiar. :ha
I'm just happy that I kicked excel off my desktop.

http://www.conary.org/bike/post/desktop.jpg

[Xaque]

My friend had some pictures of me on his computer... when he left the room I tried to set one as his desktop background...

Much to my pleasure the re-sizing didn't go so well. Here is the result:

http://static.flickr.com/25/49542618_8555a0b3d6.jpg

Good times.

Oh! And now that y'all know the ctrl-Print Screen trick, here is an awesome prank to play on your co-workers!
Ctrl-printscreen their desktop....
Set that saved jpeg as their desktop image....
Than clear all their icons off their desktop....
Everything will look normal... they wont be able to click on anything! Weeeee!!!

-Xaque-

[BradfordBenn]

Next I just need to a big you are here arrow.

http://www.unrestrainedhelmet.com/images/where/as17-148-22727.jpg

[blake]

i have a few clients that dont work in anything outside microsoft office. i dont like that its there, but at least they paid for it.


The apps in your dock are eerily familiar. :ha
I'm just happy that I kicked excel off my desktop.

[Visian]

Hadta cover up a few shortcuts (NDA...) and scaled it down a bit...

[Visian]

Wow. Is this fun or what?

Yikes.... folders, dude! Folders! :p

Ian

[Visian]

Oh! And now that y'all know the ctrl-Print Screen trick, here is an awesome prank to play on your co-workers!
Ctrl-printscreen their desktop....
Set that saved jpeg as their desktop image....
Than clear all their icons off their desktop....
Everything will look normal... they wont be able to click on anything! Weeeee!!!

-Xaque-

This would be a good one to play on Friedle....

Ian

[Mar]

This would be a good one to play on Friedle....

Ian

No kidding! It really would! :laugh

[YB in IN]

blake, Knary, how do I post a picture of the desktop in Mac OS X Tiger. I just made the switch to Mac a couple of weeks ago and haven't figured everything out yet.

[knary]

blake, Knary, how do I post a picture of the desktop in Mac OS X Tiger. I just made the switch to Mac a couple of weeks ago and haven't figured everything out yet.

Welcome to the fold. There is no going back. :evil


shift-command-3 will take a screen shot and save it to your desktop. Open this file (.png) in an image editor, resize, and you're ready to post.

shift-command-4 will bring up some cross hairs. Click and drag to grab a slice of the screen.

shift-command-4 followed by the space bar will bring up a camera and will highlight any window it is over. Click and you will have a shot of just that window (even if it's layered under other windows).

[RTRandy]

Everybody is so PC around here. You ride a BMW, why not own a Mac ?

[cjack]

Yikes.... folders, dude! Folders! :p

Ian

I like it this way. My first pc was a Scelby 8 (sp?) kit. It had 2K of ram. 8 toggle switches, a push button and 8 leds. Wirewrap.
I interfaced data to the IBM 1800 and everything that followed as well as PDP 8s, 10s, etc. So I know about folders...even though they are a somewhat recent thing for me. This pc is about used up, a P3 450, which I built up with an ABIT board. My next one will probably be an HP from Sam's...but it's hard to retire totally. I've even thought of getting a laptop, and keyboard. Free up a whole desk in the hamshack.
I thought my desktop would elicit at least one response besides the one from my wife whenever she uses it...

[Visian]

Welcome to the fold. There is no going back. :evil

I am officially coming out of the closet... kinda. I use a mac for some stuff... the coolest thing are the xml gadgets you get when pressing F12. Oh... and Graffle purely rocks.

Other than that, the thing drives me NUTS because it works exactly contrary to the PC, which pisses me off. Being contrary is no way to win converts, but Apple seems to be perenially happy with selling <5% of the personal computers in the world.

Enjoy the morning view from casa-de-visian:

[Junkle]

http://home.earthlink.net/~junkle/images/desktop.jpg

c.

[knary]

I am officially coming out of the closet... kinda. I use a mac for some stuff... the coolest thing are the xml gadgets you get when pressing F12. Oh... and Graffle purely rocks.

Other than that, the thing drives me NUTS because it works exactly contrary to the PC, which pisses me off. Being contrary is no way to win converts, but Apple seems to be perenially happy with selling <5% of the personal computers in the world.

Enjoy the morning view from casa-de-visian:


If the mac OS functioned the same as windoze, would it still be the mac OS - that which makes the mac, for some, the clear choice?

Graffle? GRAFFLE? :ha You're such a geek. :stick

[Visian]

Graffle? GRAFFLE? :ha You're such a geek. :stick

hahahaha.... You know what Graffle is! I am an Information Architect... what would you expect?

BTW, it's Win-DUHS, not Win-doze. Some people call it Wierdoze. Not me! :p

Honestly... I am computer agnostic. I hate all computers equally!

Ian

[knary]

hahahaha.... You know what Graffle is! I am an Information Architect... what would you expect?

BTW, it's Win-DUHS, not Win-doze. Some people call it Wierdoze. Not me! :p

Honestly... I am computer agnostic. I hate all computers equally!

Ian


Computers save us time to pursue those things in life that really matter.
:hide


ps. pui

[RTRandy]

I am officially coming out of the closet... kinda.

Enjoy the morning view from casa-de-visian:

Vison, your not fooling anyone here. I think that photo is number 7 on the Mac screen saver choices. It's taken from the King of Switzerland's front patio.
:brow

[username]

based upon ian's desktop, i'd like to say, "2008 rally - at ian's place"

[Holly]

Hey Campanula, last time I plugged this in it worked, and I think there are a couple of Sinclairs in the basement.

[Visian]

based upon ian's desktop, i'd like to say, "2008 rally - at ian's place"

ha! i've been toying with the notion of a ride-in/campout... and would be interested to see if there were any interest. the place is in western NC and the mountains on the right side are inside the smoky mountain np.

there is one slight matter of the road to our house, which i affectionately refer to as our twit filter.

about a mile of gravel road with some interesting switchback turns.... but once there, we have a great flat grassy spot... actually two spots, plus an HP2-sized deck, ifyouknowhaddimean!

ian

[Mar]

there is one slight matter of the road to our house, which i affectionately refer to as our twit filter.

about a mile of gravel road with some interesting switchback turns.
You're going to pave that for us, right? None of us are twits so you don't have to worry!

[ironMan]

This is a old pic from my sweeties first long ride on the BWPKY. The bikes have changed but I still like the pic.

[jacco]

I sort of agree with RTrandy. I thought that you guys/gals liked german engineering? So why so many Windoze desktops???

Solution:
SuSE Linux :german

(Well, OK, it's owned by Novell now, but anyway...)

[Visian]

You're going to pave that for us, right? None of us are twits so you don't have to worry!

:)

No twits here! So... if this gets serious, we could have a service where you get to ride in a car to the top and your bike gets ridden by someone who can ride on a gravel road with switchbacks.

Hey... we've put some thought into this!

In reality, pavement is nice... unless it's the middle of winter. *Then* you need the gravel for traction! I've had some interesting rides up and down the hill in the snow on the G/S.

Ian

[Junkle]

Holly -- I still have a Commodore in a box in the attic (along with a printer, tape and floppy drives and some games for it). I haven't hooked it up in years and doubt if it still works. Sometimes I do wonder about it though . . .

c.

[Holly]

Well, Campanula, anyone who hasn't checked our ages now knows that neither of us is spring chickens. I also have my Norton Atlases sitting in the garage covered in dust. Time to see if they run before I dust off the old 64..
Holly