Permanently burned into my retina
For as many people that asked me about my mac software of choice, even less asked me about what my desktop now looks like. Ok, so no one has asked me yet, but I figure your all just biting your nails with anticipation. My current desktop is “themed” by various Lord of the Rings icons and wallpapers.
The icons that I am using come were skillfully created by Dave Brasgalla, who posted them to the Icon Factory. Whether your using Mac OS X or Windows, 25 icons of this icon set is available for free. These icons have incredible detail, and can fit almost any purpose. Another icon set by Dave, which has 91 icons available, is The Matrix Rebooted - and they are also unbelievably detailed. With 91 in the set, there is no way you can’t find what you need. You’d do well to visit his company’s website if your a developer and you’d like to get a nice set of icons for your application’s interface.
Not surprisingly, the wallpaper I am currently using, was also created by Dave. He offers these desktops for free in various sizes and formats. Although I’ve downloaded all of his desktops the one I’m currently using comes from his Tolkien Desktop set, which is the symbol for the world of the Loriens. Dave is obviously a big Lord of the Rings fan, and for good reason, as the Lord of the Rings (even before the movies) has influenced and inspired many of the best designers.
My Dock consists, currently, of the following program icons: Finder, Safari, Mail, Proteus, Conversation, NetNewsWire Lite, iCal, itunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Photoshop 7, Illustrator 10, skEdit 3.4, Transmit, Acquisition, TextEdit. To the right of the divider is a shortcut to my Applications folder, the Developer folder and my Mac Office 2004 folder. To the right of that is Mail minimized, and of course my Trash bin. I can feel your enthusiasm abound since you now have a glimpse of my Dock.
The various icons on my desktop are shortcuts to my SMB network shares, my hard drive and my temporary folder. The top most icon, The One Ring, is my main Hard Drive on my iMac. The next from the top, depicted by The Book of Mazarbul, is my main sites folder on my Windows machine. Next, depicted by the Palantir of Orthanic, is my Shared Documents folder on my Windows machine, which is used as a drop point for the network. The second to last icon, More Lembas Bread, is in place temporarily as a share to the My Pictures folder on my Windows machine. Once all the photos from my Windows machine are imported into iPhoto, I will no longer need the Lembas Bread. For a long time now, I’ve kept a temporary folder on my desktop to eliminate any mess. In this case, the Workshop folder, which is shown as the Tolkien Folder icon, is my current desktop temporary folder.
Now you’ve seen what’s been burning a whole in my eye for the last week or so, please feel free to Trackback or link to posts describing your desktop. Or, if you’d like, just link directly to a screenshot of your current desktop.
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