What do your desktops ... backgrounds ... screen savers ... look like ?

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elephant (archived)
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Posted August 13, 2011 at 20:52 GMT
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Just a thought ... questions even !

DESKTOPS

My desktops tend to be very cluttered ... I leave icons lying around representing the folders of projects I am working on ... a bit like my messy desk ... messy briefcase ... messy mind 😂

What's your's like ?

BACKGROUNDS

I have a scene from a two street village we discovered when in the UK ... we walked down a grassy, hendge enclosed backlane between the two streets and I shot a picture, frame by the overhang across a nearby main road and (unfortunately) more modern housing encroaching up the valley:

SCREENSAVERS

At one stage I had B&O pictures on my desktop background ... and even made up a screensaver collection.

But at other times I had a Fine Art (and I do mean FINE art, i.e. not cheesecake) collection.

But on the BV8 screensaver I have over a thousand images of the English countryside ... what do you use ?

(and on my work PC it is a picture of the fabric selector)

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lausvi (archived)
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Posted August 15, 2011 at 15:50 GMT
#1735189

No other posters, so here goes.

A photograph of my own; technical stuff for the technically-minded.

About the normal amount of icons on the desktop, here. (A LOT cleaner than any of my real desktops!)

Anyone fancy to try to guess what the thing in the picture is? 😜

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elephant (archived)
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 05:36 GMT
#1735190

[quote user="lausvi"]Anyone fancy to try to guess what the thing in the picture is? 😜[/quote]

Rack mounted circuit boards ... but what are they for ?

Evan
Evan
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 11:13 GMT
#1735191

Here are my iPod images, the lock screen holds a picture of BeoLab 5000s and if you look closely through all of the apps, you will see a tonearm from a BeoGram 1202.

    

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
Evan
Evan
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 11:16 GMT
#1735192

Here is my laptop background, a shot of my beloved blue steed! This is about as good as Ohio gets as far as scenery 😂

My background has seen many B&O images as well! I have a huge file full of B&O images that used to act as a screensaver but I turned that off and I have no memory of why...

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
Evan
Evan
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 11:29 GMT
#1735193

Here is my mobile

This phone is fantastic except for the lack of screen shot facility!!

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
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beocool
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 11:54 GMT
#1735194

I prefer not to have a photo in the background, so this is what my desktop looks like.

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elephant (archived)
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 12:02 GMT
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[quote user="Evan"]I have a huge file full of B&O images [/quote]

Do you have the black & white of a Scandenavian blonde in a mini-skirt resting on an antique carved wooden daybed ?

I used to have it (that PC died) and loved the juxtaposition of the old and the new :-)

Evan
Evan
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 13:07 GMT
#1735196

[quote user="elephant"]

Do you have the black & white of a Scandenavian blonde in a mini-skirt resting on an antique carved wooden daybed ?

[/quote]

No! 😂 I am now actively trying to find it!!

Location: San Francisco

I'm an automotive audio and acoustic engineer. I design loudspeakers and full sound systems for new automobiles. I also dabble with studio, consumer and pro audio projects from time to time.
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lausvi (archived)
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Posted August 16, 2011 at 16:24 GMT
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[quote user="elephant"][quote user="lausvi"]Anyone fancy to try to guess what the thing in the picture is? 😜[/quote]

Rack mounted circuit boards ... but what are they for ?

[/quote]

Absolutely nothing to do with B&O but it does relate to analog video. This is about the most beautiful piece of engineering I have ever seen, perfectly planned-out structure and everything completely marked (blue/red boards and row numbers to show where to put any of the cards) and indicated.

And there is more... there are two columns of boards! Every board has two metal forks that are used to pull the board out.

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