Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Very cool!

As to wallpaper (not for your screen), check here:

Bradbury & Bradbury Wallpapers | Victorian and Arts & Crafts Design

A good site.

I saw an old house this summer with hand painted friezes in many rooms. The work was very impressive. One room was similar to the Persian Roomset. I appreciate the art but it was a bit over the top.

 

[GwenOnBass]

There's a line in interior decorating between tasteful and funeral home/La Grange that's kind of blurry to me.

 

[12BitSlab]

I use the same “wallpaper” on every device I have:

 

[Polish Thunder]

View attachment 4069949 I use the same “wallpaper” on every device I have:

I take it to the next level. I go with with black. It uses the least amount of battery, or so I have read.

 

[Jeff Scott]

...a bit over the top.

That pretty much describes the typical Victorian home.

 

[12BitSlab]

I take it to the next level. I go with with black. It uses the least amount of battery, or so I have read.

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I got tired of wallpapers that overpowered the icons I was trying to see. I decided to simplify things. I walked over to the wall in our den, got out my phone, and snapped a picture of the wall. I can now see the icons without any problems. There is a gradient in the picture since I didn’t hold the phone parallel to the wall.

My wife thinks that I am crazy. She changes her wallpaper frequently - pictures of the grandkids.

 

[Jeff Scott]

My wife thinks that I am crazy.

Well, are you?

 

[12BitSlab]

Well, are you?

The Ohio Revised Code specifically mentions me in its definition of “insane”. Psychologists want to write books about me. I wrote an essay about irrational numbers. My editor wrote a single comment, “Apropos”.

Other than that, I believe that I am at least somewhat normal.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Seeing desktops full of shortcuts is way too chaotic for my workspace. A soothing image of a bass makes me happy



That may tell the tale and live

There is a sysadmin whose habit is keeping about a half a dozen telnet sessions open on his screen, along with who knows what other garbage. It is the morning of 1 April when I roll in and

at his desk take a screenshot, then convert the screenshot to an image that I use as wallpaper as I hide the (Window) taskbar.

About 30 minutes later he comes to my desk to buttonhole innocent me as the culprit

 

[Jeff Scott]

Seeing desktops full of shortcuts is way too chaotic for my workspace.

Something like this?

 

[GonePlaid]

Something like this?

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[Jeff Scott]

Not mine, it belongs to a friend of mine. I made that photo last decade (not sure what it looks like now; I hope he got a much bigger monitor, by now).

 

[GwenOnBass]

Something like this?

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This is why there is not enough pay to help people with their computers.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

FIFY

 

[beans-on-toast]

Something like this?

Showing links can be a security risk. Just sayin.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

I take it to the next level. I go with with black. It uses the least amount of battery, or so I have read.

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I finally found a 1920x1080 wallpaper for Win10 that I like. Excellent background for icons. The texture is easier on my eyes than a solid color, and the Windows logo isn't so bright as to be irritating. I have my Windows apps icons on the left, and all of my music app icons on the right.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Tolex wallpaper!

 

[beans-on-toast]

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[GwenOnBass]

You know, I don't believe I'd like to be inside a room that felt like living in a Portaflex. ... and yet, somewhere out there there is someone who would like to live in Portaflex tiny house.

 

[beans-on-toast]

You know, I don't believe I'd like to be inside a room that felt like living in a Portaflex. ... and yet, somewhere out there there is someone who would like to live in Portaflex tiny house.

Times have changed for some. People used to live in plastic lined homes.