Desktops - Windows to the soul...

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Arf... Windows... see what I did there? :lol: :roll: :oops:

What can we tell about a (wo)man from his/her desktop?

I am curious as to what my fellow Heartlanders have. Your work PC doesn't count, obviously, as they're always just boring plain turquoise or something...

It just occurred to me that my desktop reveals a certain side to my character... and I think maybe other Hlanders could perhaps reveal their hidden depths this way.

So, what you got :?:

And, humour me... GUESS what I've got. :innocent:
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On my desk at work:

One PC, battling bravely to be seen amid two huge piles of newspapers. It's plain black, with six red luminous paper dots stuck to it to detail recent software upgrades. Headphones, plugged into PC. Two phones (landline and mobile). Contacts book. Notebook. Sky Sports Soccer yearbook 2004/5. Team photo of White Ensign, about to go on to a page.

Among the less obvious stuff, a large (plastic) battle axe. A football sticker of Birmingham's Olivier Tebilly, and an advert for Romeo and Juliet's massage parlour (two office in-jokes, neither very funny). Two obscure pieces of sculpted wood. A small selection of knives for fending off over-amiable colleagues. Two elastic bands (red).

At home: PC, various bits of scrap paper, desk lamp which isn't plugged into anything and is thus somewhat futile. A draw full of football programmes and (at the moment) a pile of stuff being sold on eBay (bidding closes tonight).

Thrilling, isn't it?
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8) Do not tell her what you have hanging *above the toliet door* if memory proves me right :oops: (in your home Andy) :wink:
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I mean the desktop OF YOUR COMPUTER, mackem! :lol:

Not the top of your desk...
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http://fs4.deviantart.com/i/2004/245/2/ ... esktop.png

That's my old one. Ignore the "No Time to Cry" background. It was coincidentally drawn by a friend who isn't a Sisters fan so it's nothing to do with the song.

I'll put my current one up if I can remember my DA password.
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MadameButterfly wrote:8) Do not tell her what you have hanging *above the toliet door* if memory proves me right :oops: (in your home Andy) :wink:
Next to the toilet door, dear. I wasn't about to perch on a step ladder hammering nails above my doorway.

But he's still very happy in his new home. How's yours?
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at work I've got this, at home I've got a Mazzy Star wallpaper, which no longer seems to be available on the 'net :?
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andymackem wrote:
MadameButterfly wrote:8) Do not tell her what you have hanging *above the toliet door* if memory proves me right :oops: (in your home Andy) :wink:
Next to the toilet door, dear. I wasn't about to perch on a step ladder hammering nails above my doorway.

But he's still very happy in his new home. How's yours?
Mine's fine thank-you...dusty but happy! :wink:
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At home: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/andymacke ... pg&.src=ph

At work: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/andymacke ... pg&.src=ph

Both from my own photos. One in Russia, one in Westcliff.

You'll all be concerned to learn that the White Ensign team pic has been returned to the subs bench in favour of some lady bowlers from Southend. It's all glamour in this job, you know.
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work: nowt.

home: either nowt or a dark blue dell bmp that came with my pc (like this one)

i find they just get in the way to be honest...
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Christina Ricci. Yum.
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markfiend wrote:The Sophie Dahl Opium ad (not entirely worksafe)
In what way is 'Service unavailable' not worksafe? :lol:

I have got this one on my desktop at the moment: clicky, but since you made me go to the Top Gear website to look this up, I'll probably be changing it when I see another cool car on there :D
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Another Sophie Dahl link. If I must ;)

NSFW again.
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I had this for a short time, but it hurt my eyes, as you can imagine...

Then I had the image of Ian Astbury at the beginning of the "She Sells Sanctuary" video... you know, with the hat and surrounded by dry ice, doing the oh-so-goff swirly hands thing...

But this is all to be expected... my current desktop is very different...
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[quote="markfiend"]It depends. I usually have either
  • Various pictures from Hubble space telescope

    That one was nice....thank-you 8)
    Naked woman.....yeah beautiful....good for men to look at :wink:

    Oh dear Claire wins..... :D
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work one is here. can't even remember if i have a background at home or if it's just plain blue nothingness. make of that what you will.
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Does Boudicca's current desktop involve Rick Astley?

I'd be tempted to nominate a honeycomb, hopefully not in conjunction with the 80s perky pop legend.

Otherwise, I probably don't care.
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just plain default blue, both at home and at work
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andymackem wrote:Does Boudicca's current desktop involve Rick Astley?
Sadly not, but it is a thought...
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A picture of someone 8)
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d00mw0lf wrote:A picture of someone 8)
:eek: You are joking...!
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boudicca wrote:
d00mw0lf wrote:A picture of someone 8)
:eek: You are joking...!
Not at all. Then again, I never said who somebody is! :lol:
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The chicken from cs_italy, against a black background.

To serve as a constant reminder of: "Korin, you're no good at Counter-Strike, you are killed as easily as this chicken". :roll:
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Surely it should serve as a comfort in a world where Counter-Strike ability is inversely proportional to social skills? :innocent:
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