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TUAW Desktop of the Week
This week's Desktop of the Week may include a little Windows paraphernalia action, but don't let that distract you from some of the mod action that Flickr user dannyuncensored has going for his brand new black MacBook. First up is the wallpaper he's using - it appeared in a February rumor we ran of a possible Black iMac. The actual image was linked by TUAW reader Smitty, and is part of a wallpaper pack at - where else - deviantART. Here are the rest of the resources dannyuncensored is using in a handy list format:
- ShapeShifter theme: TenFive from InterfaceLIFT
- Byte Controller (free) for iTunes in the menubar
- MacBook icon from InterfaceLIFT
- Windows Vista icon for the Boot Camp partition created by dannyuncensored's friend (perhaps they would be willing to share it?)
- Statistics in the middle of desktop are, again, provided by Panic's popular Stattoo
- The clear Dock is provided by Unsanity's free ClearDock
If you'd like to see your unique, functional or otherwise interesting desktop featured in our TUAW Desktops of the Week series, check out past featured desktops as well as the original post for the rules and to get an idea of what we're looking for. Then, upload your desktop screenshot to our TUAW Desktops Flickr group. We'll feature one or more desktops each weekend, giving credit to the desktop owner, wallpaper creator and any apps featured in the screenshot (if available). Keep those desktops rolling in!
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Scoyle17 said 7:30PM on 5-20-2007
I've made two similar icons for Windows. There a blue-backed one and a gray-backed one.
http://rapidshare.com/files/32452136/WindowsIcons.zip.html
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Justin said 8:08PM on 5-20-2007
how do you change the icons picture to the macbook and the vista and does anyone have an xp icon.
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altern8tif said 8:43PM on 5-20-2007
The modded Photoshop CS3 icon comes from Adam Betts' collection.
http://www.artofadambetts.com/weblog/?p=190
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Alex Cormier said 9:14PM on 5-20-2007
I am loving that wallpaper... or whatever you Mac people call it.
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andrew harrison said 9:56PM on 5-20-2007
no one else think that looks horrible?
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MILE said 10:48PM on 5-20-2007
Does anybody know how to have Stattoo be displayed in the center of the screen like shown...?! I don't see any kind of preferences there to do so...!? Also, how did he remove the corner icons of the Stattoo capsules...??
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Brian said 10:50PM on 5-20-2007
I too would like to know how to get stattoo in the middle.
Turn the icon transparency all the way up in the options to hide the icons on the sides
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Dan Arel said 11:23PM on 5-20-2007
im not a big fan of this desktop. and the wallpaper download off the deviant art site is an exe file. lame. they must of had better entries than this!
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derek said 8:37PM on 5-21-2007
the wallpaper looks like someone barfed all over the screen
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ThunkDifferent.com said 11:50PM on 5-20-2007
i Think you had it right when you gave Al gore the rig of the week, anyone notice his deck?
http://ThunkDifferent.com
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2007/05/algorerotw.jpg
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Brian said 11:48PM on 5-20-2007
I moved the Stattoo capsules up by mistake and I can't do it again haha. I was in the Add/Remove Capsules menu so it shows the gray bar and somewhere on the left side i dragged it up, good luck
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Brian said 11:49PM on 5-20-2007
okay yeah sorry to keep posting but i just figured it out click and drag near the bottom of the left side while in that menu
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Daniel said 1:11AM on 5-21-2007
Oh wow, I can't believe I won, I stayed up all night with my friend Austin Thaler making this overall theme, detail, by detail.
Well thank you TUAW for thinking I had the coolest desktop for the week. It's a real honor. Made my night. And as for all of you who don't like it, and deemed it barf on the screen, your all just either A) Jealous or B) Prove yours is better? :-P
Since I posted the picture I changed the Blue Windows Icon to green. Here is the link to both the Green and the Blue icons. Give thanks to Austin Thaler for them.
http://homepage.mac.com/dannyuncensored/.Public/Windows%20Sucks%20Icon.zip
Anyways, thanks again TUAW for your recognition. I just applied today to work in an Apple Store in South Florida, wish me luck!
-dannyuncensored
ps-if anyone wants to visit my website or myspace the links are as follows:
http://www.dannyuncensored.com
http://www.myspace.com/dannyuncensored
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MILE said 2:13AM on 5-21-2007
@Daniel: So how did you remove the corner icons of the Stattoo capsules...?
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Kevin said 2:29AM on 5-21-2007
How do you get the dock to look like the G5 grill? I have ClearDock installed, but am looking for a way to get the same look as this dock.
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oomu said 4:46AM on 5-21-2007
It's a nice desktop.
maybe a little too much for me.
>I am loving that wallpaper... or whatever you Mac people call it.
how you call it, you no-mac people ?
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Max said 7:06AM on 5-21-2007
So... how do you change the Boot Camp Icon?
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Dave Chartier said 7:09AM on 5-21-2007
#17: You can change the Windows/Boot Camp partition icon using the same method you can change any other file or application's icon:
1) click on an icon you would like to use and press cmd-i to open the Get Info window.
2) Click on the tiny icon in the upper left of that window (it will glow a light blue) and press cmd-c to copy it.
3) Then go press cmd-i on the Windows partition, press cmd-i, click on its icon and press cmd-v to paste the icon you copied in step 2.
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joe said 7:32AM on 5-21-2007
I have to agree with some of the other posters and say that this desktop looks terrible, not to mention the fact that some of the haxies and background apps eat up RAM and CPU cycles.
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Timothy Houghton said 8:38AM on 5-21-2007
I think I must be going blind. I cannot see any Vista icon in that screenshot.
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