SEND IN A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR DESKTOP!
INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND TO THE RIGHT.
11/22/08
"This is my girlfriend's and my pooch, Snoopy. He's crazy." NC, NJ, USA
"fsggw" CP, USA
11/21/08
"A shot from my home computer of the simplistic beauty of life's fine balance." MHW, USA
11/19/08
"This is my home/school work computer. The photo is of my chocolate lab, Gravy, who found a turtle in his yard. He's a big wuss. I like this photo because even though he's barking at the turtle, it almost looks as if the turtle is on the attack. I try to keep my desktop clutter-free, but I'm in the midst of thesis writing and other end-of-the semester craziness so I keep these files easily accessible." SF, USA
"I don't think I would ever buy a cat... but if I were to ever change my mind: this is the one I would get - it's called a Bengal and is very smart (and expensive because it is a descendant of a wild Asian Leopard Cat)." AL, USA - Home Computer "This is from my work office... Keep it as simple as possible!!" AL, USA, Work
11/18/08
"This is my desktop at home. I like th sassy Asian girl and the plum background. I think it's very "me"." AP, USA
"I put together these Natalie Wood Images,I think she was the most beautiful women ever!" JD, USA
"the background is a picture I took at the Radiohead performance at the All Points West Festival in Jersey City" KC, USA
11/15/08
"This is my latest installment. To me, this photo always conjures up the notion that teenagers are about to make out in a basement somewhere. And who can't get behind that?" JR, NYC, USA
11/14/08
"i enjoy this one for its oriental sparseness and meditative feel. the picture is of this climb in bishop, ca, where i'll be going soon. it keeps me looking forward to the trip." AM, USA
"so i sent you a picture of some pears i have at work, now here is a pair of monitors that are my home computer set up. the fuzzy picture is a close up of my husband's face when he dressed up as a zombie for halloween. i like how it's pretty abstract but i can see his creepy zombie eye in the bottom right corner. the fuzzy creature is my dog, katy wetzel, eating a carrot from the garden." JG, USA
"here is a picture of my desktop at work. i like pears." JG, USA
11/12/08
"Personal/work computer. A drawing of the White House and surrounding blocks, circa 1857. My office is just outside the frame on the right side. Library of Congress has a shit-ton of these old maps -- of practically every city in the country -- in their online digital collections: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html" AJR, DC, USA
"Climbing up! Backcountry skiing in BC, Canada. Home computer." R.C., Seattle, WA
11/10/08
"the picture in the center is a result of working at a retouching company and being delerious." DS, NYC, USA
11/9/08
"This is from a guy that takes shots of textured colored surfaces. Real close up. His flickr name is Nolando. Good stuff" EF, USA
"I just changed my desktop for the first time in 2 years. I think it might make me a little dizzy, but I'm going to go with it for now."--AMM Portland, OR
"The picture is of a place whose name i probably can't spell and am too lazy to look up but in close approximation is "meringsport". It's in South Africa but I'm even too lazy to find out where precisely. I took this picture 2 summers ago when i spent a month driving around SA with my South African boyfriend. We drove through the meringsport because he knows how much i love geology, and the rock structures along this (essentially mini canyon) are amazing. We'd parked the car and gotten out to look at a waterfall, this shot was taken on the way back. It's not the world's best picture, but I like it because it feels kind of cozy - cozy like rainy days and enclosed spaces... p.s. the files are all job or class related - 2L year of law school has turned me into a kind of one-dimensional person, at least from a desktop perspective" KM, USA
"On a break from the OR: a computer at LICH (long island college hospital) Brooklyn, NY. This is what we're dreaming of everyday." V.N., USA
11/6/08
"This is my home laptop. The picture was taken from a hot air balloon over Charlottesville, VA. Kind of feels like flying." AH-USA
"I just downloaded this one off of Facebook in celebration of this great time in history." JNJ, DC, USA
11/5/08
"I enjoy the following forms of art: photography and music." MS, UT,USA
11/3/08
"This is my desktop. It's a photo I recently took of my dog for a calendar contest which benefits the Animal Welfare Society on Clemson's campus. She hates the jacket, which is why she looks so sad, but I still think its a great photo." JML, USA
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SEND ME A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR DESKTOP WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATION AND YOUR LOCATION by following the easy instructions below. If it doesn't work, go here and figure it out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
On a PC: Minimize everything so that your desktop is showing. Grab a print screen of your desktop by pressing the "print screen" button (it's in the top right of your keyboard). Then open up microsoft paint (programs>accessories>paint). Paste the image in there by simultaneously pressing ctrl and "V". Save it as a bmp. Then send it over to me, thedesktopexperiment@gmail.com. In your email, INCLUDE A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR DESKTOP. Maybe you'd like to explain the background image, give an anecdote, or just include something totally random. Just make sure to say if it's a home, office, work, public, etc computer.
On a Mac: Minimize everything so that your desktop is showing. Grab a print screen of your desktop by simultaneously pressing "Shift, Command, 3". This will save your desktop as a picture file on your desktop labeled "Picture 1". Attach that to an email and send it to me at thedesktopexperiment@gmail.com. In your email, INCLUDE A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR DESKTOP. Maybe you'd like to explain the background image, give an anecdote, or just include something totally random. Just make sure to say if it's a home, office, work, public, etc computer.
Tell all your friends around the world and tell them to tell their friends as well.
By sending in a desktop, you recognize that image may be posted on the internet and reproduced in multiple printed forms in the future. Your name will not be cited.