GridStream Productions

by **Rowenael** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:21 pm

My desktop isn't as cool as some of yours are, but its still my desktop dammit!
So here it is...

by **Laerena** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:21 pm

oooh... Hey I like that desktop... That'd be a picture i'd love to get in and color (is a psp coloring fiend....) Used to do that alot Awesome shading on that... did you draw that?

*grins* mine is Lady Death... And will be Dawn when I find a good picture of her...

by **Rowenael** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:35 am

did you draw that?

yes, yes i did.

I daren't try to colour it, coloured pencils don't like me!

by **Xtrophic** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:00 pm

My current dekstop at work. Yes, it looks like this right now cause the gfx card decided to but out on me LOL

by **Mivat** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:51 pm

Here's my Desktop at work. Looks a bit weird since I'm running a Dual-screen here at work....

by **Ashval** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:22 am

This image is my current desktop image...and, seeing as how I really never get tired of staring at her, she'll likely be there awhile. :twisted:

*click on it for a lovely close up view*

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tarryk · by **Tarryk** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:40 am

Veldron wrote:This image is my current desktop image...and, seeing as how I really never get tired of staring at her, she'll likely be there awhile.

*click on it for a lovely close up view*

O.O

Well, we have a winner for Tarryk's new home desktop. They'll never let me get away with that at work.

by **Laerena** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:03 am

Nice one Veld... *is waiting for her copy to arrive at her store as well... *picked up the pre-order at work and it hasnt' come in yet* *will be heading to the store on sat in her t-shirt to pick up her order...*

by **Ashval** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:06 am

I have it...it's got some bugs, but damn is it engrossing. I was a zombie at work today because I lost track of time playing last night.

BTW, if you think she's hot...the RL model it was based on can be found in several of the pics here...

http://ephemeron.org/~felixx/press/bloodlinespress.html

Yum...

:twisted:

by **Laerena** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 1:22 am

i've got the other girl on my shirt... and the blondie on the pre-order box... Cant wait to play it....

by **Nexeus** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:32 pm

*sniff and cries* I NEED A NEW COMPUTER TO RUN BLOODLINES!!!!!!!

by **Decavolt** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:29 pm

Bah. She's blonde and has no chest. No thanks.

And where are the Tzimisce in that game? I think I'll stick to playing Gauntlet and Super Dodgeball on MAME

Here's my windows desktop. I'll post my linux desktop later.

(first one is my current, second one is what I had before this one)

by **Mivat** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:14 am

What's that nifty toolbar on the righthand side of the screen, Dec? Looks Mac'ish

by **Decavolt** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:28 pm

Mivat wrote:What's that nifty toolbar on the righthand side of the screen, Dec? Looks Mac'ish

I *HATE* the Windows GUI. Just 5 seconds of looking at any default Window's interface makes me want to wretch, so I tweak the hell out of my system and pretty much nuke anything that looks even remotely close to Explorer and the gawd-awful start menu.
The menu on the right is Stardock's ObjectDock, and it mimics Mac OSX's dock bar perfectly. I love it. My most-used apps are there, it's clean, it's smooth, it's very very useful (unlike the way too cluttered start menu) and I wouldn't give it up for anything.

I also run Stardock's Windowblinds, so that I can skin/theme windows in ways that window's can't natively (and I can windowshade open windows, a'la Mac as well). Something else I wouldn't live without.

My Start menu is still on, technically, it's just hidden at the top of the screen, and my windows quick-launch bar is hidden at the bottom. But, with the Run command (windows-key + r) and prog shortcuts, along with the ObjectDock, I never use the Start menu anymore. And I like it that way

by **Lauri** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:34 pm

Decavolt wrote:The menu on the right is Stardock's ObjectDock, and it mimics Mac OSX's dock bar perfectly. I love it. My most-used apps are there, it's clean, it's smooth, it's very very useful (unlike the way too cluttered start menu) and I wouldn't give it up for anything.

I also run Stardock's Windowblinds, so that I can skin/theme windows in ways that window's can't natively (and I can windowshade open windows, a'la Mac as well). Something else I wouldn't live without.

Isn't Stardock awesome?

I mean, I haven't been able to live without their products for 3-4 years now. Mmmm.

by **Decavolt** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:54 pm

Hell yeah Lauri

http://www.youtube.com/user/Tarryk · by **Tarryk** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:59 pm

My only concern with getting that is system resources.

Back in the day, I really liked to tweak my desktop out with the Litestep Wharf stuff. Until I realized that my system was actually becoming LESS stable because it was running on top of the explorer process. So I dropped back to the classic desktop.

Now, seeing that desktop (AWEsome wallpapers, btw, Deca), I'm interested in giving full-conversions another shot, but still wary. What kind of resources does that take up? I don't have much if any to spare.

by **Decavolt** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:10 pm

Tarryk wrote:My only concern with getting that is system resources.

Back in the day, I really liked to tweak my desktop out with the Litestep Wharf stuff. Until I realized that my system was actually becoming LESS stable because it was running on top of the explorer process. So I dropped back to the classic desktop.

Now, seeing that desktop (AWEsome wallpapers, btw, Deca), I'm interested in giving full-conversions another shot, but still wary. What kind of resources does that take up? I don't have much if any to spare.

I usually kill the ObjectDock when I'm on the air, but only because AO is running as well, and only as a "just in case". There are several times I've forgotten and left it on with no issues whatsoever.

As for the Windowblinds skin, I never turn it off. I have select apps like the AO client excluded, (so Windowblinds doesn't skin it) and it doesn't slow me down at all. The theme/skin you use can effect that a lot too. I use Camps Korilla, and it's the most functional, clean, and fast theme I've seen.

I used to mess with Litestep a lot too, but never stuck with it for long just because it wasn't solid enough and liked to crash a lot (not to mention a system resource hog). Stardock really did it right with Windowblinds and now the ObjectDock. Give em a shot, at the very least. They're worth a look.

by **epiphonic** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:39 pm

thats my desktop at work right now, its the next painting/coloration project i'm going to do. This was drawn by Kai Bjørnar Elde from
http://bearcavestudios.deviantart.com

im planning on coloring it the same way i did with this one for ashryn,
http://www.deviantart.com/view/10467044/
who did the original outline here
http://www.deviantart.com/view/10329269/

by **Oddysee** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:49 pm

*sniggers*
Tee hee, got me bloodlines right here... about to take an AO break... Booyah baby!
And if I ever (God forbid) get tired of it... I have HL 2 here too.. It's almost too much pleasure for one guy to handle! ^^

:twisted:

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