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Old 11-28-2007, 12:29 AM
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ISO: 16:9 aspect ratio high res Philly wallpapers for my (now rectangular) HDTV monitor.

What I got for background is kinda boring. Well, boring as in I'm tired of computer ray-traced scenes and porn being the only nice 16:9 stuff out there.


What I got now:


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Desktop image generously, uh, "donated" by phillyskyline.com.

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Last time this came up, I think my desktop was a picture from Bermuda. Well... here we are again... with yet another (more recent) picture from Bermuda. Near Tobacco Bay.



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I know I'm not computer savvy but how did you take a pic of the desktop?

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Old 11-28-2007, 01:57 AM
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:P This is *my* thread, you Mac phene.

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Old 11-28-2007, 02:00 AM
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I know I'm not computer savvy but how did you take a pick of the desktop?
I use Linux.


I pushed PrtScr on my keyboard, and it pops up a window that looks like this:




I can choose to have a snapshot delay, so I can manipulate my desktop cube if I want to before snapping the picture. I can also crop the picture directly from here without having to run over to Photoshop or another utility to fix it [yeah I can also reduce the image size but I wuz lazy].
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Ben & Jerry's ice cream to use human breast milk in their ice cream, instead of cow milk
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Watch yourself. Mac's are winning so far 4-1-1.
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