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A guy tries to find the origins of a Windows desktop image

129 pointsby marketerover 16 years ago

6 comments

wayneover 16 years ago
Whenever Windows desktop images are mentioned, I'm reminded of the Flickr guys who Microsoft commissioned to shoot a few images to use for Vista's desktop images. This guy made his entire shoot free for download on Flickr and many of the images are amazing: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/sets/72157594510047657/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwishh/sets/72157594510047657...</a>
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andreyfover 16 years ago
This goes to prove that good writing can make just about anything seem griping.
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ojbyrneover 16 years ago
This has inspired a minor quest of my own (though it probably isn't going to be as epic as his). Who said "Nobody with a decent map needs rainbows."?<p>Google returns 3 hits, all of which are that article.
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tjmcover 16 years ago
I have a theory that the default XP theme 'Bliss' is a still from The Phantom Menace, with the yellow clone troop carriers just cresting the hill at the right.<p>It would be easy enough to test this theory, but it involves watching the wretched thing again...
13renover 16 years ago
<a href="http://www.peterkburian.com/-/peterkburian/gallery.asp?cat=12650&#38;pID=1&#38;row=15&#38;photoID=3444643&#38;searchTerm=" rel="nofollow">http://www.peterkburian.com/-/peterkburian/gallery.asp?cat=1...</a>
delacknerover 16 years ago
If you liked this, I highly recommend the New York Trilogy by Paul Auster.