Microsoft’s newest rounds of ads directly target Apple’s highly succesful “Get A Mac” ads. He’s back. Yep, your old friend PC. But wait! Hey… that’s not the “real” PC! You guessed it. Microsoft has a PC look-alike sporting the latest rounds of the $300M budget Bill Gates Co. has shelled out to let people know that it’s okay to be stuck with Vista. No, really.. you’re in good hands because The Apple Store is right down the street.
Check the rest of them out on YouTube by searching for “I’m A PC.”
Don’t get me wrong — I love Leopard, but after looking at the same “space,” I can only take so much. By popular demand and to give those people stuck on the “Blue Leopard” Server wallpaper, here is my version of the Leopard Wallpaper In Your Flavor in 8 different colors for your 1280×800 viewing pleasure. For anyone wanting a larger version of my wallpaper, go buy a smaller screen or make your own.
Feel free to post a screenshot of your new wallpaper in action! Got Photoshop? Make your own wallpaper with my source file. And remember, don’t hotlink my URL! I spend a lot of money on bandwidth to keep this blog fast and free of ads so please don’t screw it up.
“Uh-oh!” That nostalgic little sound notifiying you of an instant message used to come out of the speakers of almost every computer online. However lately, these speakers are pouring out a different tune. What happened? I started using ICQ back in 1997 when I heard about it from a friend who asked me what my “ICQ Number” was.
My number? I had no idea what she was talking about. After seeing it in action on her computer, I had to have it. What a cool way to instantly communicate with someone! Previously I had been using web-based chat and IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to pass the time away. My first and only ICQ number was 12516865. It’s still active over a decade later and I’d hate to see what lengthy numbers new users today are assigned.
I slowly moved away from ICQ shortly after AOL purchased them for a whopping $407 million dollars in mid-1998. Where did I turn to? AIM. AOL let me be something other than just a number by specifying my own “screen name.” The best part was I could communucate with the then horde of AOL users without having to use the AOL Internet Service.
I still use AIM today quite often and log in to ICQ for the hell of it using one of those nifty all-in-one IM programs (Audium). I don’t talk to anyone ICQ, just receive the usual daily dose of spam since ICQ has become a hotbed for sleezy advertising. Will I continue to log in to ICQ? Who knows. I thought back in the day that AOL would disolve ICQ entirely in favor of AIM but it looks like it’s growing to the tune of 31 million or more spammers… I love the Internet.
Google recently introduced its own web browser, which in my opinion is nothing more than a glorified toolbar. While it isn’t really available for Mac, they’ve enticed us with the Google Chrome icon over default Leopard wallpaper. It looks like it’s in the works, but how does it work?
Wanting to dive into the action myself, I fired up Parallels Desktop which I keep a copy of Windows XP SP3 on and went to work. The installation was light and fast, although could be a bit faster considering how small the package is. I figured the extra slowness was due to Windows running in a virtual enviorment. After firing it up, it looks… well, simple. Like the “Safari” look with a few interesting features.
Will I be keeping up-to-date with Chrome’s advanced search tools and Google “stuff?” The screenshot below says it all.
I’m somewhat of a minimalist. Heavy 3D eye-popping wallpaper that seems to have infected the Internet’s free desktop wallpaper sites aren’t my cup of tea. For the longest time, I was using a very minimal solid black wallpaper with a big, bright, white Apple Logo right in the center. While this is good stuff, I wanted to spice it up a bit because black and white is only so exciting. After being inspired by Dell’s multi-color lid option on these new Inspirons, I’ve decided to release 10 colorful Apple Logo wallpaper in 1280×800 format. Sorry for anyone who doesn’t conform to my screen resolution — you will be assimilated shortly.
Graphic guru? I got you covered because I’ve included the PSD source file of my wallpaper so you can make it your own! Grab all the wallpaper colors and the source in one click. Feel free to publish these files anywhere as long as you mention or link this page. Hotlink my shit and I’ll steal your Mac Pro.
