What's on my desktop?

Rob Knight — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:43:54 +0000

So, I've been tagged, and therefore must now reveal the contents of my desktop to the world. Upon realising this, my first thought was "hang on, what does my desktop look like?". I normally have so many windows open that catching sight of the desktop itself is a rare occurrence; normally only when the computer first boots up.

Having reacquainted myself with its contents, I should now point out that asking people who work in IT to show the world what's on their desktops is a very bad idea. Why? Because you get something like this:

(click the above image if you really must see the full-size version).

The explanation for the enormous desktop is that I have two monitors, one off to the left and one central. So, my 'main' desktop starts somewhere about 40% of the way in (1280 pixels in, to be precise). It's thoroughly boring, functional and, well, it's grey. No wonder I can't remember what it looks like. The contents basically consist of icons put there by applications obnoxious enough to not give me an option to avoid having the desktop icon, and a curious zip file entitled 'everything', which must have once been very important, to have merited being put on the desktop to gather dust rather than gathering dust somewhere less visible.

Now, I must tag other people:

1) My co-blogger Peter Welch
2) Rob Fenwick, who may outdo my geeky desktop
3) Will Howells, ditto
4) John Hemming, because we really need to know what MPs have on their desktops

frivolity

What's on my desktop?