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Fabulous GeekTool Screenshots From February 2010

Posted on 28 February 2010 by Tina Brunner

There are some really cool GeekTool desktop screenshots out there on the web. This list contains 20 screenshots uploaded in February from DeviantART and Flickr. (To view more information about the screenshot, click the link below their titles.)

FROM DEVIANTART

Geektool desktop by D-Money-16

http://d-money-16.deviantart.com/art/Geektool-desktop-124906820

Hit the Bottom by iamthejaypaul

http://iamthejaypaul.deviantart.com/art/Hit-the-Bottom-152531275

Mac desktop feb 10 by woomera

http://woomera.deviantart.com/art/Mac-desktop-feb-10-153983449

Modern X – Screenshot by FloStyler0408

http://flostyler0408.deviantart.com/art/Modern-X-Screenshot-154072937

screenshot 21-02-10 by multini

http://multini.deviantart.com/art/screenshot-21-02-10-154819762

Sing Along by Sharcuk

http://sharcuk.deviantart.com/art/Sing-Along-152549885

veritas pro by 11tsetm1

http://11tsetm1.deviantart.com/art/veritas-pro-153360965

FROM APPLEVIEWS FLICKR POOL

City by tomcraig

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33209565@N06/4264048772

Citypark Desktop by taipan_snake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taipan_snake/4334310586

Current desktop wallpaper by KingScooty

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kingscooty/4389854481

Desktop 1-31-10 red by JediSLUzer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedisluzer/4326913578

Geektool Desktop by Peter Thomas Simmons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterorpete/4383831494

Geektool Desktop by Peter Thomas Simmons

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterorpete/4383840322

Interloper Desktop by taipan_snake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taipan_snake/4358157333

untitled screenshot by I2not_know

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35167705@N03/4392518048

minimal by jeffmincey

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmincey/4372492100

My Current Desktop by DaveBinM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davebinm/4391264252

Zoom in, there is some cool stuff going on…by Cain Novocaine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29349409@N07/4344401351

Other Favorites

New desktop :D by Automatic Entropy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/automaticentropy/4344491243/

Peaceful (with sidebar) by TeknoFTW

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teknoftw/4369960534/

If you have any interesting or unique GeekTool desktop screenshots you’d like to share, click here to go to the Appleviews Flickr group and upload to share them with others. If you liked this article, don’t forget to spread the word and leave a comment.

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Interloper Desktop

Posted on 20 February 2010 by Tina Brunner

Today’s desktop screenshot from the Appleviews Flickr Pool is by taipan_snake titled Interloper Desktop. I chose this desktop for the week because of the simplicity of the buildings and the setup of GeekTool and Adium.
He used GeekTool for the date and time.
The Bowtie theme he used is the Zukunft Bowtie Theme by janik at DeviantART.
Download the bowtie theme here: http://janik.deviantart.com/art/Zukunft-bowtie-theme-109443279
The icons are The Kohbens Iconset by Roberto Urso.
Downloaded The Kohbens Iconset here: http://www.robertourso.com/goodies/goodies.html
The wallpaper is interloper by ether at DeviantART.
Download the wallpaper here: http://ether.deviantart.com/art/interloper-153447829

To view taipan_snakes other work on Flickr, click his favicon (to the left).
Well done taipan_snake! Remember, to be included in the Appleviews Group Pool, you need to upload your work!

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Glass HUD Desktop By Cain Novocaine

Posted on 31 January 2010 by Tina Brunner

Today’s desktop screenshot is by Cain Novocaine and I must say, it is awesome! I appreciate the detailed notes that he left on Flickr as to how he did this. Here are the notes from his Flickr page.

Not a significant change, but an evolution with some more uniformity and style. I consider this a strong fusion of the best visual elements of OS X, Windows, and Ubuntu linux. Feel free to copy it for yourself. I consider this theme done, GLASS HUD:

Main Elements

-**MENUBAR: Black Menubar(s) originally seen in Sweatshop Union’s Photostream. I also inverted all of the program icons I use in the menu bar (1. Locate the Application, 2. Right Click to Show Contents, 3. Replace or invert the current black icons, and save, 4. Restart the Application). I also used SECRETS to move the dock to the left side of the screen.

-**DOCK: Mirage for Snow Leopard to make the dock transparent. I also replaced the status indicators while I was at it with the status indicators from Adium Minimal HUD. For the dock icons, I used Opacity Folders with my own personal modifications.

The Easy Parts

-Adium theme is Minimal HUD, this is also where you can extract the status indicators (1. navigate to the file, 2. show contents, 3. copy contents) for your dock.

-Bowtie theme is Snowtie

-Wallpapers are from the DUST at fiftyfootshadows.net

The Boring Part

-GeekTool is used for the bottom bar, which is a 22 pixel tall black PNG as long as the width of your resolution. Its opacity is brought down to match the top bar. I also added a 1 pixel tall white border on top.

-Instructions on time, date, day, and weather can be found at this link. Remember to use the Lucinda Grande font at size 14 to match the menubar.

**The elements of this theme require replacing many default files of Snow Leopard. You should be fine if you back up what you replace, but I can’t guarantee any result for you.

Thanks Cain Novocaine for another great screenshot. To view his other desktops, click on his icon.

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Vision Desktop

Posted on 23 January 2010 by Tina Brunner

This VISION desktop took hours to get just right. @philipbrunner had gone through several versions and tweaks to get to this final version. I decided that I wanted my own icons with text to create an even look on my Finder and dock, so Philip created the .psd file for me to use and I created icons for practically all the applications on my Mac, which also took several hours. So now I have almost 200 custom icons. Yay! But why stop there? I then decided that my dock wasn’t good enough. Again, Philip came to the rescue and created this dock that is sand gradients on a clear dock. Perfecto!

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Minimal Desktop

Posted on 09 January 2010 by Tina Brunner


This week, we chose the desktop by taipan_snake titled Minimal Desktop. It has a nice and clean look and I also love the use of the dock, especially using spaces to divide certain applications. The wallpaper is ‘Minimal’ by thirteen-eightyone (http://thirteen-eightyone.deviantart.com/art/minimal-147371148) and the dock icons are Kobhens (http://www.robertourso.com/goodies/goodies.html) and he used GeekTool for the time (am/pm), and the date. Again, very nice minimalistic desktop taipan_snake.

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Happy New Year 2010

Posted on 31 December 2009 by Tina Brunner



We at Appleviews would like to wish all our readers a wonderful and prosperous New Year (2010).
The desktop above was created in Photoshop CS4 and the 2010 has most of the languages saying ‘Happy New Year.’
We look forward to the new year with more articles on Apple applications along with iPhone and Internet articles.
We would like to let our readers know that we greatly appreciate your visits and comments and look forward to the
New Year for new beginnings.

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Road Bridge Desktop

Posted on 13 December 2009 by Tina Brunner

roadbridge
This weeks Appleviews Flickr Pool desktop is by Alex (something1138). He used GeekTool for weather conditions, GT usage, RAM, music, day of week, month, day number, and year. He got the wallpaper from http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2000/sacramento_tower_bridge_passing.html and the icons he got at http://www.flickr.com/photos/30460784@N04/3839526599/. (NOTE: the link to the download doesn’t work…sorry everybody.) Check out his other desktops at http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexlielz/. Great desktop Alex!

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Thinking Differently Desktop

Posted on 06 December 2009 by Tina Brunner

Thinking Differently Desktop

For this weeks desktop, my husband created this desktop. He wanted to create something different (hence think differently) by using animal prints and other odd items to the background. I used DragThing to make my frequently used folders on the bottom right (Helvetica font) and ecoute for playing music without having to open iTunes. For the calendar, I simply tweaked DateLine (using Helvetica font and customizing the colors). Please, feel free to upload your customized desktop to the Appleviews Flickr Pool….see the link on the right. Enjoy!

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This Weeks Appleviews Flickr Pool Desktop

Posted on 29 November 2009 by Tina Brunner

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This weeks Appleviews flickr pool desktop is by something1138. It is titled Earth wallpaper with GeekTool. The only information he left about the screenshot is that he used GeekTool and where he got the icons. From what I can tell, he used GeekTool for the time, date, uptime, load averages, temperature, memory usage, and GT usage. He may have used GeekTool for iTunes information but I am not sure. For his dock icons, he got them from Nick Caron on Flickr (I went on the link but it was invalid). I chose this desktop because it has a unique look to it. Great job something1138! If anybody wants share feedback on the tools that you think were used on this desktop, feel free to comment and share the wealth with our fellow readers!

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This Weeks Appleviews Flickr Pool Desktop

Posted on 22 November 2009 by Tina Brunner

NaNoWriMo Desktop

This weeks desktop from the Appleviews Group Pool on Flickr is by cain novocain titled NaNoWriMo ’09.  He is using Snow Leopard and everything on the dock is clear except for a few changes that he made. He is also using iStat Menus to help remind him of his goals. He states that if you are using Leopard, you may be able to find a tool called Mirage to make the dock clear, (I tried to find a download site for Mirage but am unable to find anything). The folders being used are the Opacity Folder Set from Thvg at DeviantArt (http://thvg.deviantart.com/art/Opacity-Folders-Set-83395313). For Adium, he is using HUD Minimalistic (http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=6968) modified to his liking. I like the wallpaper that he is using with the calendar….and at the same time, it is minimalistic.

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This Weeks Appleviews Flickr Pool Desktop

Posted on 07 November 2009 by Tina Brunner

Picture 1This weeks custom desktop goes to…..drum roll please…..cain novocain’s Black & Smoke GUI. Yay cain novicain!
He has an interesting background wallpaper that is simple. On his Flickr account for this design, he was inspired by Chabi69’s Windows desktop and he accented it with the HUD Installer along with the Magnifique skin Mistikon Dark theme. He also has aLunch and Adium in the menubar. For the calendar, he used DateLine and for the RSS reader, he used Snackr (which is shown closed in the upper left hand corner). This is a really nice setup cain novocain! If you want to see more of his work, click his favicon at the top.
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