Screen Street

A recent email asked if I could show a screenshot of my computer desktop, so here goes… (You can click on the image to get a better look.)

As you can see, I work on a Mac, and I’ve made my own Scream Street desktop wallpaper (you can download a Scream Street desktop of your own from the official SS website: www.screametreet.co.uk).  I’ve had to blur a few things out, as they refer to the top secret projects I’m working on.

You might also like the drive icons (top right hand corner).  My internal hard drive is a ghostly drive, my backup drive a mummy, my iPod a vampire and my USB flash drive is a werewolf!

If you want to try them out, I found the icons here: http://1001icons.com/icons/icons5/1 I may have to add another external drive just to use the Frankendrive icon that looks a little like zombie flesh!

For those who want to know the real geeky ins and outs of my setup – my Mac has 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processors and 2gb of DDR2 SDRAM.  I have a 300gb internal hard drive, a 400gb external drive for backups (I’ve lost too much work in the past not to back up!).  Both my iPod and USB drive are 8gb apiece.

I also have a Macbook to work on when I’m away from home (although its currently being repaired as the logic board failed), a Mac Mini for capturing and converting old video tapes I shot when I worked on cruise liners, and an old, green first-generation iMac which I picked up on eBay to play about with.  Yes – I’m a Mac geek.

I write in Microsoft Word 2008 for the Mac, and create my sites with WordPress.  I use Photoshop for the graphics and, if I have to get my hands dirty in code, Dreamweaver and/or Taco HTML edit are what I launch.

Is that nerdy enough for you?

Yes, I know I should be working…

Tommy