Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-27 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen... Date:Monday, 20. December 2010 From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Ok. So I finally got around to putting a bigger display on this power mac here at home

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-27 Thread Dan
At 9:32 PM +0100 12/27/2010, Mac User #330250 wrote: Just found http://www.hdwallpapers.in/ - great wallpapers. Hasn't been mentioned yet, or I missed it. Nice. Found some good stuff there! Thx! Very nice 1701... http://www.hdwallpapers.in/star_trek_classic_ncc_1701_vehicle-wallpapers.html

Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-24 Thread Cornett
Dana Pard, et All G'day!, many Thanx for noticeing ;-) the chime. Am glad proud, still-yet to be hangin' here with All of you Good G3-5 folkx.. Nice to hear that you're still around, mate. A Happy Christmas and New Year season to you and yours. Ditto! All the Best the Season has to offer,

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-23 Thread Dan
At 9:51 PM -0500 12/22/2010, Dan wrote: A few of my old favs, I have embiggened. The rest I found at higher resolutions at the various sites. Several people have asked to see what I've grabbed, so here's some of it. It's kindof an odd selection, I guess. I strongly recommend that you'all

Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-22 Thread Cornett
Dan, et All G'day! to All.. Anyone gots some recommendations / favs? I've mostly always used: http://macdesktops.com/ after finding an appealing wallpaper's thumbnail, just click to reveal all the sizes available, then option-click on your needed 1680 x 1050 to download, follow up by tossing

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-22 Thread Dana Collins
Whoa...it's Bill! Nice to hear that you're still around, mate. A Happy Christmas and New Year season to you and yours. Best regards, Dana (p.s. I like MacDesktops, too, and appreciate that the good pictures are available in so many resolutions) On 12/20/10 8:25 PM, Cornett of corn...@gol.com

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-22 Thread Dan
Thanks all! And thanks too to those who emailed their favs to me directly - wow! Some amazing pics! A few of my old favs, I have embiggened. The rest I found at higher resolutions at the various sites. All is good in the world - my fav looks great in the bigger resolution...

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: All is good in the world - my fav looks great in the bigger resolution... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/610326/JGredBaron1600x1200.jpg After the turn of the century, in the clear blue skies over Germany... :-) -- Bruce -- You

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On 12/20/2010 6:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: I believe that the correct term would be ENbiggening. To enbiggen. Just getting all etymological on ya here. On Dec 20, 5:00 pm, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote: No, it was Embiggen on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was Embiggen on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. I don't remember any of that. I will

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was Embiggen on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. It is used in a perfectly cromulent way. Wikipedia Reference:

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: A noble spirit

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-21 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/20/10 11:28 AM, Dan of dantear...@gmail.com sent Ok. So I finally got around to putting a bigger display on this power mac here at home. It's a Samsung, 23, 1680x1050. Speededed up m'mouse, so it doesn't take so long to get from one side to the other. The MouseZoom syspref is

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 10:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. It is used in a

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
Try taking some pictures of your own with a good digital camera. I have a 23inch cinema display and a Canon A590. I am not a photographer but the pictures of my kids, my favorite Ferrari, or 100 year old Grandmother look great. On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:

Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: And a really handy utility SmillaEnlarger http://sourceforge.net/projects/imageenlarger/ is a very useful tool for embiggening those smaller desktop pics up to your giant new screen size :-) It turned the

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Erik Harperink
Op 20-dec-2010, om 17:28 heeft Dan het volgende geschreven: Ok. So I finally got around to putting a bigger display on this power mac here at home. It's a Samsung, 23, 1680x1050. Speededed up m'mouse, so it doesn't take so long to get from one side to the other. The MouseZoom syspref is

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Daggett Ken
On 20 Dec 2010, at 09:04:05 PST, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get something that is not there. If it is not in the scan or photo detail cannot

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/12/20 09:28, Dan so eloquently wrote: Ok. So I finally got around to putting a bigger display on this power mac here at home. It's a Samsung, 23, 1680x1050. Now I need some higher resolution pics for my desktop. Anyone gots some recommendations / favs? I like interfacelift's

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Dan
At 9:43 AM -0700 12/20/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 20, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Dan wrote: Now I need some higher resolution pics for my desktop. Anyone gots some recommendations / favs? A lot of the pix at APOD http://apod.nasa.gov are really big. This one

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Daggett Ken kadagg...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 Dec 2010, at 09:04:05 PST, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Tina K. wrote: Anyone gots some recommendations / favs? I like interfacelift's images, and their clever name too. http://interfacelift.com/ Oh, thanks for that link...one of the first ones I found was from Cannon Beach OR, my second favorite place on the

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Dan wrote: A lot of the pix at Botany photo of the day, http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/ can be traced back to their flickr group and retrieved at higher sizes. Safari don't like that domain. Whoah! It was working fine when I sent it an hour ago.

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: But upscaling for a 23 inch screen leaves a lot to be desired. And this new to me term of Embiggering ( aka embiggering, etc) is just trying to get something that is not there. 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: What do you mean? They do it all the time on the cop shows! On cop shows they see that like I see the smiley in your post ! My inviso-smiley has quit so I gotta go manual :-) See:

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Jeff Bequette
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: Try taking some pictures of your own with a good digital camera. I have a 23inch cinema display and a Canon A590. I am not a photographer but the pictures of my kids, my favorite Ferrari, or 100 year old Grandmother look great. On

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/20/2010 11:39 AM, Dan wrote: embiggening *shudder* It is a perfectly crumulent word! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread James Therrault
On Dec 20, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Dan wrote: Ok. So I finally got around to putting a bigger display on this power mac here at home. It's a Samsung, 23, 1680x1050. Speededed up m'mouse, so it doesn't take so long to get from one side to the other. The MouseZoom syspref is quite handy to

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term would be ENbiggening. To enbiggen. Just getting all

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Jim Scott
On Dec 20, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/20/2010 6:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term would be