How can I make my Vista desktop display what people are searching for on Google?
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posted by BobbyVan
on Nov 18, 2008 -
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Please help me find a good desktop background image, with which to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as 44th president of the USA. Right now I've got
this one up, but Barack's head is all down in the corner and it's hard to appreciate.
posted by bookish
on Nov 5, 2008 -
21 answers
This week an organization I work with is running a big, high energy (iPhone and Wii giveaways, the whole 9 yards) event geared towards high-school students. I'm tasked with organizing some of the creative/design aspects of it, but I've hit a few dead ends, specifically in the area of what I would call ambient video.
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posted by niles
on Oct 11, 2008 -
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Help me read people better. What are some ways that you can locate certain personality types or backgrounds based on body language and interaction with the environment?
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posted by sixcolors
on Apr 29, 2008 -
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Legally, what would you call refusal to adhere to city/government by-laws to fingerprint or background check volunteer workers? I imagine it's a fairly serious crime. Location in Canada preferably, but US examples welcome.
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posted by Phire
on Mar 21, 2008 -
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Do the contents of alternative style sheets load when they are not the active style sheet?
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posted by maxwelton
on Mar 9, 2008 -
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What is this mysterious background voice saying in the Ted Leo & The Pharmacists song "Ballad of the Sin Eaters"? It comes somewhere around 3:58...
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posted by spiderskull
on Feb 24, 2008 -
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OK, in the vein of kinda wasting a question but I really want to know:
Anyone know either where can I find a non-resized version of
this wallpaper or a link to where I can snag the original photo and make my own version?
posted by Ikazuchi
on Dec 8, 2007 -
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In IE6, I occasionally get an image being covered by the background color of the div that contains it. Huh?
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posted by maxwelton
on Nov 5, 2007 -
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I'm applying for jobs that require a local law enforcement background check, and I suspect that it's turning up information that's [really] detrimental to being hired! What kind of information could they be finding? How could I find out what's on my background check? Finally, is there any way to delicately address these issues in job applications/cover letters without digging myself into a hole?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 18, 2007 -
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I am looking for some interesting places in Boston to take photographs of. Mainly, I am looking for grungy looking places with a lot of graffiti, or basically some abandoned places which have good looking but run down textures.
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posted by cheero
on Oct 12, 2007 -
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CSS Filter: When I load my site in IE7 - the background does not stretch to the bottom of the page until I refresh. WTF!
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posted by xoe26
on Sep 26, 2007 -
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I hate to waste a question on this, but it seems I have no choice. does anyone know where i can find
this background? I have looked at interfacelift and google images and deviant art and have found nothing.
posted by DJWeezy
on Sep 9, 2007 -
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I remember (Late 90's) a Linux-oriented background image site that had a back story claiming that the cryogenically preserved J.F.K. was leading them in some sort of Linux Desktop Revolution. Did I hallucinate this?
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posted by Orb2069
on Aug 25, 2007 -
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I need to know websites/companies that do legit background/information checks. I am willing to pay a fee as long as it is not unreasonable.
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posted by username68
on Aug 4, 2007 -
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Bizarre Windows XP behavior: when switching between applications, sometimes more than one window will pop to the foreground. Huh?
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posted by chrominance
on Jun 21, 2007 -
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Austin Mefites: I need to find a location not too far (say within 1/2 hour max drive time) of Austin, anywhere in the area, that looks desert-y. Sure I could drive on out to any # of places in the middle of Texas, but I don't have that much time available on the day of this particular photo shoot I'd like to do. A big, open flat & sandy area that I could have my car in if I needed to would be ideal.
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posted by bitterkitten
on Jun 8, 2007 -
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"Professional reference letter" from my current employer. What does it mean in this context? And how can I get this without them knowing I'm looking elsewhere?
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posted by gazole
on Apr 30, 2007 -
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How do you use Photoshop to clean up the "newsprint-like" background noise behind a text graph?
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posted by rexruff
on Feb 19, 2007 -
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Lots of people have asked about finding songs played during television advertisements, but what about figuring out what song was played during a Bryant Park Fashion Week show last week?
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posted by yellowcandy
on Feb 8, 2007 -
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Free, (preferably) open source background podcast downloader for linux and OS X?
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posted by h2
on Jan 15, 2007 -
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Did I permanently screw up my work history? Last summer I worked a string of three dead-end jobs, none of which lasted more than two weeks. One was a contractor position; the other two were regular jobs that withdrew taxes and social security on a regular basis. I was broke, desperate, and depressed at the time.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 13, 2007 -
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How do I get a Background image (watermark) in MS Word 2003 to actually print as B&W (not GREEN)?
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posted by criticman
on Nov 30, 2006 -
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Employment history filter: I am starting a new job after about a year of intermittent contract work padded between various stages of unemployment. Though I never lied about anything, they might uncover that my past year has in fact been really spotty in terms of work (during interviews, we talked about my contract projects, but they didn't ask about specific dates or durations). Does this make me screwed?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 27, 2006 -
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Can you help me reset my Internet options so that each website's actual background color will show up again?
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posted by GIRLesq
on Jun 7, 2006 -
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I prefer no background, and my wife wants a panda-movie screensaver. After the latest set of patches, Win XP (SP-2) suddenly started changing them, putting a new random one up on each reboot. I've repeatedly gone into Control Panel | Display and reset them, being careful to click Apply each time, but they don't stick.
I assume it takes a registry hack. Can anyone help?
posted by KRS
on Jun 5, 2006 -
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Any suggestions for tools to build backgrounds and buttons/icons for web sites?
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posted by brokekid
on Apr 22, 2006 -
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CSS tricks - cross-browser drop-shadow applied around a wrapper div without using transparent pngs?
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posted by masymas
on Feb 6, 2006 -
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Audio Production filter: I'm looking for background music for an audio project. The problem is, I don't know how to describe it. It's what I would call '1950's americana marketing music' or maybe 'bouncy happy super-retro cliche music'. See inside for a link to an example...
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posted by Wild_Eep
on Aug 20, 2005 -
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I have always been a bit of a privacy nut, but now I have become a landlord, and have to look at the issue from the other side. Need some help/advice from any Canadian landlords out there......
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posted by TheFeatheredMullet
on Jul 5, 2005 -
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Background checks: I have a job interview coming up, and wonder if they'll do a credit check. If they do, I'm in trouble. I need this job very badly...thus the bad credit. Besides credit, employers may check education and criminal backgrounds (mine are clean), but do they have to let you know? How do you ask a potential employer about this without raising flags? While we're on it, is there a secret shit-list out there that employers may go to to see if you're a loser? Especially in software/web development in the northwest...
posted by anonymous
on Jan 10, 2005 -
42 answers
I need help finding a desktop background - from a site that had some amazing options. [MI]
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posted by fionab
on Dec 10, 2004 -
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Cool desktop backgrounds: everyone's got 'em, but where do they come from? In other words, I want to know where you get the eye candy you keep underneath all those icons. (Not saying a word about what's inside, but you can probably guess...)
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posted by cyrusdogstar
on Aug 19, 2004 -
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Is there any way to remove background images from a PDF file? I downloaded some documentation for the Mambo Server, and it has an incredibly annoying, large, pixelated orangeish logo as a BG on every page, which doesn't help readability one bit. Have tried inserting a new white background in Acrobat, but it ends up behind the original one.
posted by signal
on May 25, 2004 -
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Win2K - I had a risque pictue set as my desktop background. My in-laws are coming to stay for a week, and my machine is in the guest room. Since I already don't rate very highly with then, I swapped the background image to something very tame. However, during the startup process, the original image appears for a couple of seconds before being replaced by the new. Why does this happen, and how can I fix it?
posted by Irontom
on May 23, 2004 -
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Photoshop gurus: I've got a rectangular photo, which I plop down in the middle of a colored background. I'd like to create a smooth transparency
gradient in the photo with respect to the background (more transparent at the top, opaque at the bottom). How would one do this?
(Specifically, I'm contructing a header image for a website... the top of the header is a solid color, with logo, etc. in it, while the bottom of the header is the photo. I'd like the solid area to dissolve into the photo).
Thanks- if anyone ever needs PHP/Postgresql advice, let me know!
posted by gsteff
on Mar 23, 2004 -
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Starcraft question: I need to find the name of the song in the background of the Brood War intro. Anyone familiar with the game?
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posted by ac
on Mar 14, 2004 -
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I'm looking for good background music for videos that I'm editing together of family stuff, and later for personal biographies that I might do for people. I have only a tiny repertoire, and I can't use the same music for every family video. I'm thinking instrumental with a mellow vibe. Any suggestions?
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posted by beth
on Dec 14, 2003 -
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