Computer wallpaper backgrounds biography
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A Brief History of Windows Desktop Backgrounds
The photographer of the famous Windows XP desktop background landscape picture didn't anticipate it becoming one of the most iconic Windows images of all time. This realization inspired me to look back through time at some of the designs that have adorned our screens.
Windows 95
Anytime I see this teal color—with the hexadecimal code #00807F—it reminds me of the Windows 95 desktop background. While this choice of color might seem unpleasant and unimaginative by today's standards, it offers a certain nostalgic vintage appeal that takes me back to the early days of the Windows desktop setup with those clunky PC units and monitors that were deeper than they were wide. Also used in earlier Windows NT versions in 1992 in pre-release builds, the teal color was pretty much the unofficial color of the 1990s. Not much is known about why this shade was chosen, but given that electric pink would have been a little more eye
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Some of these desktop wallpapers, plus many others, are also available as desktop jigsaws. See here.
Rockcliffe, 6 miles from Dalbeattie, in Scotland's Dumfries and Galloway is part of a National Scenic Area and has been a picturesque seaside resort since Victorian times. Parts of Rockcliffe, in particular much of the land immediately to the north, are owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The crescent shaped sandy bay is punctuated by craggy rocks and rock pools. The village of Rockcliffe overlooks Rough Island, a bird sanctuary owned by the Scottish National Trust that can be reached via a causeway at low tide, except May and June to protect nesting birds. Visitors planning a trip to the island must check the tide tables beforehand to avoid being caught out by the tide. The coastal path from Rockcliffe to Sandyhil
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