Projects

Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a background browser and setter for X windows. It is written in C++ using the gtkmm toolkit. It can currently be used in two modes: browser and recall. It is multihead and Xinerama aware.

flickrwall

FlickrWall is an application to jazz up your desktop wallpapers. The application connects with Flickr.com to find stunning and vibrant images and applies them as your wallpaper. Currently the application gets amazing graffiti creations, but as time progress the theme structure will grow. The ... [More] technical details: Written and tested on Ubuntu 7.10 with python 2.5 and connects to Flickr.com using flickrpy(http://code.google.com/p/flickrpy/). [Less]

livebackground

This is a script to create a live Gnome background wallpaper.

walleg

Wall.EG Engaging Wall. It keeps your desktop fresh and engaging by downloading interesting wallpapers from the Internet and rotating them at specified time intervals. Wall.EG goes to Flickr, Picasa and many other websites to find really cool wallpapers for your desktop.

felicitous-desktop

A better random background scriptfelicitous: adjective. well chosen or appropriate. felicitous desktop My previous setupA folder containing a large number of photographs saved from Flickr and a script to select a background from these at random. ImprovementsTake interesting photographs live ... [More] from the web using the Flickr API Search for photographs appropriate for the current time of day and weather, eg. foggy morning, or cloudy sunset Credit: photos are Creative Commons licensed by Flickr users lukeas09 and aramisfirefly [Less]

gautowall

Random replacement of gnome desktop background. 随机更换GNOME桌面背景的的软件。

multimonitor-wallpaper-utility

Welcome.This project is not even off-the-ground yet, and this is merely a space to store code between different computers at different locations. Check back later if you're interested, or shoot me an email if you're at all interested to motivate me :P It is difficult to set an ... [More] attractive-looking wallpaper that spans two screens of different resolution in Windows XP*. This utility is (will be) designed to allow a user to specify a background image that will then be carved in such a way that it seamlessly transitions across multiple monitors. * I do not have Windows Vista or 7, so I am unsure how it works there. It has (will have) support for: monitors of different resolutions monitors that are offset vertically, specifically where secondary monitors are higher than the primary [Less]