Do you have a LOTR-related desktop? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-30-2005, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ainaserkewen

Hey Estelyn...have you ever had a LOTR-inspired desktop?

Nope - no desktops at all, just the standard blue background.

**The Saucepan Man** · 08-30-2005, 06:35 AM

The background on my computer at home is John Howe's painting of Bilbo's Front Hall, one of my favourite pieces of Middle-earth art.

I used to have it on the office lap-top too, until they banned individualised backgrounds (

), although it once caused some slight embarassment when I used the lap-top for a business presentation.

wilwarin538 · 08-30-2005, 07:15 AM

I don't have a LotR background but I do have an Aragorn screensaver.

Dimturiel · 08-30-2005, 07:15 AM

I have a desktop with Aragorn as he is fighting the Ringwraiths. And my screensaver shows pictures with Aragorn, too! Oh well, maybe I've said too much...

Kath · 08-30-2005, 09:50 AM

I did have one of the Fellowship in Rivendell but it seems to have been replaced by an awful picture of me and my family. I may have to go hunting for the delete button.

Lalwendë · 08-31-2005, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SpM

The background on my computer at home is John Howe's painting of Bilbo's Front Hall, one of my favourite pieces of Middle-earth art.

I used to have it on the office lap-top too, until they banned individualised backgrounds ( ), although it once caused some slight embarassment when I used the lap-top for a business presentation.

Well, you could have turned into a feature of the presentation, saying how Bilbo's Hall represents the tunnel through which all great business strategies must travel in order to reach the light (meaning the 'implementation' stage) of the door at the end, the tunnel symbolising 'team-work' and 'project planning' and the like...

I've got a Tolkien illustration of Rivendell on my work PC, plus a 'Wizards' screen saver, which I'm not supposed to have as they disabled the ability to install to the hard drive, but I just put it on my network drive instead.

At home I have a montage of davem pulling faces.

Kuruharan · 08-31-2005, 12:12 PM

I have a screenshot of the dwarven fortress from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online PC game.

piosenniel · 08-31-2005, 12:17 PM

This is what I have on my computer:

Tom

Estelyn Telcontar · 08-31-2005, 01:11 PM

Pio, that's lovely! I think Anke Eissmann's Tom Bombadil is the best rendition of him I've seen anywhere! (And I'm proud to say that I was able to tell her how much I enjoy her artwork when I met her at 'Tolkien 2005'. She's quite young to be so talented!)

08-30-2005, 06:35 AM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	The background on my computer at home is John Howe's painting of Bilbo's Front Hall, one of my favourite pieces of Middle-earth art. I used to have it on the office lap-top too, until they banned individualised backgrounds ( ), although it once caused some slight embarassment when I used the lap-top for a business presentation. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

08-30-2005, 07:15 AM	#3
wilwarin538 Fluttering Enchantment Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 2,508	I don't have a LotR background but I do have an Aragorn screensaver. __________________ Comme une étoile amarante Comme un papillon de nuit C'est la lumière qui m'attire La flamme qui m'éblouit Fenris Muffin

08-30-2005, 07:15 AM	#4
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	I have a desktop with Aragorn as he is fighting the Ringwraiths. And my screensaver shows pictures with Aragorn, too! Oh well, maybe I've said too much... __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

08-30-2005, 09:50 AM	#5
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I did have one of the Fellowship in Rivendell but it seems to have been replaced by an awful picture of me and my family. I may have to go hunting for the delete button. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

08-31-2005, 12:12 PM	#7
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	I have a screenshot of the dwarven fortress from the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online PC game. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

08-31-2005, 12:17 PM	#8
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	This is what I have on my computer: Tom __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside. Last edited by piosenniel; 08-31-2005 at 12:26 PM.

08-31-2005, 01:11 PM	#9
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Pio, that's lovely! I think Anke Eissmann's Tom Bombadil is the best rendition of him I've seen anywhere! (And I'm proud to say that I was able to tell her how much I enjoy her artwork when I met her at 'Tolkien 2005'. She's quite young to be so talented!) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'