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Exempli Gratia

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:49:10 PDT

Exempli Gratia is my latest and (I think) greatest icon set. The zip includes PNG, ICN, and ICO format.

The biggest complaint I usually get is that people always wish that there were more icons. I apologize though, I'm but one man, haha. I do like the style of these though and I wouldn't mind adding to it in the future.

The name if anyone is curious is Latin and means "for the sake of example" Hopefully a set like this can live up to that namesake.

My website: [link]

UPDATE: ICN Format ADDED 9.27.2007

Edit: Daily deviation! Yay! Thank you very much!

ecko unltd.

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:15:15 PDT

this shot is dedicated to my favorite clothing line ecko unltd.
Theme • v23 small color mod by me
Icons • exempli gratia by scott copeland• ecko dock icons by me
wall • by me

A Box of Halloween Donuts

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:45:49 PDT

A desktop for Halloween! Nothing says halloween better than Sora in his Halloween town depiction.

Theme: Cold (like usual)
Wall: Self-made to suit the season.
Icons: Exempli Gratia+

Exempli Gratia

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:10:25 PDT

Phew. Collaboration with He really needs to start writing more.
For FFM: [link]

gaia noir

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:46:41 PST

_{vs: gaia inter from *kowoolo | mod

wall: andomeda ionized from henri liriani

firefox: apclome from mm

styler: gaia from *kowoolo

dock icons: CS3 Files suite from: ~Darwins | mod

finderxer icons: exempli gratia from ~apathae

tab objectdock plus: exempli gratia from ~apathae

miranda: gaia miranda.2 from *novoo

ieview: well.done from: ? | mod

wlm: windows live messenger 8.5

avetunes: coversutra mod by me with coversutra vinylcase heart resources from :devsmilingcamel

avedesk: text & icon weather from special devil | mod

avedesk: gmail from ~judge | mod

sound: cLOUDDEAD

* special thanks to all my friends and artists}

Desktop Jan 09

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:05:38 PST

long long time ago...

icons: Elastic Folder Set; exempli gratia by scott copeland

Exempli Gratia

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:21:29 PDT

Collaboration with my lovely wife for FFM.

theWind

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:30:04 PDT

theWind:^©

_{♦ Windowblinds} . . . _{Canum | by GVSB/Luk}
_{♦ Wallpaper} . . . _{Grap Wallpaper | katsu3477}

_{♦ Dock Icons} . . . _{Tabs Dock | by Greg-27}
_{♦ System Icons} . . . _{Exempli Gratia | by apathae}

_{♦ Styler Toolbar} . . . _{Canum | by Kavin/Brian}
_{♦ Miranda} . . . _{Canum | by Me}
_{♦ Ieview} . . . _{Canum | by me}
_{♦ Winamp} . . . _{Canum | by me}

_{♦ Special Image 1} . . . _{One perfect moment | by TrixyPixie}

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^{credits:

gvsb | katsu3477 | Greg-27 | apathae | TrixyPixie}

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Pumped Up Kicks FONT

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:21:14 PST

Download the font here

For any requests and/or questions, find me here

And if you like the font, please consider donating. Go here, under the Download button, there is a 'Donate to author' button. Click there to donate. Thank you!

_{First published font.

Inspired by the Pumped Up Kicks song by Foster The People, thus the name.
This font is actually my handwriting (one of my handwritings, as it changes according to my mood and the pen I'm writing with).
I made it all caps as I think that it looks better this way.
If you find anything wrong please tell me so I can fix it.
Comment or favorite is very much appreciated.

Use: This font is free for personal use. If you want to use it for other purposes than personal (exempli gratia commercial or promotional), then you have to message me here on deviantART or comment/send me a private message on dafont in order to work out the copyright details and the possible charges.

How to install a font:
Windows 8/7/Vista: Right-click on the font files > "Install"
Windows XP: Put the font files into C:WindowsFonts
Mac OS X: Double-click the font file > "Install font" button.}

Elegance V

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:40:59 PST

WB : Elegance V by Samurai3
wallpaper : Clean Minimal Serendipity by DanielNecron
Invisible cloud flake by aliengirlcinti
?
icon : Blend blue, exempli gratia by scott copeland

Foobar 2k, Avedesk, RK Launcher

thanks to. fuubuu

CoverBlue

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:31:34 PST

^{CoverBlue:^©}

_{♦ VS} . . . _{CoverSutraXP | by vladimir0523}
_{♦ TrueTransparency} . . . _{CoverSutraXP | by vladimir0523}
_{♦ Wallpaper} . . . _{Profile Fashion | I lost the name}

_{♦ Avedesk Icons} . . . _{Exempli Gratia | by apathae}
_{♦ Dock Icons} . . . _{Mnml | by brsev}
_{♦ Iconpackager} . . . _{TokenDual Set | by naymlezwun}

_{♦ Miranda} . . . _{HUD Adium | by chaodam (color mod)}
_{♦ Ieview} . . . _{CoverBlue | by me}
_{♦ Styler} . . . _{CoverSutraXP | by vladimir0523}
_{♦ CAD} . . . _{CoverSutra Searchbar | by Mickka (color mod)}

_{♦ Special Image 1} . . . _{Fury Warrior | by Viviphyd}

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^{Credits:

~vladimir0523 | ~apathae | ~brsev | ~naymlezwun | ~chaodam | *Mickka | =Viviphyd}

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^{Notes:

I always wanted to use this suite but never had the courage (i don't know why). to finish the year (screenshots hehe)i made this!

Marry Christmas and a very Happy New Year for all.

that in 2010, we put the DA upside down lol}

Simple Desktop

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:40:00 PDT

~~March Desktop~~

gnome shell - eOS [link]

wall - kalcolor flip vertically [link]

Dock Icon - Exempli Gratia [link]

Conky - Tab mod by me [link]

Conky - SimpleConkyDrive by me [link]

Covergloobus - By me

AWN - Zukitwo

for daily use

UPDATE: added Conky config drive, hope you like it

Milky28

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:21:07 PDT

^{visual style}
Leo's revenge aero by *minhtrimatrix

^rainmeter
Morph by *minhtrimatrix

^icons
Matte Nano by ~kediashubham
Exempli Gratia by ~apathae
Milk Vs. Pry by *Delta909

^xwd
Sensation by *minhtrimatrix

Emely

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:00:28 PDT

Current desk

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_{Resources :

• WindowBlinds - Black-a-v1 by ???
• CD Art Display - VinylCase by ~marcozone strategically positioned by me
• XWindowsDock - GlassTela by ~cyntar7
• Icons - Exempli Gratia by ~apathae
• MirandaIM - Black-a-v1 by ???
• Wallpaper - Emely by ~crehe29

---

Special Thanks :

for the opinion
Inspired in National Passion by}

slipstream

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:22:09 PDT

^{slipstream

props:

wb -> mac os x tiger platinum graphite by steve grenier (mod by me)

wall -> blue stripes by yc (mod by me)

avedesk icons -> exempli gratia by scott copeland

rm -> generics2 by nylons (mod by me)

od icons -> ecqlipse2 by chrfb

od bg -> softglass original by freako

cxp -> comix white small slim by me - original design by jlue

photo -> classical drop by ssilence

avetunes -> basico light by alovisco (mod by me)

dx widget -> corner stripe by woodbridge (mod by me)

lclock -> zhunyuan font

tunes -> threshold

firstfooter}

Choose a Style

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:21:17 PST

My Submission for the Themed Desktop Contest

^{Shot 1:^©

_{♦ WindowBlinds} . . . _{Malice | by Amaeli (with a little adaptations)}
_{♦ Wallpaper} . . . _{Gladiators2 | by AndreeWallin}

_{♦ Icons} . . . _{Retrofuckation | by jg visuals}
_{♦ StartPage} . . . _{brrrn | by jefinhosss}
_{♦ Miranda} . . . _{APPOWS2010 | by Neioo}
_{♦ CAD} . . . _{APPOWS2010 | by Neioo}
_{♦ Aimp2} . . . _{Shadow Aio Black | by Denisan91}
_{♦ GRJ} . . . _{brrrn | by jefinhosss}

credits:

Amaeli | AndreeWallin | jg visuals | jefinhosss | Neioo | Denisan91

Shot 2:^©

_{♦ WindowBlinds} . . . _{Promate | by Nardoxic}
_{♦ Wallpaper} . . . _{Fun Savana | by Sea-Weed}

_{♦ Icons} . . . _misc
_{♦ Miranda} . . . _{Canum | by me}
_{♦ Ieview} . . . _{Canum | by me}
_{♦ CAD} . . . _{Optic | by Murasaki55}
_{♦ Aimp2} . . . _{iTunes Underground | by Denisan91}

^{credits:

Nardoxic | Sea-Weed | Murasaki55 | Denisan91}

Shot 3:^©

_{♦ WindowBlinds} . . . _{Dark Agility | by Nardoxic}
_{♦ Wallpaper} . . . _{Mass Effect 2 Citadel | by droot1986}

_{♦ Icons Dock} . . . _{holographic | by radvisual-d397xaj}
_{♦ Icons Task} . . . _{Exempli Gratia | by apathae}
_{♦ Miranda} . . . _{Dirb | by x-spirit (with little mods)}
_{♦ CAD} . . . _{Spot | by Krissirk}
_{♦ Rainmeter} . . . _{Enigma | by Kaelri (from Rainmeter)}

^{credits:

Nardoxic | droot1986 | radvisual-d397xaj | apathae | x-spirit | Krissirk}}

Graphite

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:46:45 PDT

Wallpaper: Don't remember where I found it...
Theme: Vitae Leopard 1.1 -> [link]
Dock: Silverdock -> [link]
Sidebar icons: iPhone style sidebar -> [link]
Finder icon: Nimbus Logo (from Exempli Gratia set) -> [link]
Safari icon: -> Safari 08 -> [link]
Mail icon: Letter -> [link]
Adium icon: Robolino -> [link]
iTunes icon: Prytunes -> [link]
Photoshop icon: CS3 Icon (white mod by me) -> [link]
iPhoto icon: iPhoto replacement -> [link]
Trash icon: From Blend icon pack -> [link]
Folder icons: Ciment -> [link]
iMac icon: New iMac 07 -> [link]
Bowtie theme: Lustre -> [link]

*~ Takis VI

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:19:08 PDT

Not sure about it yet.. - Well, now I do!

Fluxbox on Ubuntu Oneiric
Kingdom Hearts Theme by ~pitkon [link]
Wmdrawer on slit
Icons on wmdrawer :
1. Metallic by ~msergt [link]
2. Exempli Gratia by ~apathae [link]
The wallpaper can be uploaded by a request since I have it for a long time and have no link to it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Special thanks to :
~ElderVLaCoste for helping me with configuring Wmdrawer for the first time.
Thank you my friend!

Thanks again to all who created and shared their Awesome artwork!

Thanks for watching!

Swinging That Way.

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:34:46 PST

NO...wait.
There's a justifi...explanation.

When my bfffxyz buyed DMC3.5 I played it for the first time as well and for some reason started with Vergil.
_{In retrospect a rather un-clever move, seeing as how that'd mean he'd have to fight himself? Well, I'll find that out some day.}

However, she told me that you could do more stuff with Dante (whose halter-pistol-man-bra always seemed suspicious to me),exempli gratia mock your opponents or in that love planet club "like swing around on that pole" .

...

The legend of Poledancer!Dante was born.

Mild20

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:28:16 PDT

^{visual style}
DayDreaming 247 by ~SolMiler

^rainmeter
Rainify by =poiru
2nd by ~Lukunder

^icons
Rise by *Benjigarner
Matte Nano by ~kediashubham
Exempli Gratia by ~apathae

^cad
Last.Fm by =FateZoom

inflammatio pulmonum

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:09:55 PDT

Pneumonia est gravis morbus accurate inflammatio pulmonum, cuius causa bacteria (exempli gratia streptococcus pneumoniae) aut viri aut fungi esse potest.

Desktop Febrero 2008

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:03:07 PST

Wall: VladStudio [link]
System icons: Exempli gratia by scott copeland [link]

08.27

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:04:46 PDT

Not much special here, just thought I would throw my current view up.

wp 3d graffiti error
od noir
cad jet lp
dt icons Exempli Gratia
od icons white orb monitor firefox mail (modded) itunes speaker helium (modded) utorrent photoshop (modded) chat ballon

programs used: objectdock and avedesk
system: vista

Only a myan girl

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:08:41 PDT

I'm sorry with everybody
I wished to settle a new pic in but
all my ilustrations are sketches not finished yet.

Exempli gratia, i want to display this myan girl in front
of other aside bent bars,
but i even need to settle those bars.
All you can read more details here:=>[link]

Lovely Wood

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:43:19 PDT

Hi guys =]

Resources :

_{• WindowBlinds - Leopard Glass by ~neodesktop
• CD Art Display - Cover Stream by ~sketched-dreams
• XWindowsDock 5.6 - Glass Tela by ~cyntar7
• Icons - Wonka Drives by ??? and Exempli Gratia by ~apathae
• Wallpaper - Wood Board by ~iTweek
• Other Programs - MirandaIM and Nero PhotoSnap Viewer}

Here comes the winter

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:51:45 PDT

VS: Slan XP 3
Font: Joyful Juliana
Iconpackager: NX05
Avedesk: Exempli Gratia
Samurize desklets Icons: B.L.A.C.K, Exempli Gratia
Samurize desklet Weather: Flat weather Icons ( White )
Styler TB: Glitch
Findexer: Clearlook Black

20080112 - Linux

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:24:59 PST

Archlinux.org / .de

Distribution: Archlinux
GTK2: My personal mixed version of iMetal and Leopardish.
Wallpaper: Wheat by joshwilcox
DE: Gnome
WM: Compiz-Fusion
Icontheme: My own generated with Tango-Generator 3
Dock Icons: Exempli Gratia by apathae
Webbrowser: Epiphany
Dock: Avant-Window-Navigator

Have to make a Backup of this Setup now, because I'll try FreeBSD now !

Onyx Desk

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:28:32 PDT

Wallpaper Apple DNA-Green Apple by ~

Icons:
Agua Onyx Folders by David Lanham [link]
iMod for Dock by ~ [link]
iCal&Address Book Graphite by ~ [link]
Onyx FileTypes by ~ [link]
Exempli Gratia by ~ [link]

Stylish Blue

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:41:38 PDT

My March desktop is here!^^ I finally decided to try a darker style and I really like the outcome, it's very soft and soothing to the eye.

Wallpaper: Yosai symbol (by ^manicho) [link]

Visual Style: Knorr Mod (by by =lassekongo83) [link]

ObjectDock:
•tabs: NeoGeniX II (kinda forgot where I got that from xD)
•icons: huge mix (everything can be found on DA)

Styler: Concave Compound (by *GeorgeHarrison) [link]

Winamp: reflexion (by ~sXnc) [link]

Icons: Anai System (by +ipholio) [link] Exempli Gratia (by ~apathae) [link] Etom Project - White (by ~davidchen) [link]

Other applications: Samurize, AveDesk, IconPackager, LClock, FindeXer, CAD, Rainmeter, Rainlendar

Desktop, 7 April 08

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:31:13 PDT

A simple shot this time...

Windowblinds: Gaia Snow
Wallpaper: Made by me with stock from *mjranum-stock and ~webgoddess. I would be happy to release this wall for general download if there is a demand for it... it's not quite ready for release yet because I've only made it in one widescreen res and I'd like to make some colour tweaks. But do let me know if you would be interested in this wall.
CD Art Display: K by ~D-O-M-I-N-I-C [link]
Firefox: Foxdie [link]
Rocketdock: Leopard Skin by matonga [link]
Dock Icons: Exempli Gratia by apathae [link] reflected by me

Other apps: Samurize, Rainlendar, Objectbar

Comments and questions are very welcome!

Winter Concave

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:19 PST

Windowblinds: Concave Dark by GeorgeHarrison and ported to WB by Mrrste [link]
Wallpaper: New Curved by Mickka [link]
Objectbar: Concave Dark by Me (NFR)
RocketDock: Rocket Dock Icons: The Kobhen by Roberto Urso
Avedesk Icons: Concave Icons by gakuseisean [link] and Exempli Gratia by apathae [link] I don't know who made the HD Drive Icons
Rainmeter: Simplicity 2 by Kaelri [link]
CD Art Display: Cellular RooLa by OtisBee [link]

Song: Blue Magic - Summer Snow

June 1

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:20:18 PDT

Theme: umaso+nuala
Icons: sere (folders), amora/jonas rask/exempli gratia (dock)
Wallpaper: Twilight by wasooom
CoverGloobus: Long Play by leonardomdq
AWN theme: aluminium by leonardomdq

Green Grass and High Tides

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:16:13 PDT

Resources :_{• WindowBlinds - AquaInspirat by *iiswiis
• XWindowsDock - DarkFrost by ~Cyntar7
• CD Art Display - CoverSutra by ~clonemac
• Icons - Exempli Gratia by ~apathae and the drives I found in BrasilGUI
• Wallpaper - ? by =delta909
• Other Applications - Digsby and iTunes

---}Special Thanks -

_{for the wallpaper
for the participation}

Desktop, 10 February 2008

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:52:21 PST

Visual Style: Knorr VS by lassekongo83
foobar2000: fooKnorr by lassekongo83
Styler Toolbar: Illuminate by code2
Miranda IM: Twitterrific skin by elkendall
Icons: Exempli Gratia by apathae

CD Art Display, Rainlendar, RK Launcher, Findexer, Avedesk

Unfortunately I honestly cannot remember what wallpaper this is! If I recall I will update this description.

Comments and questions are very welcome

Windows 7- Styler Polymer

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:03:08 PDT

Tema Styler usado > [link]

Icones; Exempli Gratia por apathae
Atencao ; O pacote nao contem o icone "music" by My

autoria
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Styler theme used> [link]

Icons;Exempli Gratia por apathae
Attention; The package does not contain the icon "music"

by My authors

He who trusts in the Lord and not ashamed!
read the Bible.

Humps Song

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:55:12 PDT

VS: Milk 2.0 - by Nexus Stylus
Wallpaper: Koda Kumi ~ J-Pop Singer - Downloaded in wallcoo.com (I guess oO)
Styler: Milk
Icons & Dock Icons & FendeXer Icons: exempli gratia - by scott copeland
Avedesk Icon: I dunno XD~
Samurize: Day and Week - by me @_@

Koda Kumi, my favorite japanese babe.
Sexy, sexy, sexy... *.*

23.10.2007

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:19:40 PDT

»Theme: ???

__________________________

»Wall- iModel by_MadCaddy
»WB- Ruler BLue
»OB- Mod [NFR]
»Style- Neon
»Avedesk Icons- exempli gratia [edit]
»Findexer Icons- Mix [edit]
»Dock icons¹- Dark Adobe Icons
»Dock icons²- Mix [edit]
»Miranda- Mod [NFR]
»Iconpackager- Mac OS X

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»Others: Photoshop and iExplorer
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Desk August.2009

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:18:11 PDT

Fala aí povo, se quiser ter esse visual no seu pc, basta seguir o mestre Knot..
'tcho tchou rock n' roll...'

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Desktop

Wallpaper: Sailing The Desert by
Tema: Arzo by - pracisa do WindowBlinds
Cursor: Ecliz Cursors by - precisa do CursorFX
Logon: DevART by - precisa do Tune-Up Utilities
Boot Screen: deviantART Boot Camp by - precisa do Tune-Up Utilities
Ícones: Exempli Gratia by
Barra de Ferramentas: YzDock
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iTunes: Silent Night iTunes for Win by

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Firefox

Tema: AnyColor
Complementos: FoxyTunes ; Stylish ; Tab Mix Plux

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MSN: WLM 2009 skin - Stealth review by

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simplesmente ©¥be® Bøni...

Pantallazo 5-2-2008 Final

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:45:13 PST

_{He hecho unos ultimos retoques a mi escritorio por que no me terminaba de convencer el anterior asi que aqui esta el resultado final...

Mi escritorio de Gnome en Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

wallpaper Dyrou hecho por *Uribaani (retocado por mi para que quedara con mi escritorio)

el reloj es un Screenlet y el dock es el Avant Window Navigator

Los iconos del escritorio son los Exempli Gratia hechos por ~apathae

los PNGs del AWN son un mix entre Gnome-Look.org y Deviantart

los programas funcionando en el escritorio son:

Rhythmbox
Pidgin
Terminal

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I made a last retouches to my desktop because my previous desktop didn't convinced to me entirely, so here is the last result...

My Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

wallpaper Dyrou made by *Uribaani (retouched by me for my desktop)

The clock is a Screenlet and the dock is the Avant Window Navigator

Desktop icons are Exempli Gratia made by ~apathae

AWN PNGs are a mix from Gnome-Look.org and Deviantart

Programs running on desktop are:

Rhythmbox
Pidgin
Terminal}

Feed me Mac and iPhone

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:26:30 PDT

My new desktop theme, just mixed with Mac-styled and iPhone-styled items...

Wallpaper: Feed your iPhone [link]
VS: Leopard X [link]
Dock icons: Exempli Gratia [link]
AveDesk icons: iPhone icons [link] , iPhone 3G [link]
AveDesk: iPhone-Weather (made by me)
Rainmeter: System info: Enigma [link]
Rainmeter: iPhone-styled Clock (made by me)
Rainlendar: iPhone-styled Calendar (made by me) [link]

The background images of my calendar and weather come from "iPhone PNGs" [link] .
Thank borncold for the stylish icons.

相關部落格文章：
2009-04 桌面：Feed me Mac and iPhone [link]

Hierographics

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:52:47 PST

====================
Cappy’s Random Rant
====================
Speaking of ancient Egypt and curses, I…well, technically you haven’t read my statement about curses since it’s in the main art description, but you will. In this day and age, we still have an intangible fiend that strikes terror into the hearts of peoplekind in the twenty first century.
I’m talking about chain letters.

For those of you who don’t know what a chain letter is—i.e. someone’s grandma—it’s a forwarded email with a story that will then ask you to forward it to ten to fifteen of your (soon to be ex) friends otherwise bad things are bound to befall you.

I have grown adults who forward me those awful inspirational emails. As soon as I see a jpeg with cursive writing in it I think “Oh, motherfu…” I don’t need inspirational emails. I was doing just fine, and was actually in high spirits when I saw I had a potentially important new email but turned out to be your waste of html.

The most baffling, are those devilment emails. Here, allow me to recreate EVERY one of these emails you’ve ever seen:

WARNING DO NOT DELETE!!!!!!!!
IF YOU DO THEN THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU THAT HAPPENED TO JENNIFER AND JOSH!!!!!!!!!!1111

JENNIFER AND JOSH WERE 13 AND IN LOVE
I SAID WERE…..BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!1
JENNIFER AND JOSH GOT THIS EXACT SAME EMAIL
THEY DID NOT READ IT BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE LATE FOR THEIR DATE AND DID NOT HAVE THE LOVE OF JESUS EXALTED NAME ON HIGH IN THEIR HEARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY DELETED THE EMAIL
THE EMAIL WAS GONE, GONE LIKE THE LIGHT OF GOD’S LOVE FOR JENNIFER AND JOSH

JENNIFER AND JOSH WERE IN THEIR CARS DRIVING 250MPH TO THEIR MEETING PLACE
BUT THEY NEVER MADE IT!!!!!!!!
THEY COLLIDED THEIR CARS HEAD ON AND DIED INSTANTLY!!!!11!!
IRONY WITH REAL IRON!!!!!222!!!!

FORWARD THIS TO FIFTEEN FRIENDS AND YOU WILL FIND TRUE LOVE
DELETE THIS AND BURN IN HELL LIKE JENNIFER AND JOSH!!!!!!!!

Try to ignore the glaring loopholes such as “How could Jennifer and Josh read this exact email since this email describes how they died?”, “How could thirteen-year-olds legally drive cars?”, and “Why is Jesus sending out vengeful emails trying to breakup teen romances?” because they are not the worst aspect. No, the unfathomable fact is that you have a friend, this friend believed this threat was TRUE, and upon believing this threat to be true sent the email to YOU with the understanding that it would jeopardize your life!
You have an awful friend selection process.

Luckily, you have me, and I think I have created the perfect revenge to gullible “friends” like these. If a friend ever forwards you a chain letter, the first step is to create a new email account. With this new email account, email the following message to this person:

HELLO NICOLE.
YOU DO NOT KNOW ME BUT I KNOW YOU.
I KNOW ABOUT YOUR AWFUL KINGDOM HEARTS FANART YOU UPLOAD TO DEVIANT ART.
I KNOW ABOUT YOUR RAINBOW BRITE BED SHEETS.
AND I KNOW YOU SENT YOUR BEST FRIEND JASON A CHAIN LETTER.
WHAT A DICK MOVE!
HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND, BUT YOU HAD TO SEND THAT CURSED EMAIL TO HIM AND HE WILL BE DEAD IN THREE DAYS.
YOU HAVE KILLED YOUR BEST FRIEND.
YOU SUCK HARD!

THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO UNDO YOUR HORRID MISTAKE: YOU MUST MAKE AMENDS FOR YOUR CRIME BY GIVING JASON TWENTY DOLLARS.
AND YOUR NINTENDO DS.
AND THAT NEW CASTLEVANIA GAME TOO, HE LIKES THAT ONE.
DO IT, OR HE WILL BE DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!!!!!!!!!
YOU NICOLE!!!!!!!!1
NICOLE KILLED JASON!!!!!!!!!!!

====================
Cappy’s Rockin’ Rendition
====================
When you look at ancient styles of drawings, Japanese, European, or Egyptian, with their uniform techniques and styles…everyone just looks the same. Distinguishing facial features usually involve facial hair, other than that it looks like the same guy and gal posing for each picture.
“This is a depiction of feudal leader Nobunaga.”
“Really? It looks like the same dude from ‘The Rice Farmer’ picture.
And with Egyptian styled art, while beautiful, I have yet to figure out if I’m looking at women or men. I thought I nailed down who’s who by thinking that the men wore those beard boner things…come to find out some women in power wore them too.
I give up.

Ah, Egypt, lovingly referred to as the Buckeye State! When I was a youngin, I was fascinated/terrified by the idea of curses, and mummies were stockpiling them. Of course, I heard a rumor that in reality there has never been any hieroglyph that has expressed a curse unto people for entering a pyramid. Is it true…or is that just what the curse wants us to think?!

Other rumors I’m too lazy to research their authenticity:
*I heard that kings and royalty had their servants mummified with them to accompany ‘em to the afterlife…even if the servants were in tiptop health. Also, it could be true that people who constructed the pyramids were entombed within their creation, to ensure that no one on the outside would have knowledge about traversing the pyramids’ confusing corridors.
[Smart Cappy Cult Commenters said that crazypants royalty did this, most had human looking figurines called "shabti" that would come alive and be servants in the afterlife]

*Their thick eye makeup was a special formula to supposedly keep flies from landing near the eyes.
[Smart Cappy Cult Commenters said it was to help reduce the glare of the sun, since black absorbs light]

* I’m sure you noticed the weird contortionist quality of people in Egyptian murals. It has been said, or perhaps it has been totally imagined in my head, that drawing all limbs in Egyptian art was due to a belief that not depicting both arms and legs would cause those extremities to be missing in the afterlife.

My most prominent memory about Egypt, was a television special about exploring a pyramid. They had come across a very small square passage built inside the pyramid; too small for a human of any age to pass thru, so what could be its purpose? The excavation team setup a remote controlled robot with a camera. The robot traveled for miles and miles, there was no sign of the passage ending.
And the robot ran out of batteries.
And like all good scientists, they abandoned the corridor.

I was so furious that they left me hanging that I have proactively avoided other Egyptian exploration documentaries.
-The “Look At My Picture’s Background, It’s Like You’ve Been Transported Back To Another Era!!” Cappy

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Cappy’s Pretentious Vocabulary Builder-Upper Found In Today’s Description:
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Intangible: something you cannot touch, something not in material form
Fiend: a demon, something wicked
I.e.: It comes from Latin phrase “id est” and means “that is to say”. Use it to describe exact meanings of things. The other is e.g. which is Latin for “exempli gratia” and means “for example”and allows you to give general examples.
Befall: to happen
Devilment: devilish behavior
Exalted: to raise up, to praise, to intensify
Collide: to crash into each other
Irony: the exact opposite of what you expected to happen
Loophole: leaving out details to help avoid explaining plot or to slip thru laws
Unfathomable: impossible to understand
Jeopardize: to risk
Gullible: easy to trick, quick to believe
Amend: to fix or edit
Feudal: meaning fiefdom, and fief is a fancy term for fees. Lands ruled by someone who then taxes and puts fees onto those lands.
Contortionist: Being able to twist the body in unnatural angles
Mural: paintings on walls
Prominent: noticeable
Excavation: the act of digging
Furious: very angry
Proactive: acting in advance to tackle an expected occurrence
Era: a period of time with distinct characteristics, e.g. Middle Ages, Ancient Egypt

Exempli Gratia Desktop

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:06:15 PDT

just a quick shot

Meaning and Proper Use of i.e. and e.g.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:26:17 PST

The Latin abbreviations i.e. and e.g. are the cause of confusion for many people, and are often used incorrectly. There is a very simple way to know which is proper to use, simply by understanding their meanings and what they stand for.

"I.e." which, written out fully in Latin is "Id Est," means "that is," or "in other words." The second example, "in other words," beginning with the letter "i" is an excellent way to remember its meaning, (i.e. = in other words). It specifies, or makes more clear.

"E.g." comes from the Latin "Exempli Gratia" and its translation is "for the sake of an example." Again, there is a very easy way to remember the meaning and therefore usage of the abbreviation, in that "example" is in its description, (e.g. = example). "E.g." is also used in expressions similar to "including," when you're not intending to list everything that is being discussed.

Both i.e. and e.g. are most frequently used mid-sentence, and therefore are not capitalized. However, if you begin a sentence with one of them, e.g., "I.e." stands for "in other words," then you would follow the rules of capitalization, and the "I" would be uppercase.

Used mid-sentence, both i.e. and e.g. are always surrounded by commas. A comma ALWAYS comes after both abbreviations; the only time a comma does not precede one of them, is if you use one to begin a sentence. Both I.e. and E.g. look funny to most readers, but it is proper, following the rules of capitalization.

Some people question whether or not i.e. and e.g. should be italicized. The most accepted rule in grammar and answer to that question is that, both being such common abbreviations, they do not require italicization.

Hopefully this will give you a better understanding, i.e., clarify for you the difference between and the proper use of these abbreviations, so that when you're writing, e.g., that novel, you will have no problem determining which to use.

Vista 32 2008-04-10

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:27:18 PDT

Moved from XP to Vista. Still 32bit. Another reference screenshot, not yet customized (except for some icons).

Wall: dark01 by crehe29
Reocket Dock icons: Exempli Gratia by apathae
Transparent Console: by bohzo

exempli gratia

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:39:30 PDT

Inception - Exorcism

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:17:04 PDT

this has been done for so long that i actually forgot i had it. >_>

(double-post)

warnings: post-movie (slightly AU?). taking liberties with how the characters met/how long they've known each other. fluff and slight crack. teeny hints of crossovers. language: pg-13 (for s***, f***, and g**damn).

pairing: Arthur/Eames.

timeline: several months post-movie; a few days after Whisperlude.

disclaimer: Chris Nolan owns Inception and its characters.

notes: 1) percocet is the brand name version of the painkiller blend oxycodone/acetaminophen. it's a narcotic painkiller and can have side-effects like dizziness, light-headedness, nausea, and unusual thoughts... 2) Tak pegged Arthur as 'the sort who eats cold leftovers for breakfast' back in Spilling Secrets. 3) if you don't know, eggy-in-a-basket is a way of making a fried egg by cutting a hole in a piece of bread, toasting the bread on one side, flipping it, and then cracking an egg into the hole. 4) "mobile" = "mobile phone." 5) glock = Glock 17, super-reliable 9mm semi-auto. 6) "I, Robot" is a famous collection of Asimov stories set in the same future universe with most of the same characters. Dr. Susan Calvin is an icy, stoic robot psychologist who is relating these stories to a journalist in the frame-story of the book. 7) "fringe" is what Americans call "bangs," the hair that hangs down onto your forehead (or lower, if you're emo). 8) "exempli gratia" is the spelled out version of "e.g." it means "for example." 9) "et cetera" is the spelled out version of "etc." it means "and so on" (actually, it literally means "and the rest").

p.s. long title is too long for dA.

Whisperlude Don't Panic

A Response Concerning Time

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:36:33 PST

I had always been hesitant about submitting literature to dA, despite the fact that I probably write more than I do everything else I do combined. I don't know what drove me to the decision to submit this; I suspect that it's the fact that dA could use more variety in its literature section.

This particular inquire spawn from an email I have responded to a friend of mine. Both of us are students of philosophy and we had built a discussion on the (rather famous) question of the existence of time, under the circumstance that there is nothing in the given area. I have left an open ending in my response because 1) I wanted to see his opinion on this issue, and 2) ~~I have not decided how I should answer the question either.~~ I have developed a justification for the question. I shall update it when I get the time to compose it textually.

If anyone choose to read this inquiry, which I doubt, I encourage open discussion of the topic as it is a good exercise for the mind.

For those who have trouble reading the shorthands:
viz. "videlicet"; meaning "namely"
cf. "confer"; meaning "consult"
e.g. "exempli gratia"; meaning "for example"

_{_{_{_{I feel that dA's literature>philosophical section is too feeble to appreciate real philosophy, unlike the pseudo-metaethics that floods the room and drowns us all. Certainly not claiming that the other other stuff is bad; I am not accusing anyone of anything. I am simply at realization of why my Professor divorces his ten year wife the notion of "you don't understand me", and why philosophers tone down their knowledge and write cheap books for the public.}}}}

National Grammar Day 'o8

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:08:57 PST

Because you hadn't already heard enough bad puns this week!

Top 10 Grammar Tips Taken from SPOGG, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar.
1. Me, myself & I
A million well-meaning parents are to blame for the rampant abuse of the letter I.

"It's Bathsheba and I, not Bathsheba and me." How many times have you heard that?

Sometimes, "Bathsheba and me" is correct. It depends on whether you are the subject or object of the sentence.

You can figure this out easily by leaving Bathsheba out of the question. You wouldn't say "Me went to the store” unless you were Cookie Monster. So "Bathsheba and I" is right here. Nor would you say "Jocko gave I the ball." This is why "Bathsheba gave me the ball" is correct, as is "Bathsheba gave Jocko and me the ball."

Myself, meanwhile, is not a fancy substitute for me. It’s a reflexive pronoun. You use it for emphasis, or to refer back to yourself. For example:

• I looked at myself in the mirror.

• I, myself, never eat live goldfish.

Do not, for the love of grammar, say “Talk to myself about your problems.” That’s just wrong.

2. Is it “good” or “well”?

There are people out there who insist that “I am well” is the only acceptable answer to the question, “How are you?”

They are wrong, bless their starchy little hearts.

It is true that adverbs modify verbs, and “am” is a form of the verb “to be.” This is a special kind of verb. Called a “linking verb,” it connects a subject to additional information. It’s not an action verb.

Just as the sentence “Kermit the frog is green” is correct, while “Kermit the frog is greenly” is not, “I am good” is a correct way to answer the question.

Here’s the kicker, though. “I am well” works, too. It has a slightly different meaning, and describes your state of health. So, if you want to reveal your glowing physical condition, by all means say, “I am well.” If you merely want to say stuff in your life is hunky-dory, “I am good” is just fine.

3. Less vs. fewer

While there are some people who insist the distinction between these words is meaningless, we decline to attend their party. Your speech and writing will be more elegant if you know the difference:

- Use “less” when you’re talking about an amount of something that can’t be divided into units. For example, “I have less time than I once did.”

- Use “fewer” when you’re talking about a quantity that can be divided or measured. For example, “I spend fewer hours watching TV than I once did.”

This can get tricky.

For example, is it “fewer than 50 percent of voters showed up at the polls”? Or is it “less than 50 percent”? In this case, we’d recommend going with “fewer than 50 percent”—Latin for per hundred—because the voters didn’t show up as one big group. “Fewer than 50 people in 100 showed up.” They showed up one at a time, or maybe in groups of two. But even if entire book clubs arrived together, the individual units matter.

We’d say “He used less than 50 percent of an egg in his cake batter.” Even though per cent literally means per hundred, you still wouldn’t divide an egg into 100 pieces unless you were performing some sort of unusual religious miracle akin to the loaves and fishes, but for vegetarians.

This is a really minor point, and people might persuasively argue either side. Let’s just say if you find yourself in this sort of debate, actually caring about the outcome, you should feel good about your regard for language.

4. Which vs. that

Use "that" for dependent clauses and "which" for independent ones. In other words, if the meaning of your sentence depends on a qualifying statement, use "that."

Here’s an example using "that":

- The dog that barked is mine. (This means the quiet dog isn’t yours.)

Here’s an example using “which”:

- The dog, which barked at a tree, crossed the road. (There is no other dog. This one first barked at a tree, then crossed the road. Why did the dog cross the road? Probably to meet the chicken on the other side.)

Some people insist there is no difference, and you can use whatever you want. You definitely can find examples in fine literature of “which” being used in dependent clauses. But a newspaper editor wouldn’t permit it. And, if you set off a “that” clause with a comma, you’d just be wrong.

Right: He put the cup on the table, which had a wobbly leg.

Wrong: He put the cup on the table, that had a wobbly leg.

5. i.e. vs. e.g.

The New York Times called Latin a dead language that’s still twitching a bit. That twitching, we think, comes whenever people misuse Latin, making the language roll over just a bit in its grave. Here’s how to remember when to use i.e., and when to use e.g.

- i.e. stands for id est (that is).
Use it when you’re explaining something. You can remember this by pretending that the i.e. really stands for “in essence.”

I like cats and dogs, i.e., animals you can teach to go to the bathroom outside.

- e.g. stands for exempli gratia (for example).
You can remember this by pretending that e.g. stands for example given.

I like big dogs, e.g., Golden Retrievers and German Shepherds.

In American English, set off both i.e. and e.g. with commas.

6. affect vs. effect

Generally, affect is a verb, and effect is a noun. There are a couple of exceptions:

- to “effect change” means to bring about change.

- To have a flat “affect” means you don’t show a lot of personality.

These exceptions aren’t all that common. It’s pretty stiff to use “effect” as a verb of change, and “affect” as a noun is usually reserved for clinical settings. If you can simply remember to use affect as a verb and effect as a noun, you will almost always be right.

7. insure vs. ensure

Insure and ensure are sound-alike words with slightly different meanings. We even see these words messed up in well-edited publications such as The New York Times and The New Yorker.

- Insure means to protect against risk.

- Ensure means to make certain.

Use “insure” when you’re talking about things that are related to insurance—you know, those bills you pay twice a year?

Use “ensure” when you’re not talking about anything you’d pay premiums to protect. Use insure when you’re actually talking about insurance. You can get away with using these words interchangeably, and indeed, some dictionaries list them as such. But why muddy the waters? We love a fine distinction; it makes language infinitely richer.

A similar-sounding word—“assure”—means to convince someone or make someone confident.

8. To split, or not to split: the truth about split infinitives

An infinitive is a “to” plus a verb, e.g. “to tickle.”

Generations of teachers have reprimanded their students for splitting infinitives and sticking an adverb between the “to” and the verb.

It turns out all those teachers were needlessly stiff. We can follow the lead of Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek,”—to boldly go where English teachers said we mustn’t.

The bias against split infinitives came from grammarians who wanted English to be more like Latin. In Latin, you can’t split an infinitive. It’s one word.

In English, there is sometimes good reason to split the pair with a modifier. If, for example, you were complaining that the president plans to almost triple your taxes, then you’d be perfectly justified in splitting the infinitive. One alternative—to say he plans almost to triple your taxes—makes it sound as though the plan isn’t complete. The other—to say he plans to triple almost your taxes—is unacceptably stilted.

Generally, it’s a fine practice to keep the infinitive whole. This gives you the best shot at clarity. But when an exception arises, don’t hesitate to boldly go.

9. A preposition you can’t refuse

You can’t end a sentence with a preposition. Chances are, you’ve heard this from a well-meaning teacher. This isn’t true, though. Experts think this is a bit like the ban on split infinitives—another vestige of our language’s love affair with Latin. In Latin, preposition means “ut before,” so how could it possibly be used at the end of a sentence ?

You might have memorized list of prepositions when you were in school. It’s worth remembering, though, that words on that list don’t always function as prepositions. Sometimes, they can be adverbs. Here, they’re fine at the end of sentences.

For example, “Let’s give them something to talk about,” a line from a very kicky Bonnie Raitt song. Some purists might say, “No, no. It must be ‘Let’s give them something about which to talk’.” This is unnecessarily stilted. It’s turned “about” from an adverb to a preposition (a word before a noun), but it’s only made the sentence stilted—not more correct.

There is one case where a preposition shouldn’t come at the end of the sentence. “Where’s he at?” is an unpleasant idiom. The “at” is unnecessary. Where provides all you need to know about his location.

10. Conjunction function

Don’t start a sentence with a conjunction. This is another one of those fake English-teacher rules. You probably wouldn’t want to start a sentence in a really formal paper with a conjunction—for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so. But there’s no problem in most other cases. Award-winning journalists, novelists, and other writers do it all the time. Same with sentence fragments. We’ve been told not to use them, but when we do it with a light hand, they can improve the flow of our writing, making it easier to understand.

I'm sure you all feel enlightened after that. ^^,

Anyway, speak well, live well, encourage others.

Much love.

Windows Xp Snow Edition

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:59:18 PDT

windowsblinds : Jadaero 1.4 by =Flahorn
Wallpaper : Windows Xp Snow Edition by Me
icon : Exempli Gratia by ~apathae
sidebar iconn : InneX v1.0 by ~Arcanthur
objectdock icon : mix
objectbar : Xp Snow by Me
objectdock : Backgroun by ~DragonXP
avedesk icon : iVista PNGs by ~gakuseisean
cursors : comix white by =firstfooter
CAD Skins : Default Skins

please comments

Question concerning stories

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:36:47 PST

September 2011

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:35:19 PDT

Dock:
[link]

Icons: [variety]

-Folder Icons: [link]

-Kaijubees
[link]

-Cute Pink Icons Pack
[link]

-Fashion Icons
[link]

-Box Icons
[link]

-Exempli Gratia Icons
[link]

wish screenshot

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:30:42 PST

...
Link to the deviantion (image wallpaper) : [link]

**EDIT

Icon used :

Exempli Gratia by apathae : [link]
iTunes icon by iiroku : [link]
Orion by send (for folders) : [link]
Bling Finder by Kamikaze00X : [link]
Qube Drives - Final Version by Elluneon : [link]
Live Messenger Re-Engineered by Kamikaze00X(changed i in black & white) : [link]

all are from dA...

Desktop, 8 December 2007

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:20:45 PST

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat...

Top Clean
Bottom Dirty

Windowblinds Illuminate Alpha Release by code2 (Styler Toolbar included) [link]

Wallpaper Hybrid Works [link]

Icons Exempli Gratia by Scott Copeland [link]

Programs
RK Launcher with Lucidic skin
foobar2000 with FooKUPO config
Avedesk: SysStyles Black x Black, Tiny Weather (modded by me to add dropshadow for light background)
Rainlendar2 with RainPad skin
CD Art Display with limo skin
FindeXer

System Tray Mintray icons by code2 [link]

Dock Icons NX06 and NX10 mix

If you have any questions about anything in my screenshot, I'll be happy to answer them.

Temple Desktop

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:14:09 PDT

-sigh- Been getting a bit behind on this. D;

I'd already decided on the icon style I wanted to use, but it was pure chance that I happened to find a wallpaper that not only matched beautifully (I love the brown with the CandyBar icon hnnngh), but was of something that interests me personally.

I wanted to pick a font that resembled the angles of the temple itself; I'm not super happy with it (the font itself is great; I just think I could've found one better suited to the design) but I had GeekTool off most of the time anyway so w/e.

Font: [link]
Folder icons: [link]
Dock: [link]
Dock icons L>R: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

In general, if you're looking for some nice slate-coloured icons, Exempli Gratia, imageblue, Iconica's slate set, and VisualPharm's hardware icons are all good bets.

Back in the Swing of Things...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:36:56 PDT

Las Vegas/Grand Canyon - Worst Casino ideas?

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:23:50 PDT