Tag: NATURE

Microsoft continues pumping out personalization options for Windows 7 users, and this one's a beaut. From blogger Mike Swanson comes a collection of 16 gorgeous nature photographs assembled into a single themepack. Unlike some of the other collections I've downloaded, this one is top-notch when it comes to quality -- images are 1920x1200 and they look fantastic on my 23" Acer LCD. Got ...

YoWindow is a nice weather application (and online tool). It takes the concept of "looking out the window" and stretches it a bit. A pastoral animated landscape reflects the current weather in your location, or in any other location that you select. The Web app correctly found my location. There's a slider on top of the image that you can drag to see the forecast (as well as past weather, ...

The official Windows 7 personalization gallery already has some pretty nice themes available. Whether you're into hot cars, animals, or abstractness, there's something for (almost) everyone. Just added is a gorgeous new seasonal theme called Czech Spring which includes eight high-res springtime wallpapers. Flowers, a babbling brook, a pastoral landscape -- you can almost smell the nature-y ...

A blogger called Brajeshwar has posted what looks like a complete set of wallpapers from Windows Vista. Whether they're all really from Vista or not, they're all gorgeous and, if you like greens and nature themes, are well worth the download. You can browse the set on Flickr or download zipped packs on Brajeshwar's blog. You can go forth and decorate, or you can check out a small sampling after ...