Opinion: When You Get Older You Learn To Appreciate The Moments When You’re Not Skittering Away (by A Roach)

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:12:53 +0000

No roach’s life is easy. The time a Periplaneta americana specimen such as myself is allotted on this earth is brief, yet how do we spend most of that time?

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Nation’s Bicyclists Remove Helmets For Head Injury Month

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:04 +0000

CHICAGO—In celebration of concussions, cerebral contusions, and other forms of blunt head trauma, bicyclists across the country removed their protective helmets Monday for National Head Injury Month.

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American Voices: Microsoft Overhauling Hotmail

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:13:05 +0000

Software giant Microsoft is planning a significant upgrade to its web-based e-mail portal Hotmail.

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Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2012

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:00:32 +0000

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one — desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for over two years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed and are still diligently contributing each month.

We continue to nourish you with a monthly spoon of inspiration. This post features free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for January 2012. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It’s time to freshen up your wallpaper!

Please note that:

All images can be clicked on and lead to the preview of the wallpaper,
You can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our Desktop Wallpaper Calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

Colored Edge

"For February, the month of spring, love and 29 days." Designed by Rahul.s from India.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×960, 1440×900, 1440×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440
without calendar: 800×600, 1680×1200, 1920×1200

Hungry Owl

"February, just one more cold month.. ." Designed by Katerina Bobkova from Ukraine.

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with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Hot Drinks

"Which drink will you choose to make you feel better during the cold season?" Designed by Agathe Altwegg from France.

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with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1200
without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1200

Bold

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with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

February Prison Break

"We suggest – do not mess with February." Designed by Marek Guziсski From Rio Creativo from Poland.

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with calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2540×1440
without calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2540×1440

All You Need Is Love

"Love is all you need." Designed by Kaspars Dedzis from Latvia.

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with calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

February Splashes

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with calendar: 1280×720, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Penguin Hockey

"No coward plays hockey!" Designed by Cheloveche.ru from Russia.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Mr. & Ms. Nice

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Jealous Much?

"Calendar for February 2012." Designed by Annabelle Bay from USA.

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with calendar: 320×240, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 320×240, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Heartbroken

"Illustrated wallpaper for february on the theme of heartbreak.1920 x 1200." Designed by Danae Botha from South Africa.

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with calendar: 320×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1440×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
without calendar: 320×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1440×1050, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

The Shortest Month

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with calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Kids And Dragon

"My drawings are mostly black-and-white and the year of the Black Dragon inspired me to start drawing another picture. Let the Dragon this year be friendly and playful ." Designed by Jelena Tљekulajeva from Estonia.

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with calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
without calendar: 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Heart On A String

"For hopeless romantics that let others play with their heart." Designed by Jacob Giesler from USA.

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with calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

A Shadow’s Chance

"A nod at Groundhog Day! The artwork provided with a calendar has a winter color, because the groundhog sees his shadow which means six more weeks of winter. And the other (Green) has no calendar and no shadow which denotes anearly spring." Designed by Joseph Brooks from United States.

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with calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1920×1080, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1920×1080, 2560×1440

Be Mine

"A cutsie calendar theme." Designed by Sandi | Pop Up Factory.com from Toronto, ON, Canada.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050
without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050

It’s The Love Signal

"Let’s beam our love to the universe!" Designed by Lew Su-ann from Brunei Darussalam.

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with calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Winter Church

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with calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 320×480, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Lock Your Love

"February is the month of couples and love, so if you do have that one special person in your life! Then this would be the prefect month to show how much you love her or him ." Designed by Rihards Gromuls from Latvia.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Cyclops Encounter

"I am a big fan of the Odyssey. Cyclopses are awesome." Designed by Glorm from Canada.

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with calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1400×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200
without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1400×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

Gloomy Light

"Sometimes we ever feel’s like useless, moody, gloomy, that’s so sadly. Maybe it just like an old gloomy paper effect on my calendar Website Templates. But, we can change it with give it colors, this year our life will be not far from heaviness like our years before, just bright it up and make a colors in your moody days!" Designed by Dwi Prastika from Indonesia.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440

Chillout

"Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, where you will not be online…" Designed by Chilid Interactive Agency from Poland.

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with calendar: 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1280×800, 1366×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 2560×1440

All You Need Is Love

"The Beatles said it best! Love is all you need." Designed by Allison Brown from Canada.

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with calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080
without calendar: 1024×768, 1024×1024, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080

Fight For You

"This valentine we should fight for the ones we love." Designed by Tonie Tannous from Lebanon.

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with calendar: 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440
without calendar: 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 2560×1440

Ice Melted

"Ice melted is coming back soon." Designed by Yank from France.

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with calendar: 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1920×1200
without calendar: 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, 1920×1200

Load Time

"What Scott Adams means about load time." Designed by Fredrik Jensen from Norway.

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with calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440
without calendar: 320×480, 640×480, 800×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×720, 1280×800, 1280×960, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1680×1200, 1920×1080, 1920×1200, 1920×1440, 2560×1440

Love Is In The Air

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with calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×720, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200
without calendar: 1024×1024, 1280×720, 1680×1050, 1920×1080, 1920×1200

Join In Next Month!

Please note that we respect and carefully consider the ideas and motivation behind each and every artist’s work. This is why we give all artists the full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience throughout their works. This is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but rather designed from scratch by the artists themselves.

A big thank you to all designers for their participation. Join in next month!

What’s Your Favourite?

What’s your favorite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comment section below! We are looking forward to your submissions next month!

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New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:12:56 +0000

NEW YORK—While millions of young, tech-savvy professionals already use services like Facebook and Twitter to keep in constant touch with friends, a new social networking platform called Foursquare has recently taken the oh, fucking hell, can’t some other desperate news outlet cover this crap instead?

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[audio] ‘Cat Fancy’ Magazine Blasts Area Kitten

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:03 +0000

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Letters To The Editor: Hot New Parenting Tips

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:13:09 +0000

Dear The Onion,
Thank you for your article "Hot New Parenting Tips." My son has already begun to behave much better after only two nights of me staring at him in his sleep while I wear a wolf mask.
Mary Grill, Marble Falls, TX

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In Focus: Atlantic City Cocktail Waitress Crowned In Mistress USA Pageant

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:13:15 +0000

TRENTON, NJ—Contestant mistresses were judged by firmness/roundness of breasts, color of hair, willingness to answer to the name "Hazel," and then breasts again.

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Infographic: The Pill Turns 50

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:12:57 +0000

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the U.S. government’s approval of the birth control pill. Here are some of the ways the pill has helped change women’s lives:

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Local Child Has Run-Of-The-Mill Imagination

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:13:07 +0000

PORTLAND, OR—According to sources in his home and school, the inner fantasy life of 6-year-old Connor Haney is not at all unique or vibrant.

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World's Greatest T-Shirt

Opinion: When You Get Older You Learn To Appreciate The Moments When You’re Not Skittering Away (by A Roach)

Nation’s Bicyclists Remove Helmets For Head Injury Month

American Voices: Microsoft Overhauling Hotmail

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: February 2012

Colored Edge

Hungry Owl

Hot Drinks

Bold

February Prison Break

All You Need Is Love

February Splashes

Penguin Hockey

Mr. & Ms. Nice

Jealous Much?

Heartbroken

The Shortest Month

Kids And Dragon

Heart On A String

A Shadow’s Chance

Be Mine

It’s The Love Signal

Winter Church

Lock Your Love

Cyclops Encounter

Gloomy Light

Chillout

All You Need Is Love

Fight For You

Ice Melted

Load Time

Love Is In The Air

Join In Next Month!

What’s Your Favourite?

New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It

[audio] ‘Cat Fancy’ Magazine Blasts Area Kitten

Letters To The Editor: Hot New Parenting Tips

In Focus: Atlantic City Cocktail Waitress Crowned In Mistress USA Pageant

Infographic: The Pill Turns 50

Local Child Has Run-Of-The-Mill Imagination