Impressive Halo Desktop Lets You Snipe Your Favorite Programs [Desktops]

Lifehacker reader rykennedyan created this customized desktop based on Halo , and even if you’re not a gamer, you’ve got to appreciate the workmanship that went into this. Check out what it can do after the jump. [ Lifehacker ] The desktop is made from a string of custom Rainmeter configurations on a Halo 3 background image. Rykennedyan’s list of features: • Grenades - Each grenade launches a specific application. I currently have them set to, from left to right, Pidgin, Steam, Foobar, and Firefox. • Power Drainer - Opens a Shutdown menu. You can choose Shutdown, Restart, and Sleep • Health Bar - Displays current track progress, with artist and title above it. • Battle Rifle and Ammo Count - Displays current unread message count from Gmail and the Battlerifle opens Gmail. • Ammo Clip - Top clip is download traffic; bottom clip is upload traffic. • Radar - As of now, all this does is download and save an image for the local radar from Weather Underground. I’m currently editing a GIMP script which will automatically crop and edit the picture to display properly upon download. What you see here is the intended look. It also displays the current temperature. • Time and Game Type - Display current time and date. • Blue Score and Red Score - Display current CPU and RAM usage. • Player Callsigns - These behave just like my TweetScanner skin. • Battlerifle Ammo Count - Displays current battery status; it displays 0 in this picture because I’m using my desktop which is not on a battery. • Also, the visor outline is done in Rainmeter as well.

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Impressive Halo Desktop Lets You Snipe Your Favorite Programs [Desktops]

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