On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 16:45, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Patrick "Finn" Robins wrote: > > >> Are there any particular landmarks that should be showcased in the > >> wallpaper? (For Minnesota Swift Linux, I use the Duluth lift bridge and > >> the Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture. For Chicago Swift Linux, I use > the > >> Chicago skyline and Buckingham Fountain.) > > How about Bud Clark's poster: expose yourself to art? Now _that's_ > iconic. > I had totally forgotten about that, thank you for the smile that comes with the memory. > > >> Are there songs about Portland I could use for the startup sound clip? > Are > >> there any particular sounds that are uniquely Portland? > > The bleating of the sheeple sitting in traffic. > > >> Some slogans for the desktop wallpaper would also help. (The Minnesota > >> edition has "You're gonna make it after all!" in tribute to Mary Tyler > >> Moore. The Chicago edition has "Chicago is the city that works. > Chicago > >> Swift Linux is the OS that works." The Taylor Swift edition has "You > >> belong with Linux.") > > > PDX has had "Keep Portland Weird" bumper stickers for decades. > > Yeah, you don't want to use the joke painted on the side of all city > cars: > The City That Works. It's a dream for the future, perhaps, but not reality. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Patrick "Finn" Robins Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
