I recently discovered a little gem on the internet.
Paper Critters is a sweet little Flash based tool that allows you to create little "Paper Critters." It's probably for a younger audience, but if you are a child stuck inside an adult's body like me, you should love this! It's easy to use with a ton of options and tools to help you create a critter that's all your own, it even lets you upload your own photo if you want to create something more complicated in Photoshop.

I was at work yesterday when it suddenly occurred to me that I was having trouble finding the files I needed to use on my computer. Why you ask? Well at some point I lost sight of what was truly important to me. A CLEAN DESKTOP! Those of you that know me would know that if you moved a pen on my desk, I am most likely going to know that is was moved, and I will interrogate you to find out why you moved it. You could say I am somewhat of a clean freak; I like to think of myself more as organized rather than an obsessive compulsive psycho.

After I realized that I had let my desktop get a little… out of hand, I decided to do something about it. After feverishly deleting files I didn’t need anymore and placing files in their corresponding project folders, I had moved down from about 100 items on my desktop to 15. I was so proud of my achievement that I gathered everyone around the office to show them just how beautiful it was. They all seemed to be impressed at just how excited I was about this. I don’t think they really cared.

Now that my desktop was beautiful I came up with an idea to prevent that from ever happening again. Seeing as how I am a graphic designer I decided to take things into my own hands and create myself a desktop background. Not just any background mind you, this was a background that had a designated box on the left with just the right amount of space to fit 4 icons across. So now when this black area gets full of icons I simply clean it up in a matter of seconds, and best of all I know where everything is without having to read through hundreds of icons on my desktop.

Do yourself a favor, keep your desktop clean. At least do it for me.

Also, if you want some really off the wall backgrounds visit this site.