<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1099fec8-7f00-4916-aee2-3aa779f2c290/10E3E732-4769-46DD-87E9-B6815430DBEE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop" href="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop" style="font-size: 11px;">lifehacker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H1><A class="top" href="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">Top 10 Ways to Trick Out Your Desktop</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/E190AA9A-A91A-42BA-9EE2-F8FAF59F5EF4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">For something that you look at every day of your working life, your computer desktop doesn't get as much attention as it deserves</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">desktop can do a lot more than display wallpaper and hold shortcut icons</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H3>10. Embed Text Files on Your Desktop with Samurize (Windows)</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/0B50426E-B504-4499-96E9-59C76D66503E" alt="samurize_cropped.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H3>7. Embed Web Pages with <A href="http://lifehacker.com/tag/active-desktop/" title="Click here to read more posts tagged ACTIVE DESKTOP" class="autolink">Active Desktop</A> (Windows XP)</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/9C0DD2F9-7D70-4FD7-9421-405A94932E41" alt="activedesktop_cropped.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">Active Desktop was born buggy in the Windows 95 era and kept out of Vista, but XP users can profit</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">For example, you can <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/google-calendar/how-to-make-your-google-calendar-your-pcs-desktop-wallpaper-251638.php">automatically keep Google Calendar on your desktop</A>, keep <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/geek-to-live--web-search-desktop-launcher-148302.php">web search boxes</A> in your desktop corner, or</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H3>6. Reserve Desktop Areas with DesktopCoral (Windows)</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/FB0C6576-6A79-42AE-8E1B-4B6E648F4417" alt="desktopcoral_cropped.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H3>5. Google Desktop Gadgets and Yahoo! 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Get the Best Windows Vista Gadgets (Vista)</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/CC8E04A0-FD5B-4CFE-BF9B-938B1D9FE53E" alt="vista_gadgets_cropped.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">to-do lists and task timers</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop">we recommend the <A href="http://lifehacker.com/374636/monitor-your-system-with-the-informer-yahoo-widget">Informer Widget</A>, an all-in-one wunderkind that integrates RSS monitoring, email notifications, system stats, Wi-Fi strength,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/377318/top-10-ways-to-trick-out-your-desktop"><H3>3. 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