99 Days and Counting...

Modern interfaces all seem to have "desktops", an area where I can place files and have a background picture. Most people seem to like their virtual desktops as clean and uncluttered as the physical counterparts. I never understood that.
Every so often, I'll clean up my desktop, but it is so tempting to keep filling it up. I mean, they give you a large clean empty space that is always just one click away and then tell you that it is only good for decoration?
So what's there these days? Well, all sorts of files that I don't know what contain and I'll never use them again. And some shortcuts to my favourite folders and games. And then there are little programs called "widgets". They are little progrmas made with small codebits. They are not advanced, but can be used for small, dedicated uses. Examples are clocks, RSS feeds, internet camera pictures, etc. You can see more at http://widget.yahoo.com/.
On my home computer, I thus have three weather widgets, showing the current weather in Paris (where my parents are at the moment), Copenhagen (where we live) and Stavanger (where my fiancée is from). They have recently been a bit depressing, showing nothing but low temperatures and rain.
But I have one more widget on my desktop: a count-down. To be exact, it's a wedding countdown. It consists of a picture of my fiancées engagement ring and white text, informing me that there are now 99 days and change before she'll walk up the aisle. We're now less than a hundred days away. And that is sweet music to my ears. Now that's good use of my Windows desktop!