January 16, 2009

Desktop wallpapers

When I sat down at my computer this morning, it was -15º F outside. I decided to put Iceland wallpaper on my computer to commemorate this, until I learned that the average winter temperature in Iceland is 31º F. Practically tropical. Heh. Oh well. Get these wallpapers and others here at PokedStudio.

22 comments:

  1. Karen CJanuary 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    Yep. Iceland and Greenland pretty much got their names switched at birth.

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  2. Grandma GJanuary 16, 2009 at 3:23 PM

    Gee, if you aren't careful, you'll be competing with our -26° of yesterday morning!

    ChillyMum

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  3. Yana SmakulaJanuary 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    you probably got smth mixed up "The average temperature of the warmest month, July, exceeds 10°C in the lowlands of southern and western Iceland, but is below that in other parts of the country. This makes the larger part of Iceland belonging to the arctic climate zone. The warmest summer days around Iceland can reach 20-25°C, with the absolutely highest temperatures recorded at around +30°C." source http://www3.hi.is/~oi/climate_in_iceland.htm

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  4. Jessica JonesJanuary 16, 2009 at 3:51 PM

    My poor brain cannot comprehend this Celsius temperature scale you speak of! You may as well tell me in Kelvins :)

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  5. lalalovely lindsayJanuary 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    iceland is green and greenland is ice.

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  6. Michelle AlleyJanuary 16, 2009 at 6:16 PM

    Great wall paper and such a funny post! We are at -10 degrees F in Montreal! Michelle :)

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  7. Alfred T. MahanJanuary 16, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I have to agree with your beloved mother, Jess; you Chicagoans are, to quote from a commercial of my youth, "wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!" compared to we up here in Baja Manitoba.

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  8. Christina HillJanuary 16, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I swear it was Iceland here today, with temps of -25. Brrrr

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  9. Grandma GJanuary 16, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    Jess, your "beloved mother" did not say you were wimpy! Not even close! Read it again to make sure! I think ol' Al was seein' things what weren't there!!!

    ('Course you 'have' gotten kinda wimpy in your old age. It's just that I didn't say that before.)

    ;-D

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  10. Alfred T. MahanJanuary 17, 2009 at 1:46 AM

    I will deflect all blame unto myself for the "wimpy" quote; we all *know* Beloved Grandma G would never make such an accusation of her own child.

    At least not as overtly as a friend from college, who hides behind a facade of gentility and good manners.

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  11. flanthrowerJanuary 17, 2009 at 7:47 AM

    Srsly! What is up with this weather? My friends in CA were laughing at me because I was excited that it was going to be in the 20s this weekend.

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  12. NoeKs blogt...January 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM

    Hi Jessica,
    I finally ordered one of your fabrics, which is not that easy, in the Netherlands it is hard to find!
    But via Caroline creative I managed ;)
    I don't know yet what to make, but it will be nice ;)

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  13. PixieJanuary 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    I'm trying to talk friends into a trip to Iceland. There's a travel special $500 for double occupancy, but it ends in March. Kismet! I *must* go now!

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  14. frankie & plumJanuary 17, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    I'm so jealous of all of you! here in good old south australia it's 106F and tomorrow is going to be the same :-(

    i'm going to put the iceland desktop on my computer and dream a little dream :-)

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  15. Holly @ Domestic DorkJanuary 17, 2009 at 9:25 PM

    -15 F? Pah! We've hit -49 F this winter.

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  16. anneJanuary 17, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    I just stumbled over here from Apartment Therapy (LOVE your house, by the way) and I don't even know where to start. What a great blog! I think my first project might be the chocolate cake in a mug (the blogger-revised recipe, of course).

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  17. LuluJanuary 18, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    Go to Iceland! I went last month and it's the nicest and most interesting place! Gorgeous food, too.

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  18. Jessica JonesJanuary 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    Holly Noelle, where do you live? The north pole? In an ice fishing shack? :)

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  19. Jessica JonesJanuary 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    NoeK, fabulous. Anne, welcome. Uh, here's the part where I wish I had time to write a personal note back to each commenter but I don't. So hello, everybody, and I love that you left messages!

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    my goodness. that sure is cold! i can't even imagine what that low a temperature must feel like!

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  21. ChandriiJanuary 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM

    I love your blog!

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  22. Alfred T. MahanJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:16 AM

    Jess, I suppose I should point out that, with the temperatures we hit up here in Baja Manitoba, our distinguished alma mater still didn't close.

    Always looking out for the safety of their students, that's the U!

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