My desktop at the moment. The wonderful wallpaper is of Tallinn harbour, from Estonian photographer, Rivos.
I launch all of my applications that aren’t on the dock, via Quicksilver. My dock has everything in it that I use every day for extended periods of time.
The only things I need on the menu bar are the Wifi (I hop around quite a lot), my battery, and the time.
And I hate icons on the desktop.