EeePC 701 Desktop Redesign

I got a little tired of looking at the same desktop so I decided it was time to have a little "digital makeover" and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

The first pic here shows the desktop right after boot:Now let me explain what I've got going on here. The EeePC 701 has a 7 inch screen so every pixel counts and I've tweaked the interface quite a bit to reclaim as much screen real estate as I could:

1. Removed the Gnome panel: gconf-editor > /desktop/gnome/session/required_components > panel = trayer
2. Installed Trayer for tray icons: sudo apt-get install trayer
3. Installed Gnome-Do for application launching.
4. Embedded a terminal in the desktop.
5. Configured Conky - (fonts are Ger4ronL Cond and Envy Code R)

   # .conkyrc
   own_window_title econky-clock
   update_interval 1.0
   short_units yes
   double_buffer yes
   own_window yes
   own_window_transparent yes
   border_width 0
   use_xft yes
   xftfont Monospace:size=8
   maximum_width 400
   minimum_size 400
   #default_color #666666
   alignment tm
   uppercase no
   gap_y 150
   draw_shades no
   pad_percents 0
   
   TEXT
   ${color #FF2222}${font Ger4ronL Cond:size=58}${time %R}${color #88AAFF}${font Ger4ronL Cond:size=24}
   ${voffset -75}${alignr}${time %A}
   ${alignr}${time %e %B}${font Envy Code R:size=8}
   ${hr}
   wlan0 - ${addr wlan0} - ${upspeed wlan0}k / ${downspeed wlan0}k${alignr}${wireless_essid wlan0} ${wireless_link_bar 5, 100 wlan0}
   cpu - ${freq}MHz  ${cpubar 5, 100}${alignr}ram - ${memmax} ${membar 5, 100}
   sda - ${fs_free /} ${fs_bar 5, 100 /}${alignr}bat - ${battery BAT0} ${battery_bar 5, 100 BAT0}

6. Trimmed Dark Wood to 800x480 for the background.
7. And just for good measure, I like the "Slickness Black" GTK theme.