I use icons that recall the Win XP era, when home users finally got an NT-based Windows version that made both work and gaming more stable than ever before. The overall design was also inspired from Windows 2003 Server Edition. I worked a lot with it.

• Video games that made me learn: Sims 2 University expansion icon. The post mentions Sims 3, Transport Tycoon and Civilization. The last two being DOS games have no Windows icons. Sims 3 has no learning related icon and Sims 2 icons fit better to the WinXP/2003 design anyway.
• Blaugust: Win XP's Wordpad icon.
• Blogger Takeout Viewer: Windows Live Writer icon.
• Treasure of the Pirate King: Windows XP's Backgammon icon.
• Chimera Squad: Windows XP's gampad settings icon.
• Family History: Of course this icon is not my family crest. It is from the Heroes of Might and Magic 3 released in 1999-2000.
• Random Facts About Me: MSN / Windows Live Messenger icon for Windows Vista.
• Degoogling: Windows XP's recycle bin icon.
• Python-related articles: The Python logo as an icon.
• Archives: This icon is borrowed from WinRar.
• Category icon: This is a folder icon from XP, but I can't remember where it was used.
• This post: This is the icon from IconForge, a free app I used to create and edit icons when I was a kid. A bit ugly but pretty nostalgic for me.