Start - I removed the bells and whistles, now it kinda looks like windows 98.
Explorers - for exploration.
Opera - In case I need a third browser
Firefox - Second browser for web design purposes or when I don't trust private browsing to check on things.
Chrome - I use that all the time. Sorry.
Gimp - Still my favorite image editor.
Inkscape - Quick design, small posters or board game prototypes.
Calculator - For dividing resolutions, frame rates and pizza bills.
SpeedFan - Every now and then I get a blue screen and I use this to check if it's time to clean th dust off.
Deluge - Not everything can be bought in this part of the world.
Notepad++ - Text file editor, but I often use it as a quick and dirty FTP client.
Unified Remote - If the volume is too high or too low and I don't feel like getting up. But I usually forget to turn it on, so I still need to get up.
Teamviewer - I forgot why I needed it. It just sits here unused.
Steam - When I need to blow off some... steam... heh heh, steam.
And on the other side:
HR - Croatian - A strange archaic language with weird symbols like č and ž. "Croatian"is pronounced "Hrvatski" in Croatian. Don't ask.
Lightshot - PrintScreen program that I used to make and cut the above screenshot.
Comodo - firewall, antivirus, sandbox and some other functions I'm not fully aware of.
TuneUp utilities - The trial expired about two years ago. I should really uninstall this some day.
Volume - It speaks volumes about my taskbar.
Network - For years I wondered why it's a picture of a monitor, until I realised it's actually a picture of a UTP port
Action Center - Sounds cooler than it is
18:54 - No, it didn't take me half an hour to write this, I just tend to stop doing one thing and start doing another
Show Desktop - a great button that I keep forgetting to use, so I mostly just click on tons of "minimize" buttons and lose precious seconds of my life.