# Care to share your computer's "wallpaper"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218 "2015-09-22T16:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/41 "2015-09-23T18:34:16Z")
I have [the bluebell woods in Belgium.](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcYQH6gJWPcgAzhUunIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIycXM3czBvBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMxNzhiNzRlYTM1MDViODFjMTViMTY3OThmN2ViMTM1YgRncG9zAzIEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3DBluebell%2BWoods%2BBelgium%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D2&w=736&h=491&imgurl=media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F3c%2Fb2%2Fed%2F3cb2ed21db211f48ac2a47ea725a8f09.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpinterest.com%2Fpin%2F146226319125222089%2F&size=86.8KB&name=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwIg1dcz.jpg.+%3Cb%3EBluebell%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3Ewoods%3C%2Fb%3E+in+%3Cb%3EBelgium%3C%2Fb%3E.+Via+reddit.&p=Bluebell+Woods+Belgium&oid=178b74ea3505b81c15b16798f7eb135b&fr2=&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&tt=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwIg1dcz.jpg.+%3Cb%3EBluebell%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3Ewoods%3C%2Fb%3E+in+%3Cb%3EBelgium%3C%2Fb%3E.+Via+reddit.&b=0&ni=84&no=2&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11cf4cd6d&sigb=144rv7c3b&sigi=12dbu424p&sigt=12r9bs420&sign=12r9bs420&.crumb=asw/DuRxS5C&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla) It takes up about 3/4ths of the screen and the background color is nearly identical to the color of the flowers. I don’t change my wallpapers often. I find this one so lovely and peaceful that it’ll probably be on my computer for quite a while to come. ---
**Author:** ![brovolone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/42 "2015-09-23T18:46:35Z")
My wallpaper is all white with size 12 Arial: “remember to email worksheet” I made it on MS PAINT like 6 months ago. I never emailed the worksheet. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/43 "2015-09-23T18:57:04Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I use [John’s Background Switcher](http://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/windows/), which can get images from various sources, such as flickr or Google Image searches. Thank you! We now have this in common. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/44 "2015-09-23T18:58:37Z")
Just the [default](http://distrowatch.com/images/slinks/puppy.png) that came with Puppy Linux, and the [default](http://i.imgur.com/ca3BTkZ.jpg) that came with Windows 10. I rarely see it, so I don’t really see the point of changing it. I prefer to just forget it’s there. It’s not like the titlebars which I see all the time and was livid when Windows 10 took the color away. (Fortunately, they are adding it back in an update, and there’s a [workaround](http://www.howtogeek.com/222831/how-to-get-colored-window-title-bars-on-windows-10-instead-of-white/) until then. [Only a workaround as it still destroys the ability to see at a glance which windows are active]) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/45 "2015-09-23T19:06:04Z")
Mine’s been [this](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/tiger_zpsoyipjjad.jpg) for a bit now. Took it myself ! ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/46 "2015-09-23T19:44:08Z")
Right now it’s this Grump Cat pic: [Grumpy Cat Get off my Lawn 2013 by Keymagination on DeviantArt](http://keymagination.deviantart.com/art/Grumpy-Cat-Get-off-my-Lawn-2013-392705528) but I rotate my backgrounds on a monthly to two monthly basis. Sometimes I reuse pix (my pets, some river scenes I took, close-up shots of my gardens) and sometimes I go looking for something new. In the winter I like using summer shots and in summer I use winter shots. Now and then I’ll put up a wallpaper of whichever actor I am currently lusting over… and one time I put up a nude of I forget whom… but I thought it was hilarious because my husband uses my pc when he doesn’t feel like getting out his laptop. So I threw some text on the picture saying “Hi, Mistermage” covering the naughty bits. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/47 "2015-09-23T20:36:55Z")
At work, currently this APOD picture [APOD: 2014 July 20 - A Solar Filament Erupts](http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140720.html). I change every few months, with APOD providing about half of my selection pool, but I like this one and it’s been up almost a year. At home, currently the Win7 Canadian scenes theme. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/48 "2015-09-23T20:58:27Z")
It used to be my [baby Dolly](http://imgur.com/Gmf3KU3) swimming, but then she died and I got two new dogs and they are stackable so I put up a pictured of them [stacked](http://imgur.com/rMJ6C1s). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/49 "2015-09-23T22:03:45Z")
I use one of the National Geographic photo contest winners. Specifically, this one: [The Independence Day](http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/2014/entries/gallery/winners-winners/#/0). ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/50 "2015-09-23T23:13:13Z")
I have [this picture](https://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/12972424725/) that I took of Kinkaku-ji or the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/51 "2015-09-23T23:34:16Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I have [this picture](https://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/12972424725/) that I took of Kinkaku-ji or the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. When my castle picture starts getting old I’m coming back here to turn this one into my wallpaper! And I may do the same thing with others that have been posted. It would appear that many of us like the same sort of serene image to offset the other trash we’re presented with online! 😃 That said, I can’t resist putting up some craziness from time to time. How many of us were addicted to the Windows 95 Themes back in the day? I collected dozens of them, especially the ones constructed by a gal in Canada whose name escapes me at the moment. She was very good and our tastes overlapped a lot. Who knows, I may even use this one: [http://staticd.cdn.adblade.com/banners/images/145x109/32681\_55d61309822c4.jpg](http://staticd.cdn.adblade.com/banners/images/145x109/32681_55d61309822c4.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/52 "2015-09-23T23:37:43Z")
Mine is pictures of my girlfriend in rotation. [An example.](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=864974293587245&set=pb.100002240480090.-2207520000.1443051374.&type=3&theater) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/53 "2015-09-23T23:42:05Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I usually have video game screenshots (portraits of my characters, or really cool backgrounds, mostly). Mine is a [screen shot from the Mad Max](http://i.imgur.com/B5CoHwt.jpg) video game with some in-game filter/effects added. I thought it looked nifty. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/54 "2015-09-24T01:07:36Z")
My home PC has [this](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/21448876409/) picture that I took last year, which I only ever see when I reboot. Work 'puter, with multiple screens, has about 120 pix in rotation ever 10 mins. > [@campp](#): > > My photography. About 10k images that change every 15 minutes. > > Win7 has the world’s shittiest slideshow program, however. Out of 10k images, there are many repeats. I hope Win 10 is better. I’ve noticed that on some days, I see the same picture more than once; it seems to only rotate about ½-dozen some days. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/55 "2015-09-24T01:56:12Z")
I alternate between a picture of Machu Picchu, and a picture of Mount Everest. Both places fascinate me. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/56 "2015-09-24T02:29:03Z")
Sometimes I like to type cool phrases into Deviant Art’s search. Sometimes I get cool stuff like [Steel Flameblade](http://www.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Steel-Flameblade-283630352), [Nightmares](http://www.deviantart.com/art/Nightmares-144176762), and my current desktop, [Pyromancer Soldier](http://www.deviantart.com/art/Character-concept-Pyromancer-Soldier-317488972). Sometimes it’s a bust, like when I searched for “Nightmare Child” and got a bunch of My Little Pony fanart. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/57 "2015-09-24T02:49:26Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > This one, taken by \*\*beowulff \*\*himself: [Lightning over the Superstitions | beowulff | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/20480836076) > > I always use photos of lightning on my work computer, and usually keep them for years. This is mine: [http://davidkeener.org/2012/08/storm-over-dc/](http://davidkeener.org/2012/08/storm-over-dc/) I love lightning. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/58 "2015-09-24T08:41:41Z")
Currently, [Planet Mercenary wallpaper](http://i2.wp.com/howardtayler.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Wallpaper-StrohlWeatheredPMlogo-1024x640.jpg?resize=350%2C200) I need to find something else for my laptop. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/59 "2015-09-24T15:26:26Z")
I saw this on a NJ billboard during my vacation earlier this month, spoke to me along a lot of different lines (note I have had close numinous encounters with a number of wild birds over the years): [Julie Miller, “The Arrival”](http://www.bananafactory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/12/julie-miller.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218/60 "2015-09-24T16:20:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I know. Depending on how “washed out” the color is, the face is more easily visible. The suddenness of recognition has at least as startling an effect as those things that have a screaming image pop out of a sedate background. In fact, that was what I was expecting when I first encountered it. > > [This version](http://apollobelenus.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/article-2094339-1188de0c000005dc-318_634x473.jpg) hardly requires any scrutiny, I think. I still can’t see whatever “it” is. Also, I used to have that couch. Now \*that’s \*unnerving. I currently have [this guy](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/563806583323250688/el0dj0If.jpeg) but will change to something Halloween themed in a few days. I change them every month and find that it attracts people to stop by my desk and see what’s new. Of course, I realize not everyone welcomes that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/care-to-share-your-computers-wallpaper/732218.md?page=4)