# Link To Your Desktop Background Pic **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298 "2013-05-14T04:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/21 "2013-05-14T13:52:42Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > [no moment was made to last | a u r e l i e. c u r i e | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/_aurelie_/6868516334/) > > yeah, mine’s on a rotation too. here’s one i found recently: a rooftop picture by Aurelie Curie. anyone know where the picture was taken? I believe it was taken on [this building](http://goo.gl/maps/hcR3v), looking East. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/22 "2013-05-14T14:03:22Z")
I have [these](http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/475-Wallpapers) as a slideshow. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/23 "2013-05-14T14:10:25Z")
[Comin’ atcha:](http://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Airlines--/Boeing-747-446/0640853/L/&sid=965981597bd252979633dc0a06c9e9ff) 747 just after liftoff, coming straight toward camera. Occasionally I alternate with [this one,](http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/Boeing-747-206BM(SF-SUD)/0239080/L/&sid=965981597bd252979633dc0a06c9e9ff) a 747 at cruise with massive contrails behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/24 "2013-05-14T14:28:18Z")
[![](https://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag18/Gagundathar/AlmostHome4_zps4122475c.png) ](https://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag18/Gagundathar/AlmostHome4_zps4122475c.png) This is my own work. Comments are appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/25 "2013-05-14T14:36:40Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Comments are appreciated. Like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/26 "2013-05-14T14:42:58Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Occasionally I alternate with [this one,](http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/Boeing-747-206BM(SF-SUD)/0239080/L/&sid=965981597bd252979633dc0a06c9e9ff) a 747 at cruise with massive contrails behind it. Those are obviously chemtrails. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/27 "2013-05-14T14:50:46Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [Comin’ atcha:](http://www.airliners.net/photo/Japan-Airlines--/Boeing-747-446/0640853/L/&sid=965981597bd252979633dc0a06c9e9ff) 747 just after liftoff, coming straight toward camera. Wow. Those wings are bendy. I assume (hope!) that was taken with a very long lens. The perspective compression almost makes it look like a vertical take-off. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/28 "2013-05-14T14:51:08Z")
Mine is a rotating display of 80 different Calvin and Hobbes jpgs. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/29 "2013-05-14T14:58:52Z")
[Guesses on the location/event?](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/ab93a304-242f-4763-8c58-e9ecd6b1f107_zps1647b34e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/30 "2013-05-14T14:58:56Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > I believe it was taken on [this building](http://goo.gl/maps/hcR3v), looking East. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/31 "2013-05-14T15:20:55Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Wow. Those wings are bendy. It’s a little-known fact that the wings of a 747 are made entirely from surgical-grade silicone rubber. 😃 Whereas on most commercial airliners you can observe just the fundamental frequency (the entire wing flexes up or down in unison), on 747’s you can actually make out the first harmonic (this is when the tip of a wing flexes in one direction and the middle part of that wing flexes in the other direction. In fact, in [this video of a 747 on a bumpy final approach,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEs-DatuHs) you can even see the engines wobbling around on their mounts. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/32 "2013-05-14T15:54:14Z")
I alternate between [these](http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo191/TheChileanBlob/jesusmed_zps531fc87e.jpg) [two](http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo191/TheChileanBlob/mothers_zpsc761dcaa.jpg). They help me remember to take my medicine. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/33 "2013-05-14T16:11:53Z")
At wok: [I Found a Unicorn](http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/232216924507319411_1NaTZb12_b.jpg) At home I have a fancy fractal thing that is part of the Windows 7 displays. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/34 "2013-05-14T17:01:35Z")
I have a slideshow of classic art. My current wallpaper is Rembradt’s “[The Old Mill.](http://drrobertthur.com/images/p_rembrandt-mill.jpg)” ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/35 "2013-05-14T17:10:47Z")
A [Google server room](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/106895/image_update_423f0f108dedb0c0_1350585197_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg). I believe this one is in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/36 "2013-05-14T17:32:40Z")
Right now I have a picture I took the other day of a [tree in my yard.](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UxrqqqTOWCo/UZAr46_wVzI/AAAAAAAALNw/s7U8wOjUp74/w716-h509-no/IMG_7048.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/37 "2013-05-14T17:43:42Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > A [Google server room](http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/106895/image_update_423f0f108dedb0c0_1350585197_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg). I believe this one is in Georgia. Pretty. Available in many different sizes [here](http://www.wallpapersas.com/wallpaper/servers-server-farm-room-02.html). ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/38 "2013-05-14T17:56:09Z")
Woof woof. [![](https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm97/jtstrain/frankiesammy_zps7715f0cc.png) ](https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm97/jtstrain/frankiesammy_zps7715f0cc.png) (Tile format) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/39 "2013-05-14T18:21:47Z")
Here’s [mine](http://i.imgur.com/HBRabk2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298/40 "2013-05-14T19:14:21Z")
Currently this. [![](http://www.thirdmonk.NET/postcont/2013/02/Fooly-Cooly-Atomsk.jpg) ](http://www.thirdmonk.NET/postcont/2013/02/Fooly-Cooly-Atomsk.jpg) > [@kayaker](#): > > [Guesses on the location/event?](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/ab93a304-242f-4763-8c58-e9ecd6b1f107_zps1647b34e.jpg) Planet Earth, near the evian water bottle tent. The event is evians, “Come drink some water with us.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-your-desktop-background-pic/658298.md?page=3)