# Share you desktop wallpaper
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 29, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315 "2009-06-29T03:50:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/1 "2009-06-29T03:50:25Z")
I’m looking for a new desktop wallpaper, the Windows XP basic background is getting old to me.
I considered making one of the cool pictures of clouds from Siam Sam’s “Cool Clouds” (or whatever) thread. I’m mostly looking for a cool space/atmosphere picture.
Any help is much appreciated. 😃
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/2 "2009-06-29T03:53:51Z")
Ignoring the OP and just going by the title…
[This is mine](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/3357900339/).
(At least it’s a NASA photo. 😉 )
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/3 "2009-06-29T03:57:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
>
> Ignoring the OP and just going by the title…
>
> [This is mine](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/3357900339/).
>
> (At least it’s a NASA photo. 😉 )
It’s all good, post any wallpaper ya’ll like. I just like the space/atmosphere ones the most (I think it appeals to the omnipotent side of my personality, like I’m watching some huge galactic thing that that I might have control over someday.) 😛
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### Author:  [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/4 "2009-06-29T04:15:07Z")
I like to go to astronomy picture of the day and see what they’ve got. If I like it I set it to background. Sometimes if they are real good I leave them up until I get bored with it.
> **[APOD: 2009 June 28 - Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090628.html)**
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> A different astronomy and space science
> related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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### Author:  [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/5 "2009-06-29T04:17:36Z")
As stated elsewhere in these forums, I’m a huge Phil Ivey fanboy.
**[This is my desktop wallpaper](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3592/3628068209_d84d7773a8_o.jpg)**.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/6 "2009-06-29T04:19:38Z")
Over here:
[http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Wallpapers/](http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Wallpapers/)
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### Author:  [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/7 "2009-06-29T04:27:38Z")
I like to have a mostly-black background, so my icons pop a bit more. So I rotate between these:
[Earth’s moon, as shot by Cassini-Huygens](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Fullbl.jpg). Beautiful, and has a fascinating backstory.
[The most awesome conflict ever conceived by human artifice](http://www.brandonbird.com/highsea.html). I took an illegal screenshot and put a black background around it. Sorry Brandon Bird!
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/8 "2009-06-29T06:13:53Z")
[My desktop photo](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/snowboarderbo/Kayakness1.jpg). Took that on the Colorado River a couple years back; it’s still my favorite photo I’ve ever taken.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/9 "2009-06-29T06:35:25Z")
Mine at the moment.
[http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper\_beta/details/1813/twilight\_at\_big\_sur.html](http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/1813/twilight_at_big_sur.html)
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/10 "2009-06-29T07:02:01Z")
I am embarrassed to admit that I have so many damned icons on my desktop that I couldn’t see wallpaper no matter what it is.
I try to put stuff in folders, but am in the habit of always “save to desktop” and don’t get around to moving it unless my desktop is too full to add more crap.
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### Author:  [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/11 "2009-06-29T08:53:34Z")
I get a lot of my wallpapers from Icanhascheezburger. I also have a lot of video game wallpapers, such as one of Sephiroth (from FFVII) and several of Squall (from FFVIII). I have maps of video game worlds, and I put them up when I’m playing the games, so I can look at them.
My screensaver is the Slideshow, so if I see something that I like better than my current wallpaper, then I change it.
[http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/](http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/) has a lot of neat wallpapers, some free, more for subscribers.
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### Author:  [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/12 "2009-06-29T21:57:49Z")
[My current wallpaper.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/7134421@N04/2053263748/) It’s from a trip to Zurich.
There is just enough of the outside edges covered in dark trees to hold my icons and make them visible.
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### Author:  [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/13 "2009-06-29T22:17:36Z")
I’m a big fan of amazing geography and I have a bit of a lust for travel that has not been tapped. Ergo, [Victoria Falls](http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7392/victoriafallsv.jpg).
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/14 "2009-06-29T23:08:17Z")
I prefer [artistic renditions of spacescapes](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/3672785269_d8173d39bc_o.jpg) to actual astronomy pictures.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/15 "2009-06-29T23:18:45Z")
[ ](https://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=Rainbows.jpg)
taken across the street from my house.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/16 "2009-06-29T23:20:20Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
>
> [My desktop photo](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/snowboarderbo/Kayakness1.jpg). Took that on the Colorado River a couple years back; it’s still my favorite photo I’ve ever taken.
WOW. I can feel what it would be like to jump right into that water. Gorgeous.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/17 "2009-06-29T23:59:16Z")
My wallpaper is my own face, from a cellphone picture. I’ve typically got some number of windows open in maximum as to cover it completely, so I’m often a bit startled at the end of the day when I’m shutting down.
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### Author:  [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/18 "2009-06-30T05:03:42Z")
This is mine. I change the background every few days with a cartoon that strikes my funny bone.
This one arrived the same day I bought some ceiling paint. [http://i40.tinypic.com/2ntbtp5.gif](http://i40.tinypic.com/2ntbtp5.gif)
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### Author:  [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/19 "2009-06-30T05:12:41Z")
Yesterday’s [http://i41.tinypic.com/1z1d6o3.gif](http://i41.tinypic.com/1z1d6o3.gif)
Last week’s [http://i39.tinypic.com/1z4ctxc.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/1z4ctxc.jpg)
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-you-desktop-wallpaper/501315/20 "2009-06-30T06:11:22Z")
I did have [this](http://flat-life.com/temp/Monkey-Island-SE-Poster-LSEdition-800v2.jpg), but I just this moment changed it to [this](http://imagens.fotoseimagens.etc.br/sandra-bullock_1975_1600x1200.jpg) (SFW, but only barely).
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