# Show Us Your (Monitor) Wallpaper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718 "2010-03-25T08:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/21 "2010-03-25T15:45:00Z")
A few more good ones that I have used recently: [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/familyportrait.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/familyportrait.jpg) [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/stormy.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/stormy.jpg) [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/newdesktop.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/newdesktop.jpg) [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/pipeback.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/pipeback.jpg) [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/uprising-of-sausages-and-hot-dogs.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/uprising-of-sausages-and-hot-dogs.jpg) [http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/morocco.jpg](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/morocco.jpg) Joe ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/22 "2010-03-25T15:46:01Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > [Here’s](http://i39.tinypic.com/1zei7nr.jpg) a small version of mine. (Well, it doesn’t all fit on my monitor, obviously so the middle-left portion is my wallpaper.) > > It’s a photo of Wineglass Bay in Tasmania I took about seven years ago. I also have a giant canvas of the full panoramic picture on my bedroom wall. I was there just last month, it really is fantastic but the whole country is, really. You really earn it though, it’s a small hike up a fair amount of stairs. Great day. Incidentally, here’s [mine](http://www.darrenbyrne.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/ProblemSolvingFlowChart001.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/23 "2010-03-25T15:48:26Z")
[This](http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4259/beaker001.jpg) is my current wallpaper. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/24 "2010-03-25T17:08:45Z")
[This is mine](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2865146569_995872d382_o.jpg), only the dog is at the top right of my screen and the green water fades into a solid green background. That’s my dog swimming 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/25 "2010-03-25T17:42:26Z")
My collection of on-line wallpapers are [here.](http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Wallpapers/) At the moment, my wallpaper is a B-17. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/26 "2010-03-25T18:08:22Z")
[This picture of Heinz Field.](http://www.pittsburghpanoramainc.net/images/heinz_field.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/27 "2010-03-25T18:16:18Z")
[Blaze A Trail To The GravelPit BBQ](http://www.tf2update.com/images/TF2_Pyro_by_JayAxer.jpg). A badass Team Fortress pyro wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/28 "2010-03-25T18:37:20Z")
I change often and always use my own photos. Currently its [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/kaspar.hauser/India2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLk6KTGi9fmOQ#5452641216823731458), and next in line [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/kaspar.hauser/India2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLk6KTGi9fmOQ#5452641241828527314). KDE used to have an option to have a separate wallpaper image for each desktop, but since KDE4 was out this is no longer the case. That sucks. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/29 "2010-03-25T18:47:56Z")
[This is mine.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4876.jpg) It’s a peony that I had at my old house; I’m planning to plant another one just like it at our new house. One of the coolest things about it (other than the gorgeous colour) was the variation in the blooms, from [almost singles](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4873.jpg)to [multi-ruffles.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4874.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/30 "2010-03-25T18:51:40Z")
[NASA T-34C in flight](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/3357900339/). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/31 "2010-03-25T18:53:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [NASA T-34C in flight](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/3357900339/). I like the pig! I’m trying hard to remember my oldest wallpaper from 1995 or so. Hard to do! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/32 "2010-03-25T18:55:01Z")
> [@uncle\_squeegee](#): > > On my work monitor I have this (tiled): [http://www.kamaladolphinkingsley.com/fineart/page05/images/03c4\_lrg.html](http://www.kamaladolphinkingsley.com/fineart/page05/images/03c4_lrg.html). I have the original painting hanging above the fireplace at home.\ That’s very interesting - it makes me want to do it up on a ceramic tile, carving it into the surface. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/33 "2010-03-25T18:59:52Z")
> [@StinkyBurrito](#): > > [Fire!](http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o197/StinkyBurrito/fireCampout-1.jpg) That’s nifty. Did you take the photo? ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/34 "2010-03-25T19:02:49Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [This is mine.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4876.jpg) It’s a peony that I had at my old house; I’m planning to plant another one just like it at our new house. One of the coolest things about it (other than the gorgeous colour) was the variation in the blooms, from [almost singles](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4873.jpg)to [multi-ruffles.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Plants/HPIM4874.jpg) Those are beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/35 "2010-03-25T19:06:40Z")
> [@maladroit](#): > > Those are beautiful. Thank you - nothing like a peony to give you maximum bang for your buck. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/36 "2010-03-25T19:12:34Z")
Mine was solid black until I got a second monitor and tried to diagnose why it wasn’t showing an image. :smack: It comes with KDE and I think it’s pretty: [code poets dream](http://i.imgur.com/0uyjg.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/37 "2010-03-25T19:15:38Z")
One I took myself, swans zooming in for bread at Lincoln (Lincolnshire UK). I find it very restful. [![](https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/gneighbour/picstopost/ven2857.jpg) ](https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/gneighbour/picstopost/ven2857.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/38 "2010-03-25T19:16:08Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > I change often and always use my own photos. > Currently its [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/kaspar.hauser/India2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLk6KTGi9fmOQ#5452641216823731458), and next in line [this](http://picasaweb.google.com/kaspar.hauser/India2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCMLk6KTGi9fmOQ#5452641241828527314). > KDE used to have an option to have a separate wallpaper image for each desktop, but since KDE4 was out this is no longer the case. That sucks. :mad: Not so! It’s not as simple as it was in KDE3, but you can get the same effect using [activities](http://lists-archives.org/kde-linux/09629-in-kde4-to-set-a-different-background-for-each-of-the-multiple-desktops.html). ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/39 "2010-03-25T19:29:31Z")
Some really nice pictures here. I particularly like \*\*Lute Skywatcher’s **auroras, Giles’ Chicago and** garygnu’s \*\*tree in mist. \*\*Cat Whisperer’s \*\*gorgeous peony inspires me to post an old one of mine: [http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/gneighbour/picstopost/ven3093.jpg](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/gneighbour/picstopost/ven3093.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/40 "2010-03-25T19:51:58Z")
I have my background set to change every 30 minutes in Windows 7, from a folder full of amazing high-res backgrounds that I downloaded for free from [wallbase.net](http://wallbase.net). They have an incredible selection of wallpapers that you can sort based on resolution and whether they are SFW, “Sketchy” (possible NSFW), or NSFW. They have a lot of backgrounds designed for widescreen as well as standard resolutions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718.md?page=3)