# 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:** 3
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/41 "2010-03-25T19:57:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I like the pig! That took me a second. I’d not heard anyone refer to a T-34C as a ‘pig’! Then I remembered I had pics of my Bacon Pig up there. Yes, I liked the pig too. But I was getting tired of it after about a week! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/42 "2010-03-25T19:58:28Z")
The [Apollo 11 landing site.](http://eternosaprendizes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/apollo-11-landing-site-LROC.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/43 "2010-03-25T20:01:49Z")
Right now, it’s a picture of my kids on their first day of Kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/44 "2010-03-25T20:30:51Z")
At work, it’s [this shot of the Chrysler Building](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above_a.html#photo4). I realize this sounds ridiculous, but I think it’s maybe the most beautiful thing made by man. Also, some guy was in my office yesterday. He saw that picture and said, “oh, cool, I was just in Las Vegas!” :smack: At home, one monitor is a SFW picture of Suicide Girl India (you can google that on your own) and I actually forget what the 2d one is. I rotate tham pretty often. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/45 "2010-03-25T20:47:13Z")
Home is [this](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/3679440579_2de1e9ace5_o.jpg), taken by me in Belize. Work - too numerous to count, but currently this famous [fax](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4463352882_c2cf3af61b_o.gif) from the DailyWTF. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/46 "2010-03-25T21:50:17Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Home is [this](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/3679440579_2de1e9ace5_o.jpg), taken by me in Belize.\ Hello, tortoise! ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/47 "2010-03-25T21:53:29Z")
[Unicorn, Destroyer of Ponies](http://loyalkng.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/unicorn-destroyer-of-ponies-devin-mcgrath-die.jpg). I get a lot of compliments on it. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/48 "2010-03-25T22:08:26Z")
I have [this fiery little chap](http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x171/CJOKUSAP/1265578640489.jpg) tiled. It’s quite gratifying having all those beady little eyes staring at me in wonderment. ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/49 "2010-03-25T22:12:04Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > At work, it’s [this shot of the Chrysler Building](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above_a.html#photo4). I realize this sounds ridiculous, but I think it’s maybe the most beautiful thing made by man. It’s pretty near the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/50 "2010-03-25T22:18:09Z")
> **[APOD: 2010 March 19 - The Seagull and The Duck](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100319.html)** > > A different astronomy and space science > related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Cutesy of **Astronomy Picture of the Day**. > **[Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive 2015](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html)** > > astronomy picture of the day dated archive listing ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/51 "2010-03-25T22:59:45Z")
My wallpaper now is a photo of my [library](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/suseblues/pauldinglibrary.jpg) that I did not take. It’s fun to see the various things that other people think of; I am unimaginative and so usually end up with a nature shot showing the current season’s beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/52 "2010-03-25T23:49:28Z")
[Here](http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h303/LudyMe/to%20share/Zoo03112007053.jpg) is mine. I took it a few years ago and it’s one of my favorite hippo photos. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/53 "2010-03-25T23:53:56Z")
Everyone has more imagination than I manage. I was actually hoping for a few more “screen captures” so I could also be a total busy body and see what icons you have on your desktop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/54 "2010-03-26T00:36:24Z")
I’ve been going back and forth between [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/4463031735/) and [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photos/43200610@N07/4463032095/) of late, both of which I took myself. I also like to use the one I took of the polar bear, but would have to find the disk it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/55 "2010-03-26T02:09:31Z")
Stolen from [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dash_8_in_planform_arp_rotated_03.jpg), but rotated 90 degrees to the right. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/56 "2010-03-26T02:48:45Z")
[![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PB-O1yT5EYg/S6lqJuZBlEI/AAAAAAAA4s8/VWUQrWPh4gY/s400/21_kaynielson_powder_color.jpg) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PB-O1yT5EYg/S6lqJuZBlEI/AAAAAAAA4s8/VWUQrWPh4gY/s400/21_kaynielson_powder_color.jpg) From [http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/kay-nielsen-1886-1957-in-powder-and.html](http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/kay-nielsen-1886-1957-in-powder-and.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/57 "2010-03-26T03:34:24Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_PB-O1yT5EYg/S6lqJuZBlEI/AAAAAAAA4s8/VWUQrWPh4gY/s400/21\_kaynielson\_powder\_color.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PB-O1yT5EYg/S6lqJuZBlEI/AAAAAAAA4s8/VWUQrWPh4gY/s400/21_kaynielson_powder_color.jpg) > > From [http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/kay-nielsen-1886-1957-in-powder-and.html](http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2010/03/kay-nielsen-1886-1957-in-powder-and.html) These remind me that I used to make frequent use of the illustrations of [Maxfield Parrish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxfield_Parrish) [Aubrey Beardsley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley) [Frank Frazetta](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta) [Boris Vallejo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Vallejo) each of whom have some amazing works on the web. Perhaps my favorite, that stayed up the longest, was [Invictus](http://fan-tas-tic.com/invictus-boris-vallejo/) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/58 "2010-03-26T04:25:52Z")
I usually have something from the [Hubble Space Telescope site](http://hubblesite.org/gallery/wallpaper/). ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/59 "2010-03-26T04:53:38Z")
A photo I took a few years ago of the [Blowhole](http://i40.tinypic.com/23synoh.jpg) on San Cristóbal, an uninhabited island in the Galápagos. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718/60 "2010-03-26T06:06:14Z")
[The Earth, seen from above the moon.](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0812/as8-14-2383HR.jpg) Tris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-monitor-wallpaper/533718.md?page=4)