# What is your wallpaper on your computer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670 "2004-04-07T02:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/41 "2004-04-07T07:35:46Z")
I have the recent wallpaper…Col. Homestarrunner ---
**Author:** ![so\_da\_ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@so\_da\_ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/so_da_ne)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/42 "2004-04-07T07:43:52Z")
A picture of Jupiter taken from the Voyager 2 satellite ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/43 "2004-04-07T07:57:17Z")
Ah it’s the nicest, most serene shade of blue you’ll ever see. Unless you reinstall windows or return it to the default, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/44 "2004-04-07T08:06:30Z")
Currently it is a photo of a big Western Gull stading on the edge of a cliff, with a backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, taken in La Jolla, CA. Yesterday it was a sunset shot on a lake taken Minnesota, and a couple days before that I think it was a photo of Katherine Heigl. I change it ever other day or so and tend to prefer nature shots of one sort or another ( landscapes and sunsets in particular ). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/45 "2004-04-07T08:26:05Z")
Last time I had any it was a b/w picture of death\* scanned from a Sandman book. \*not DEATH, that would be creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/46 "2004-04-07T09:42:28Z")
I have a picture of my laptop as my background. Like a picture in picture type thing. I was surprised when I first saw my little brothers background. A close-up picture of G. Bush’s face. He’s got the exact same sense of humor as me. What could be better than a 21" close up of GW? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/47 "2004-04-07T13:08:24Z")
I’m also a big fan of Digital Blasphemy and other raytraced images, so these are usually what I use for my wallpaper, both at work and at home. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/48 "2004-04-07T13:34:41Z")
Charles Sheeler’s _River Rouge Plant_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/49 "2004-04-07T13:44:49Z")
At work: A scene from _Fantasia_\* of three crocodiles in capes freaking out a hippo in a tutu. At home: a '50s baton twirler from [chickenhead.com](http://chickenhead.com) ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/50 "2004-04-07T15:39:05Z")
My desktop has a picture of my dog (Rupert, the Beagle of Death). My laptop has a picture I took of the sign for Blimpie Burger (“Cheaper Than Food!”) in Ann Arbor. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/51 "2004-04-07T15:46:58Z")
A picture of my kids, from Chirstmas time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/52 "2004-04-07T16:37:24Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > I spose I just don’t understand the wallpaper thing. To me it makes the desktop hard to read. Can anyone tell me why they dont just have a flat old background? It depends on how much you have on your desktop. To me, I hate having a lot of icons on my desktop…just seems cluttered to me. So I rarely have more than 5 or so. Placing those 5 icons in a location that I can see them isn’t a problem with most images I’ve used. Right now I have a picture from the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, not for any particular reason, but just because I thought it looked interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/53 "2004-04-07T16:47:46Z")
A nice shot of the lake taken from our cabin up north. The shutdown screen is the same view but at dusk, with purple and pink clouds. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/54 "2004-04-07T17:05:42Z")
A nice full screen closeup of Jake Zemke draggin’ his knee around a turn at Fontana. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/55 "2004-04-07T17:10:52Z")
My desktop wallpaper has [night lights](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html). ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/56 "2004-04-07T17:44:34Z")
A painting of Zemus from Final Fantasy 2(4). Geek and loving it! ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/57 "2004-04-07T18:01:30Z")
Mine is Alex from Clockwork Orange drinking his moloko staring viciously into nowhere with a big “Got Milk?” photo-shopped in the upper left corner. What can I say I am a Kubrik fan. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/58 "2004-04-07T18:12:30Z")
My work computer has a picture of my dog from when he was a puppy. Very cute, and as a picture of a black dog on a navy-blue blanket over dark-gray carpet, it’s a good working background as well. My home computer has a big ol’ golden poppy photo that came with the OS. I, like most people, don’t do all that much work on the desktop, so I don’t really care about contrast. I do keep a lot of icons on my desktop, though, so some nice dark regions are good to have. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/59 "2004-04-07T22:05:53Z")
> [@green\_bladder](#): > > Like **GorillaMan** and **OttoDaFe** , an image from the Hubble telescope (the Orion Nebula, to be specific). Another Hubble image here: the Ultra Deep Field shot that was released a couple of weeks ago. I could stare at it for hours. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/60 "2004-04-07T22:19:51Z")
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