# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/61 "2004-04-07T23:14:04Z")
Some very spooky sea anenomes, from [www.digitalblasphemy.com](http://www.digitalblasphemy.com) ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/62 "2004-04-07T23:29:27Z")
My wallpaper is the scene from the Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo is overlooking Rivendell. It can be see [here](http://www.shipofdreams.btinternet.co.uk/rivendell.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/63 "2004-04-08T00:40:46Z")
Mine is currently a tile of a cartoon doll I made of my alter ego. You may view it [here](http://www.angelfire.com/ns/junk/dolls/sorceress.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/64 "2004-04-08T01:01:41Z")
Generic Rather Hot Male from [Manpaper.com](http://manpaper.com/archive/mp/01d_118b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/65 "2004-04-08T01:12:55Z")
> [@rose](#): > > Just the other day i found a [good painting](http://www.topofart.com/painting.php?id=2609) for my desktop… > > it’s called Idyll, and it’s by Lord Frederick Leighton. At the moment, I have Leighton’s Flaming June, which is an alternate ‘default’ - I rotate between that one and a Maxfield Parrish (the title of which escapes me just now) whenever I don’t have something holiday or “flavor of the month” up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/66 "2004-04-08T01:23:47Z")
A Photoshopped pic of a prison cell redecorated a la Martha Stewart. It’s amazing what one can accomplish when working with such a small space! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seldon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/67 "2004-04-08T05:21:49Z")
At work, mine is a beautiful picture from [strangecosmos.com](http://strangecosmos.com) of the US Color Guard standing in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and in the pic someone’s put in these ghosts of servicemen saluting the flag. Give’s me chills all day long. At home, I have Tuen Hocks “Man looking at the sunset”. I like interesting art. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/68 "2004-04-08T16:05:08Z")
Currently it is [this](http://www.kurthalsey.com/workonly/greener.jpg) painting by Kurt Halsey. I love his work. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/69 "2004-04-08T16:11:15Z")
> [@fizzestothetop](#): > > Currently it is [this](http://www.kurthalsey.com/workonly/greener.jpg) painting by Kurt Halsey. > I love his work. The boards are stupid and that link didn’t work. Blah. [![](http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/greener.jpg) ](http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/greener.jpg) There ya go. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/70 "2004-04-08T20:18:36Z")
Weebl and Bob [fan art](http://www.geocities.com/mylo_tennyson/weebl/spacewall.txt) I did in Photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/71 "2004-04-08T20:32:54Z")
I just changed mine yesterday. It had been the Carina Nebula (you know, the one that proves the universe is flipping us all off), now it’s a photo I took a couple years ago from the base of the mast of the _Highlander Sea_. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/72 "2004-04-09T01:52:57Z")
I had Orlando Bloom for a while, but now it’s Miranda Otto. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/73 "2004-04-09T02:40:38Z")
[This still](http://www.retrocrush.com/scary/24.html) (the one at the top of the page) from from the film _Susperia_, which was part of Retrocrush’s [100 scariest movie scenes of all time](http://www.retrocrush.com/scary/). It wasn’t my intended goal when I downloaded it, but I’ve found the image to very effective at getting rid of those annoying co-workers (usually from the sales department) who come up to my desk and start clicking stuff on my computer (while I’m sitting there in front of them). “Hey, can I see the copy you’ve got ready for the NQZ presentation? I just emailed you the feedback so lemme open up this file here and close this, and this and AAAAAHHHH!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/74 "2004-04-09T02:52:35Z")
Homestarrunner. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/75 "2004-04-09T02:59:35Z")
A picture of a raccoon licking the camera screen thingy. The caption says “HELP! My tounge is stuck to the computer!” Really cute. Or its a picture of Bob Marely. I yell at my brother daily for it, but he won’t change it :mad: ---
**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:** [April 9, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/76 "2004-04-09T03:08:00Z")
IIRC, the last time this came up I had an overhead view the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium that I had laboriously assembled from Mapquest’s now-departed aerial photos. Now I have the same view, but resized from a single super-hi-res image that I downloaded from [http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/index.html](http://nationalmap.usgs.gov/index.html). Far more detail. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/77 "2004-04-09T03:10:42Z")
It’s Piglet, cheerily waving with one hand, carrying an AK 47 in the other. Looks quite absurd. I made it myself! ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/78 "2004-04-09T06:14:31Z")
> [@Manatee](#): > > Mine’s the wallpaper from the Haunted Mansion (from the hallway with all of the knocking doors)–so it’s a bunch of evil faces and eyes. I want! Where’d you get it? ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/79 "2004-04-09T06:19:48Z")
My background is half of the Predator’s face on the right side of the screen. It says “Whoever wins… we lose”. It’s from the upcoming [Alien vs. Predator movie](http://www.avp-movie.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670/80 "2004-04-09T10:47:07Z")
It seems like I change mines almost daily ( from cars, to girls, to planets, to sunsets, to cartoon characters…ect, ect, on and on) 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-wallpaper-on-your-computer/238670.md?page=5)