# What kind of wallpaper & screensaver do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734 "2002-05-18T20:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/1 "2002-05-18T20:26:27Z")
My wallpaper is a close-up of a butterfly that I downloaded from webshots. I usually have dog or puppy wallpaper but my current screensaver does scary things to faces. It’s the one on windows called “science”, where the image is magnified in a circular motion. If I try to use a non windows screensaver, it locks up the 'puter. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/2 "2002-05-18T20:58:03Z")
I use the current “Hubble Deep Field” from a photo taken from http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html”]The Astronomy Picture of the Day site. Since this is a borrowed computer, I have not installed a screen saver. At home, I use SETI@home. I am such a geek. Tris ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/3 "2002-05-18T21:01:42Z")
I’m using that same screensaver, **hillbilly queen**. 🙂 For the past few months my wallpaper has been a collection of scenes from [Meridian](http://www.crossgen.com/comics/2_mr.asp). (You need to be a member to access the download section.) Before that, I had Escaflowne wallpaper, featuring Hitomi. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/4 "2002-05-18T21:03:43Z")
Wallpaper: A colleague sent me a photograph that her commercial-photographer husband made. It’s a bowl of potatoes, all with various (human) horrified expressions skillfully Photoshopped on, sitting on a counter along with a peeler, masher, mixing bowl, and recipe for “MASHED POTATOES.” Hilarious! Wallpaper: I was SO bummed to find out that my After Dark wouldn’t work with my new Win2K install. Had to go surfing around for screensavers and found a fun one called “Alphabet Stewed” – letters in various fonts bouncing and floating across the screen. I studied type design and am now a copyeditor, so it seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/5 "2002-05-18T21:04:52Z")
Aargh. Make that second heading “Screensaver.” ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/6 "2002-05-18T21:28:04Z")
My wallpaper is a [Picture of Underdog in space](http://artist4hire.net/wallp/wallguy/udog1a.jpg) and I don’t have any specific sceensaver. I just have the monitor set to go off after 20 minutes of no action. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/7 "2002-05-18T22:34:03Z")
I change my wallpaper every week or so…whenever I feel inspired. Right now, I have a pretty wallpaper from CLAMP’s Clover and some generic Windows screensaver. Earlier this week, I had Vampire Hunter D wallpaper. Last week, I had a nice Legolas wallpaper and a Lothlorien screensaver I downloaded from the LOTR movie site. I thought it appropriate to coordinate. jessica ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/8 "2002-05-18T22:41:56Z")
My background is a kickass picture taken at one of the best raves I’ve ever been to, called Odyssey. [Here’s the picture!](http://www.groovetx.com/pics/Austin/2002.03.08.Odyssey_2.Asylum/odyssey_019.jpg) LC ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/9 "2002-05-18T22:45:33Z")
After 2 months of having a pic of a Stormtrooper as my wallpaper, I just switched to a pic of Dean Martin with appears to be a nasty cold sore on his lip. stv ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/10 "2002-05-18T23:07:55Z")
Since I mainly use these two computers most of the time: **At home in my apartment** **Wallpaper** : I use the “Bubbles” one that comes with Windows. I’d go crazy if I had it as a tile display, though, so I just use it as a center display. Much easier on the eyes. **Screensaver** : I like the “Flying Through Space” one that comes with Windows, so I use it. It just looks really, really cool to me. **At my brother’s (read: parents’) house** **Wallpaper** : My sister used some Photoshop program or other to superimpose her face on Nicole Kidman’s from a scene in _Moulin Rouge_. I gotta tell you, it’s pretty disconcerting to look at your sister’s face on the screen all the time! That’s why I always make sure to have Internet Explorer (or some other application that can be maximized) up when I’m at the computer. (I see her enough in real life that I don’t need to be staring at her face while I use the computer there!) **Screensaver** : My sister somehow managed to put together a number of screen images from _Moulin Rouge_, and use that for a screensaver. I guess it’s better than the time she was using the Backstreet Boys’ pictures as a screensaver… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/11 "2002-05-18T23:28:13Z")
**My personal computer:** Wallpaper: A screenshot of some [Orisinal flowers](http://www.orisinal.com/flowers) that **Gunslinger** sent to me, with a sweet little message attached. Screensaver: **Opal** ’s “Jesus Christ on a pogo stick” screensaver. **My parent’s computer:** Wallpaper: A pair of pug dogs dressed up in ridiculous outfits (hot dog buns and “ketchup” and “mustard” squiggles down their backs. Screensaver: Flying Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/12 "2002-05-18T23:31:11Z")
I’ve got your geek right here, **Trisk** : At work: Sparc–Rinoa & Squall from Final Fantasy VIII/Matrix screensaver laptop–Alexander vs. Bahamut from FFIX/FF series montage screensaver At home: Old PC–Thief: The Dark Project (Garrett at the Cathedral)/Seti (I also have the few sounds that I use mapped to sarcastic remarks from Garrett–my friends think I recorded them myself.) New PC–Funeral scene from FFX/United Devices protein analysis screensaver ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/13 "2002-05-18T23:48:41Z")
Wallpaper: Sherilyn Fenn pic from Playboy No screensaver. My monitor just turns off after an hour. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/14 "2002-05-19T03:07:46Z")
**Wallpaper:** Home: Dali’s [_The Visage of War_](http://www.mmlab.ktu.lt/Dali/page17.html). I’ve had that same wallpaper for about 5 years and never thought about changing it. Work: I change it every month or two. Presently, it’s the album cover for King Crimson’s [_In the Court of the Crimson King_](http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/kc-itcotck.html) **Screensaver:** My monitor shuts off after 30. –The new clown in town ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/15 "2002-05-19T04:31:39Z")
My wallpaper and screensaver are a set of images from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. I’ve had them since last August, when I visited there, and I never get tired of them. I wish I could go back again this summer. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/16 "2002-05-19T04:56:26Z")
Wallpaper–A yummy picture of Spike from BTVS. Mmmmmm…Spike. Screensaver-Just black. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/17 "2002-05-19T04:56:48Z")
I have no background image. My screen is solid black, and I have only 5 icons on my desktop. One is a program I use, the other four Windows won’t allow me to remove. My screensaver is the Windows one that just scrolls a line of text. It says “Ars longa, vita brevis… Art is long, life is short.” It’s the line on all my business cards and my e-mail .sig. Every time I have ever put an image on the background of my monitor, I have gotten sick of it within the hour, and it distracts me when I’m working or trying to write and I can see bits of the image outside the border of whatever window I’m working in. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/18 "2002-05-19T05:40:28Z")
Wallpaper: Stonehenge Screensaver: The generic flying stars thing ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/19 "2002-05-19T05:47:51Z")
**Background** Primary Monitor - [Something To Hold On To](http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/freeze/ddr_0024_holdonto.jpg) Secondary Monitor - [MIS:FIT](http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/freeze/ddr_0062_mis_fit.jpg) [www.deaddreamer.com](http://www.deaddreamer.com) has fantastic wallpaper. I’m working my way through most of the collection, slowly. I don’t have a screensaver, the monitors blank after 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/20 "2002-05-19T12:56:16Z")
work: wallpaper is a picture of the earth from space where you can see the cities with their lights, or something like that. Screensaver is a psychedelic one I found on some website. Real trip when you come into the office and it’s dark, but the screensaver is on. home:Wallpaper is a photo of my fiancee, on where she is actually smiling! screensaver is a collage of Monet prints. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734.md?page=2)