# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/21 "2002-05-19T13:02:51Z")
Wallpaper: A wolf moving through a forest. Screensaver: the Windows walls/maze thingee. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/22 "2002-05-19T14:14:18Z")
Screensaver: the screen goes black. Sorry. That’s pretty boring, isn’t it? Wallpaper: a picture that my boyfriend and I drew in Paint. We were bored one day, so we started drawing little cartoons, and I liked it so much that I made it into my wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/23 "2002-05-19T14:36:32Z")
My wallpaper is Charwoman from the Monty Python Complete Waste Of Time CD that came out… um… damn, 7 years ago? I’ve had the same wallpaper for seven years? Hm, maybe that means it’s lucky. No screensavers. They just piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/24 "2002-05-19T14:40:24Z")
Wallpaper - photo of the band Crowded House Screensaver - a Neil Finn (of Crowded House) with a guitar appearing and disappearing ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/25 "2002-05-19T19:15:52Z")
Wallpaper - At home, the cover of the single for **Depeche Mode** ’s _Enjoy the Silence_. The blue background with the white rose and the the words written in Eric Oehler’s version of the Violation Font. At work, I have the crop circle design from **Apoptygma Berzerk** ’s _Welcome To Earth_ album. Screensaver - At home, the windows maze. I made the walls and ceiling from a bitmap I made. It’s all black with vertical white lines on it and gives it a surreal and disorienting look when in the maze. I don’t have a screensaver at work. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/26 "2002-05-19T20:48:08Z")
Wallpaper and screensaver both came from [http://members.tripod.com/shejidan/wallpaper/index.html](http://members.tripod.com/shejidan/wallpaper/index.html) I use the second “Jago” wallpaper, and the “Atigeini Lilies” screensaver. On password, and set to start up very quickly, which is moderately annoying, but less annoying than what the 2 year old does when he decides to work on the computer. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/27 "2002-05-20T01:35:47Z")
Wallpaper: B&W TV freeze-frame of Irish sit-down-&-sip-the-scotch comedian Dave Allen, from “Dave Allen At Large”. A few fans have set up websites for the bloke… Screensaver: the default Vaio that came with this computer. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/28 "2002-05-20T02:53:38Z")
wallpaper - an aerial view of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium (and a bit of the area to the south) that I stitched together from MapQuest. screensaver - MS Science, “dent”, using the wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/29 "2002-05-20T03:30:47Z")
Wallpaper: changes on a regular basis. Right now, it’s a still from The Matrix, where Neo sees the world as strands of code, centered on black. For the longest time, though, it was a still from REM’s video for “I’ll Take the Rain,” centered on a near-navy blue. A long time ago, it was computer generated flames taking up the whole screen. Screensaver: A mock-up of the coding from The Matrix. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/30 "2002-05-20T03:49:53Z")
No wallpaper. No screensaver. No reason to change that. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Girl\_9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_9)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/31 "2002-05-20T04:00:28Z")
Wallpaper: False Colour Image Of The Moon, from one of NASA’s Digital Artists. Screensaver: Nyet. I Hate Them. Just Use Hibernate or Standby, or whatever that’s called. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/32 "2002-05-20T07:43:32Z")
I never understood the meaning of “wallpaper” on a computer monitor. I am weird that way. My monitor proudly sports pictures from Chevy’s website of the Avalanche because some day I will have one, the 3/4 ton kick ass Avalanche. No screen saver. Screen savers are evil and pointless. Today’s monitors don’t need them. My monitor shuts down after 20 minutes. Even the Window’s version of screen savers can create problems. I heard this from some tech site “Your best ‘screen saver’ is the power button on your monitor.” Makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/33 "2002-05-20T10:43:06Z")
**Wallpaper:** A jpg of the painting _Ophelia_. This has been described as creepy by some, but it suits me fine. **Screen saver:** Count me with those who don’t have one. Completely pointless. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/34 "2002-05-20T13:33:55Z")
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Mista Kotta! Mista Kotta. I’m gonna change my wallpaper to [Celebrity Boxing](http://www.fox.com/boxing/) wallpaper. You have your choice of [Screech vs. Horshack](http://www.fox.com/boxing/wallpaper/dustinron_1024.jpg) [Darva vs. Olga](http://www.fox.com/boxing/wallpaper/olgadarva_1024.jpg) [Joey vs. Chyna](http://www.fox.com/boxing/wallpaper/joeyjoanie_1024.jpg) And my favorite, [Fridge vs. Manute](http://www.fox.com/boxing/wallpaper/fridgemanute_1024.jpg) I’m going to see if I can get framed prints. They’ll go so well with the Paula Jones mouthpiece which I got of eBay.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/35 "2002-05-20T13:44:03Z")
No screensaver on my home PC. Work PC I used to have set to password screen come up. Wallpaper, I mix it up. Often just plain white, other times a pic from my background graphix folder. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/36 "2002-05-20T14:05:15Z")
Work: Screensaver: 3D Maze that came preloaded on Win NT Wallpaper: a blown-up photo of a postcard showing a Buick dealership and Mobilgas station circa 1957. Home: Screensaver: A series of scans of the '59 Cadillac catalog which float around the screen. Wallpaper: A picture of the Cadillac Ranch in Texas taken by a friend of mine on a recent cross country trip. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/37 "2002-05-20T17:48:12Z")
At work I have a Mac with 2 monitors. I scanned some images from an issue of _Hellblazer_. One monitor has John Constantine with a lit cigarette in a seedy bar. Lots of shadows, including under his eyebrows, and the trail of cigarette smoke. The other monitor is a drawing of London with a crimson sky background, and the words _London’s connected to everything. It’s the dark heart of the world. The ruling seat of the secret kings of earth._ At home, it’s a scan from _Juxtapoz_ magazine of Italian street art. It looks like a bunch of tortured souls trying to escape hell through a hole that opened up in the sidewalk, but can’t because they’re becoming entombed in the stones. ---
**Author:** ![rdky2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@rdky2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rdky2000)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/38 "2002-05-20T18:47:07Z")
Hi All! A lot of great reply’s on this thread! I usually have things or beutiful/exotic/futuritistic places on my wallpaper.Right now,I have the Andromeda Ascendent starship. For the screensaver,simply the ms text thing,shaped into a rose,my wief,and those three naughty words… @@@--------ILuvU (hit the At sign three times,then the dash,for how long u want the stem) Rich in Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/39 "2002-05-20T19:06:01Z")
The desktop image on my work Mac and home Mac is a rotating series of pics of my [daughter](http://home.revealed.net/ddwyer/baby.html). I use [MacDim](http://www.ibrium.se/macdim.html) for a screensaver. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734/40 "2002-05-20T19:52:14Z")
Wallpaper: a collage of Daisy Fuentes in black lingerie. She has that smoldering, come-hither look that I love. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-wallpaper-screensaver-do-you-have/109734.md?page=3)