# What you got on your desktop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599 "2006-02-02T00:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/21 "2006-02-02T07:50:05Z")
Ha, I laugh at the uselessness of your desktops. [![](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg) ](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/22 "2006-02-02T08:09:10Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Ha, I laugh at the uselessness of your desktops. > > [http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg) Good heavens, you can rule the world with that setup. [Here’s mine.](http://home.alamedanet.net/~crosus/desktop.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/23 "2006-02-02T08:16:09Z")
I’m finding it more interesting seeing what icons people have on their desktop and their system tray than what wallpaper they have. Hey, what do you mean “Get a life”??? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/24 "2006-02-02T15:37:30Z")
Oh, and [here’s](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=94540725&size=m) my work desktop … I consider this wallpaper (from [InterfaceLIFT](http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/)) to be wishful thinking. 😃 > [@Lightnin'](#): > > Go right ahead. Thanks! > [@treis](#): > > Ha, I laugh at the uselessness of your desktops. A fellow Rainlendar fan, I see. 🙂 Where did you get the TV listings app? > [@Baraqiyal](#): > > I’m finding it more interesting seeing what icons people have on their desktop and their system tray than what wallpaper they have. Me, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/25 "2006-02-02T15:48:38Z")
[Here](http://photobucket.com/albums/f204/light_strand123/?action=view¤t=screenshot.jpg) is mine. I had to make sure I wasn’t giving away any secrets, since you guys are checking out the icons. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/26 "2006-02-02T16:05:40Z")
The XP moon picture for now. I set it to some custume colors in the green for now. I downloaded some NASA and Hubble pictures. Some types are historic moments, Earth orbiting space modules, Apolo and Gemini launchs, galaxies, planets, amd moons. I need to format and size them to appropriate desktop files. ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/27 "2006-02-02T16:08:22Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Ha, I laugh at the uselessness of your desktops. > > [http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/desktop.jpg) :eek: What program is that, and where can I get it??? Eli ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/28 "2006-02-02T16:18:50Z")
Konfabulator from [here](http://widgets.yahoo.com/). ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/29 "2006-02-02T17:34:11Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > [Here’s mine.](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/55591331/original.jpg) (4th Street in Cincinnati) Like cleaning a house for guests, I cleared all the clutter from the desktop before posting a screenshot. AAAAAAH. That’s like four blocks away from my house. Personall, I’m something of a minimalist: [http://neussubjex.net/misc/ss\_dope.png](http://neussubjex.net/misc/ss_dope.png) ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/30 "2006-02-02T18:17:20Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Where did you get the TV listings app? > [@Eliphalet](#): > > What program is that, and where can I get it??? Palooka’s link is right for all of them except for the calendar and the list of crap I have to do. The calendar is called Rainlendar and can be found [here](http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=projects&project=rainlendar). > [@Misnomer](#): > > A fellow Rainlendar fan, I see. Yes I love it, the only thing is that I can’t figure out how to get the date to show up in my events list instead of just the day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/31 "2006-02-02T18:46:32Z")
[Here](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/csharpmajor/desktop.jpg) is mine (resized, of course). The picture is by [Jisuk Cho](http://maui.deviantart.com). I actually have a print of it that he gave me and it is tres awesome. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/32 "2006-02-02T19:22:15Z")
I forgot to add, I can post which specific widgets I am using if you guys want. Be forewarned about this program though, it takes up a bit of RAM and if you are low on that it might bog down yoursystem. For example, all of the widgets that I have running take up about 65 mb of RAM. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/33 "2006-02-02T20:23:17Z")
My work desktop has [this picture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Meissner_effect.jpg). It got Featured Picture status in Wikipedia one day and I decided I must have it. I can’t be bothered uploading a screenshot of my desktop. Just picture an absolute mess of program shortcuts, outdated documents, and folders named “New Folder (n)”. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/34 "2006-02-02T21:07:55Z")
> [@KeithT](#): > > [Here’s mine](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/katschohl/stuff/desktop.jpg) – a small backyard pig sculpture my sister gave my dad for Father’s Day last year. > > [And this is just the pig](http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c146/katschohl/stuff/smiling_pig.jpg). Yours actually scares me a little, **KeithT**. That’s a lotta pig. I feel like he would not be dismayed to eat my face. I alternate through these three pretty regularly. [Not too old, not too poor, not too dangerous](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/frenchified/remustonks.jpg) [Do You Has?](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/frenchified/hsr.jpg) [I love the nightlife, I love to boogie](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/frenchified/sims2.jpg) What can I say? They make me happy. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/35 "2006-02-02T21:58:12Z")
I’m on a school computer, so I don’t have the same picture here, but mine is a photo I took last year of Studio 2-A at NPR in Washington. It motivates me. 🙂 Robin ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/36 "2006-02-02T22:12:31Z")
[Smokey is with me everywhere](http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/anyrose/desktop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/37 "2006-02-02T22:17:06Z")
btw - [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=353460) is the most recent, albeit quiet, thread of this type ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/38 "2006-02-02T22:30:04Z")
Ah, what the heck. Here’s my current boring desktop on my computer at work: [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/scrshot.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/scrshot.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/39 "2006-02-02T22:40:39Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > [Butters the Desktop Bunny](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/mcgechan/desktopsd.jpg) > > Piccie courtesy of [CuteOverload](http://www.cuteoverload.com) > > 🙂 ack…can’t…type… …too…much…cute… [![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f133/trevor51181/puppy.jpg) ](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f133/trevor51181/puppy.jpg) that’s nordberg saying hi ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599/40 "2006-02-02T23:22:42Z")
['Lil Miss Shayla](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/desktop.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-got-on-your-desktop/342599.md?page=3)