# What's picture are you using as your computer wallpaper right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 19, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259 "2006-09-19T02:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/1 "2006-09-19T02:17:15Z")
[Mine.](http://www.uloc.de/screenshots/3/3f16_dedicated_to.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/2 "2006-09-19T02:19:46Z")
It’s a photo I took of a double rainbow, outside the back door. Nothing special, really. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/3 "2006-09-19T02:20:29Z")
Mine’s a promo shot from Resident Evil 4, possibly an official wallpaper but I forget where I got it from. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/4 "2006-09-19T02:24:51Z")
_Landscape XIX_ by H.R.Giger, from his [website.](http://www.giger.com/Home.jsp) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/5 "2006-09-19T02:25:31Z")
A standard WinXP wallpaper, of the sea and sky and a desert island with three palm trees on it. Time to change the wallpaper, I think, that’s a summer wallpaper and it’s fall now. My screensaver is a slideshow of my pictures. Mostly game maps, video game stills, and a few cartoons. On the Win98 box, I have a picture of a tabby cat shooting the bird at the viewer. My husband thinks it’s hilarious. I generally change the wallpapers every 2-4 months, depending on when I get tired of them. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/6 "2006-09-19T02:28:08Z")
An early-evening photograph I took of the city, from the cliffs of Positano, Italy. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/7 "2006-09-19T02:32:05Z")
I actually gave up my beloved Nike of Samothrace for [this guy](http://haha.nu/funny/strange-statues-around-the-world/) (first pic). ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/8 "2006-09-19T02:35:50Z")
[QUOTE=The Sausage Creature] I actually gave up my beloved Nike of Samothrace for [this guy](http://haha.nu/funny/strange-statues-around-the-world/) (first pic). [/QUOTE] That is…an interesting picture. Any idea what it’s supposed to represent (other than Man Fending Off/Trying To Kill A Bunch of Children)? ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/9 "2006-09-19T02:37:33Z")
I use [this](http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kidpic1dt5.jpg) photo of my kids. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/10 "2006-09-19T02:38:07Z")
[Two impressionistic legionaries](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/norisea/untitled.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/11 "2006-09-19T02:39:14Z")
Mine is a composite frame of two screen captures from the DVD of the WB cartoon [Water, Water Every Hare](http://fishbicycle.dansmith.ca/evil%20Scientist.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/12 "2006-09-19T02:41:10Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] That is…an interesting picture. Any idea what it’s supposed to represent (other than Man Fending Off/Trying To Kill A Bunch of Children)? [/QUOTE] No idea, I just find the idea of flying babies attacking a naked man positively hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/13 "2006-09-19T02:45:25Z")
Mine is a picture of the creepy twin girls from “The Shining”, dead and bloody in a hallway. The Tin Man is standing over them holding his axe and covered in blood. The walls are splattered in blood and there are puddles of blood on the floor. It is a wonderfully hysterical picture and if I knew how to take a screenshot, I would post a link. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/14 "2006-09-19T02:46:06Z")
I use various photos from [here](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/main.html), rotating through as I feel like it. The one currently up on my desktop is [this](http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/archive/2004/Jun/20040618-3009_DAS_large.jpg). * * * \<\< He who hesitates is… Oh, damn! \>\> ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/15 "2006-09-19T03:09:27Z")
[Current desktop](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/desktop.jpg), courtesy of [DeviantArt.com](http://DeviantArt.com). ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/16 "2006-09-19T03:13:00Z")
[Here’s mine](http://www.blinkyou.com/wp_celeb/v/vida-guerra/images/007.jpg) (PG-13 but probably NSFW). Yes, I’m a pig, I’m comfortable with that. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/17 "2006-09-19T03:28:20Z")
I’m rotating at the moment, between a couple of things I’ve done, a few urban exploring shots, and finally the highway next to my dorm. Here’s some of the thing ones: [Trashcan Art](http://photos-711.facebook.com/ip002/v46/223/15/12819327/n12819327_30991711_8815.jpg) [The Day the Chairs Came](http://photos-715.facebook.com/ip002/v46/223/15/12819327/n12819327_30991715_475.jpg) [The Day the Chairs Came 2](http://photos-714.facebook.com/ip002/v46/223/15/12819327/n12819327_30991714_71.jpg) Urban Eploring: [12th floor](http://pe-ip002.facebook.com/v46/83/124/12820711/n12820711_30990063_2029.jpg) [Me over looking Atlanta as overlord](http://pe-ip002.facebook.com/v46/83/124/12820711/n12820711_30990069_4881.jpg) And then, the [highway](http://photos-569.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v46/223/15/12819327/n12819327_30998569_1256.jpg) . I can’t be arsed to upload higher res pictures, though. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/18 "2006-09-19T03:38:01Z")
[This](http://www.divecenters.com/pages/TRAVEL/Trip%20Pic/belize%20resort.JPG) Its Belize - the current leader in the race for places for me to run away to. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/19 "2006-09-19T03:38:37Z")
[This](http://www.divecenters.com/pages/TRAVEL/Trip%20Pic/belize%20resort.JPG) It’s Belize - the current leader in the race for places for me to run away to. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259/20 "2006-09-19T03:39:11Z")
I have a picture of the sunset over Lake Tahoe, taken by my 7 year old son. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-picture-are-you-using-as-your-computer-wallpaper-right-now/373259.md?page=2)