# What's your current Desktop Background/Wallpaper? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146 "2006-05-10T00:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/21 "2006-05-10T02:54:13Z")
[This](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/norisea/f2754d70.jpg) is my current wallpaper but I found [this](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b161/norisea/92ea4221.jpg) old screen-capture of a previous one when I uploaded the first and thought I’d share it as well. I browse deviantart for wallpapers all the time when bored and currently have 134 saved to a subfolder with about ten more waiting in My Documents to be resized and renamed before adding them to the collection. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/22 "2006-05-10T02:54:35Z")
I have two monitors- on one resides [Parminder Nagra](http://parminderonline.com/images/wallpapers/POL_dt16_800x600.jpg), on the other resides [this picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/guav/98523152/) of Aimee Echo, lead singer of theSTART, a somewhat obscure band I’m a big fan of. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/23 "2006-05-10T03:11:13Z")
Mine is this rather racial picture my friend found. It’s a article on how to tell the difference between somebody “mongolian” and Japanese, complete with a huge picture with arrows pointing to relevant facial structures. One of those surrealistic one-offs, really. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/24 "2006-05-10T03:47:54Z")
At work, my desktop is a full screen version of [the most beautiful picture ever taken[sup]TM[/sup]](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0403/hudf_hst_big.jpg) (it absolutely _must_ be viewed in full screen mode). I still find myself gazing at it. Simply awe-inspiring. My home computer is currently brightened by [this incredible piece by Signac](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/s/signac/la_rochelle.jpg) (who nicely anticipated pixellation as you can see). It’s just spectacular when sized to fit the entire screen. ---
**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 10, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/25 "2006-05-10T03:52:06Z")
Mine is [this](http://www.thadk.net/images/travel-denali/rainbow%20dark.jpg) picture of a rainbow over Denali National Park. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/26 "2006-05-10T04:02:39Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > At work, my desktop is a full screen version of [the most beautiful picture ever taken[sup]TM[/sup]](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0403/hudf_hst_big.jpg) (it absolutely _must_ be viewed in full screen mode). I still find myself gazing at it. Simply awe-inspiring. That was my wallpaper for a long time. I, well, started getting tired of it. I didn’t want to get totally sick of it, so I changed it. I still look at it occasionally though. [Here’s](http://home.alamedanet.net/~crosus/blastDoorMap.jpg) my home wallpaper and [here’s](http://home.alamedanet.net/~crosus/whocan.jpg) my work wallpaper. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/27 "2006-05-10T04:09:37Z")
Nike of Samothrace. As it ever has been, as it ever will be. ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/28 "2006-05-10T04:19:03Z")
Currently mine is [this picture](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/59761507.jpg) of Madison that I took back in October but only recently made nicer in Photoshop. My laptop uses [this one](http://www.pbase.com/piggiston/image/57220827.jpg), a photo I took in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/29 "2006-05-10T04:27:06Z")
A picture of Daft Punk from their transcendent Coachella performance. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/30 "2006-05-10T04:42:35Z")
Here’s what’s currently on my PC at [home](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=143828232&size=m), and here’s what’s on the laptop at [work](http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=143828233&size=m). Both are from [InterfaceLIFT](http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/), my favorite free wallpaper site (which I learned about on the SDMB, in a thread like this :)). My favorite wallpaper site of all time is [Digital Blasphemy](http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/). Even the free stuff is cool, but I’ve been a paying member for so long that I have no idea whether any of my favorite wallpapers are available to non-members. > [@lizardling](#): > > Wallpaper from Veer. Great site, thanks! > [@PigBoy](#): > > Currently mine is this picture of Madison that I took back in October but only recently made nicer in Photoshop. > > My laptop uses this one, a photo I took in Chicago. Wow … those are _great_ pictures! ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/31 "2006-05-10T05:30:43Z")
> [@Baraqiyal](#): > > [Here’s](http://home.alamedanet.net/~crosus/blastDoorMap.jpg) my home wallpaper Ha. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/32 "2006-05-10T06:15:40Z")
I have various pics from MyCatHatesYou making the scene on my desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/33 "2006-05-10T06:22:07Z")
I just switched from [this](http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6927/ascalongreen27ty.jpg), to [this](http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9838/xassdance32ya.jpg). I center them on a black background. Both are screenshots from Guild Wars, the second one is a picture of my Monk (healing) character when she was still in Pre-Searing Ascalon. (Pictures hosted by [ImageShack](http://imageshack.us/) btw.) ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/34 "2006-05-10T06:29:08Z")
Mine’s the wallpaper from Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/35 "2006-05-10T12:25:24Z")
Picture of a big ol’ cicada: [Here](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/931426/DOGDAYCICADA.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LampMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@LampMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LampMan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/36 "2006-05-10T12:38:13Z")
[EarthDesk](http://www.xericdesign.com) on one screen (very cool), and my cat on the other (very cute). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/37 "2006-05-10T12:47:16Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Mine is just blank; this colour\> ██ (#004E98) Looks slightly darker than my blue desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/38 "2006-05-10T12:58:54Z")
I just spent the weekend in Baltimore visiting with my mother and my daughter, so my desktop is currently [this](http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/timstaab/Mom_Mollie_and_Tim_May_5th_2006.jpg). It’s not a great picture, but it makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/39 "2006-05-10T13:00:14Z")
Yankee Stadium ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/40 "2006-05-10T13:01:32Z")
I currently have [this gloriously high resolution](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060310.html) picture of Enceladus (a moon of Saturn) resized to fit my screen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146.md?page=3)