# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/81 "2006-05-12T00:51:15Z")
A picture of The Wumpus from [this site](http://www.myspace.com/thewumpus). It’s the one on the right with the caption 'AND INTRODUCING THE WUMPUS". What can I say? That’s what **Mrs. Fresh** has taken to calling me. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/82 "2006-05-12T03:13:23Z")
Mine is me with some friends, being silly recently. I had this [sunset](http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/2704/opala11439318680ee.jpg) recently, though. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/83 "2006-05-12T12:15:31Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > A picture of The Wumpus from [this site](http://www.myspace.com/thewumpus). It’s the one on the right with the caption 'AND INTRODUCING THE WUMPUS". Oh that’s so cute! Reminds me of this cutie: [http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/motel/motel/room3.html](http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/motel/motel/room3.html) We have project at work that is a real bear and I keep calling for this to be the mascot. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/84 "2006-07-16T15:44:14Z")
I made a new desktop this weekend: [http://www.geocities.com/mulderscreek/P1010009b.jpg](http://www.geocities.com/mulderscreek/P1010009b.jpg) It’s a photo I took last fall…and applied a chrome treatment to. I like the gloominess to it. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/85 "2006-07-16T16:37:58Z")
Gee, this thread actually inspired me to go sign up for a Photobucket account! [QUOTE=Sampiro] I’m currently using a cropped version of Waterhouse’s [The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius](http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.com/images/content/waterhouse/hi/7.jpg) for work (no particular reason other than I stumbled across it while helping a student and liked it) [/QUOTE] I love that style of artwork and for a long time had Alma Tadema’s “A Reading from Homer” as my desktop. Now I’ve got [this](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/P1010131.jpg) , which is a close-up I took of the Dale Chihuly glass ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/86 "2006-07-16T16:40:35Z")
Right now mine is a [geeky photoshop drawing I made (from a photo) of a geeky Honda Element](http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/4374/element1024cr7.jpg). I recently changed it from a [macroshot of the ickle-wickle daisies in that grow in my backyard](http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/5391/daisieskb2.jpg). People _teased_ me about that, for some reason. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/87 "2006-07-16T16:49:22Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Picture of a big ol’ cicada: [Here](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-1/931426/DOGDAYCICADA.jpg) [/QUOTE] I love you, **divemaster.** Possibly my favorite insect, known to me and my sisters as the “back-to-school bugs,” because when we heard them, we knew summer was winding down. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/88 "2006-07-16T17:14:50Z")
My screensaver is a picture of my other husband surrounded by kids smiling gleefully in Dahuk, Iraq. Then it goes to random pictures in my photo album every 5 seconds or so. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/89 "2006-07-16T21:04:49Z")
Mine is currently a really cool color stech of Bizarro done by Ryan Ottley at Philly World. I love it, and it inspires me everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/90 "2006-07-16T21:05:08Z")
Mine is currently a really cool color sketch of Bizarro done by Ryan Ottley at Philly World. I love it, and it inspires me everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/91 "2006-07-16T21:31:10Z")
My [desktop computer.](http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/USA/Cities/ChicagoHarborLighthouse.jpg) Since his birth, my 5 year old son has had a minature replica on his dresser as his night light. He got to see it for the first time in person yesterday when we went to Navy Pier. He was pretty excited about it, too. My [laptop.](http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/USA/Cities/ChicagoAtNight2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/92 "2006-07-16T21:35:02Z")
This is what I’ve got [right now](http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/archives/photos_cityscape/060606_1579.shtml) . It’s a nice reminder of home while I’m at school. ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/93 "2006-07-17T02:29:11Z")
A picture of the world’s steepest street, taken parallel to the street. [It’s pretty steep](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Baldwin_Street%2C_New_Zealand.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/94 "2006-07-17T02:40:37Z")
[This](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/SOHO_EIT_ultraviolet_corona_image.gif/600px-SOHO_EIT_ultraviolet_corona_image.gif), from Wikipedia’s page on Ultraviolet light. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/95 "2006-07-17T02:42:42Z")
[Here’s](http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/Harimad-sol/?action=view¤t=dtop.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1) my current desktop, which I decided to reuse these days. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/96 "2006-07-17T02:48:42Z")
[This](http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4/diosabellissima/100_11521.jpg) picture which I took at my roomie’s mom’s house up in the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/97 "2006-07-17T02:59:49Z")
[Uncle Sas wants YOU for the Sasquatch Milita](http://www.zapatopi.net/themes/unclesas107.png) is my current wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/98 "2006-07-17T05:15:03Z")
I like [this](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/Seychellesb.jpg) picture because it’s a photo but it looks rendered or drawn or something… I usually have landscapes or fractals, about 50/50 for each depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/99 "2006-07-17T12:18:24Z")
Right now, I’m using [THIS](http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/images/0409/daisykutter04_cover.jpg). Miss Daisy Kutter. Work-safe link. ---
**Author:** ![Salt\_Seller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Salt\_Seller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salt_Seller)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146/100 "2006-07-17T16:20:39Z")
A picture of [Candy Darling](http://www.secretlycanadian.com/press/antony/SC105hires.jpg) on her death bed. It’s also the cover of an Antony and the Johnsons album. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-background-wallpaper/356146.md?page=6)