# What's your current desktop wallpaper? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363 "2008-07-13T20:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cloudy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@cloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cloudy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/61 "2008-07-14T19:56:37Z")
This is my self-made straw man. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24765532@N04/2668135469/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/24765532@N04/2668135469/) ---
**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 14, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/62 "2008-07-14T21:57:28Z")
I change my wallpaper more often than I change my sig. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/63 "2008-07-14T22:07:59Z")
Check this out. Everlasting wonder and awe. > **[APOD: 2008 July 12 - NGC 7331 and Beyond](https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080712.html)** > > A different astronomy and space science > related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/64 "2008-07-14T23:39:03Z")
A baobab tree in native landscape. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/65 "2008-07-14T23:50:41Z")
[QUOTE=ChrisBooth12] here is mine [![](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/chrisbooth12/bg-1.jpg) ](https://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c179/chrisbooth12/bg-1.jpg) it took me forever to get it right [/QUOTE] How do you do that with the links and widgets? Is it just Active Desktop, or is it a Vista only method? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/66 "2008-07-14T23:57:08Z")
With all of the Obama locations on this board, I’m surprised I’m the only one whose wallpaper looks like [this](http://bp2.blogger.com/_q3EnhNebQ_Y/SDGRsGnPHDI/AAAAAAAABcU/ghIXdWqzois/s1600-h/obama-sunglasses-2.jpg). Unless maybe there’s one I didn’t click on. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/67 "2008-07-14T23:58:46Z")
I use the XP PowerToy [Wallpaper Changer](http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce1d596b-6851-4948-ab76-b5ff22d37d69&displaylang=en) to rotate wallpapers on my XP machines. **Landru** has various pictures I have taken, **Albus** has last month’s Mutts strips, and **Ziggy** has _Quantum Leap_-related screen shots and various NASA imagery. **M5** , my Ubuntu Linux box uses one of Ubuntu 7.10’s default wallpapers. It’s the darker one with the swirlies. My 5th PC, **HAL9000** , doesn’t have wallpaper set up on either its Win3.1 or its Win98 partitions. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/68 "2008-07-15T00:19:35Z")
[A picture of a brain splicing psycho evil killer.](http://www.stripedwall.com/television/Heroes/HeroesS1/heroes114/Heroes1x140002622.jpg) And some guy on the left. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/69 "2008-07-15T14:01:29Z")
[Link to](http://www.flickr.com/photos/20157049@N00/2671444832/) my basic Mac blue swoosh with a Pearl Jam stick-man ---
**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/70 "2008-07-15T16:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] How do you do that with the links and widgets? Is it just Active Desktop, or is it a Vista only method? [/QUOTE] it is active desktop. you need a .css file and an html file. you cant do it on vista. its pretty straight forward. i can send you the files ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/71 "2008-07-15T16:59:54Z")
[http://despair.com/gettowork.html](http://despair.com/gettowork.html) I rotate through several of the Demotivators this is the current one. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/72 "2008-07-15T17:07:09Z")
This [naked&angry](http://www.nakedandangry.com/pattern/9289/Damask_Tropica) pattern (altered to have a darker background.) The site’s a great source for tiled backgrounds. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/73 "2008-07-15T17:15:54Z")
I’ve had [this one](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11117160@N06/2671926638/) since May 2007, when my wife and I took a helicopter ride to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/74 "2008-07-15T18:44:57Z")
I created a couple wallpapers from the webcomic [Erfworld](http://www.erfworld.com) (with the approval of the creators). I currently use [this one](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/Erfworld/Wallpapers/Erf_ClothGolems1680x1050Desktop.jpg) for my widescreen desktop at home and [this one](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/Erfworld/Wallpapers/Erf_JillianCampfire1200x1600Desktop.jpg) for the vertical monitors at work (since it’s the most visually interesting vertically-oriented panel, if one excludes [ones that wouldn’t go over very well at the office](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/Erfworld/Wallpapers/Erf_WandaTortureOutfit1200x1600Desk.jpg)). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/75 "2008-07-16T13:23:40Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] [A picture of a brain splicing psycho evil killer.](http://www.stripedwall.com/television/Heroes/HeroesS1/heroes114/Heroes1x140002622.jpg) And some guy on the left. 😃 [/QUOTE] Is it just me, or is the picture gone to 404-Land? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/76 "2008-07-16T13:45:35Z")
[QUOTE=Steve MB] Is it just me, or is the picture gone to 404-Land? [/QUOTE] ZOMG THAT MEANS HE IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU WITH A KNIFE BUT DON’T LOOK NOW BECAUSE THAT WILL JUST PISS HIM OFF! Actually, I got a 404 on that one too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/77 "2008-07-16T13:51:34Z")
[Sunshine After the Rain](http://www.linfx.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=214) ([direct download link](http://download.kde.org/khotnewstuff/wallpaper/downloads/84902-sunshine-after-the-rain.jpg)), from the [KDE](http://www.kde.org/) packages. (And, for the record, my window manager is [Window Maker](http://www.windowmaker.info/), but KDE seems to have all of the good applications (compared to Gnome), so I end up with KDE-centric distros (Kubuntu 8.04.1, right now) and, thus, the kinds of background images KDE provides.) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/78 "2008-07-16T14:23:10Z")
I have [my daughter](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Al_mcspoon/Desktop.jpg) staring accusingly out of my desktop at me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/79 "2008-07-16T17:03:24Z")
I’ve got this wallpaper someone made featuring Portal’s infamous [weighted companion cube](http://www.hamst3r.com/article/4/portal-weighted-companion-cube-wallpapers). Oh, companion cube. How I miss you so. Aperture Science: We do what we must, because we can. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363/80 "2008-07-16T18:07:52Z")
They’re pretty BSG-heavy at the moment. At work I have the final shot of “Revelations.” At home I have the final shot of S3 on one monitor and couple pictures of [this Suicide Girl](http://www.flickr.com/photos/suicidegirls/396047848/) (SFW) from a different photoset (also SFW). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-current-desktop-wallpaper/456363.md?page=5)