# What's your desktop background? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168 "2005-05-03T02:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/21 "2005-05-03T06:38:43Z")
at the moment, I have a picture of a forest fire which I found in the picture section of [snopes.com](http://snopes.com). Usually, I get something from [www.cognitivedistortion.com](http://www.cognitivedistortion.com). I love the fractals. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/22 "2005-05-03T07:24:20Z")
[This.](http://photobucket.com/albums/v689/miketurk/?action=view¤t=VectorCell2DesktopWallpaper.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/23 "2005-05-03T07:28:54Z")
An aerial photo of a deciduous forest in autumn, from [NationalGeographic.com](http://NationalGeographic.com) (which has hundreds of such wallpaper photos). ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/24 "2005-05-03T07:46:33Z")
[This.](http://img76.echo.cx/img76/3577/ccs1410248fx.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/25 "2005-05-03T08:15:21Z")
A [supernova](http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/aesiron/4f9e3704.jpg) as seen from an alien world. ---
**Author:** ![dhcstar957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dhcstar957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhcstar957)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/26 "2005-05-03T11:09:17Z")
I use Webshots and love it. I change my background everyday with a new photo. I am partial to nature scenes but there are so many to choose from. The service is free or you can upgrade to the premium for a fee. I have been using this for at least 4 or more years. Here is some info from the site: Webshots allows you to decorate your desktop with beautiful photos - for FREE! You can add gorgeous new photos (like nature scenes, animals and tropical islands) to your desktop every day. If you have digital personal photos, you can also upload them to your free homepage in the Webshots Community and order film-quality prints and photo gifts. > **[Webshots - Wallpaper / Screen Savers](https://webshots.com/)** > > Webshots, the best in Wallpaper, Desktop Backgrounds, and Screen Savers since 1995. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/27 "2005-05-03T11:30:19Z")
I’m using my boyfriend’s computer. I live with him, and we’re too lazy to hook mine up. He has two computers so I use whichever is closer/whichever he is not using. One day last week I went out, came home, sat down and opened up the laptop to see [this.](http://rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/iloveyou.jpg) Aww. The desktop on his other computer is a drawing of me and him done by one of my friends online. [Again, aww.](http://rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/d_rinni.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/28 "2005-05-03T11:36:14Z")
I’ve got a promo picture for season 2 of the Venture Brothers, found at [Jackson Publick’s Livejournal.](http://www.livejournal.com/users/jacksonpublick/) ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/29 "2005-05-03T11:50:18Z")
I use [Webshots](http://www.webshots.com/g/), too. I currently have 280 different photos, mostly of nature scenes, that it uses for wallpaper and screensaver. My wallpaper changes every hour, so I never get bored. At the moment it’s [this](http://www.webshots.com/g/32/679-sh/49729.html) one. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/30 "2005-05-03T12:36:44Z")
A picture of the late, great [Virginia Mayo](http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.goanddodownriver.com/images/20050120/9285_512.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.goanddodownriver.com/stories/012005/hol_celeb001.shtml&h=492&w=512&sz=42&tbnid=4QaAUuQbFmQJ:&tbnh=123&tbnw=128&hl=en&start=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522virginia%2Bmayo%2522%26start%3D120%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/31 "2005-05-03T12:57:06Z")
I think mine is [super](http://www.alexrossart.com/images/wallpaper/superman_strength1024.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/32 "2005-05-03T13:16:08Z")
I generally use something from the [Astronomy Picture of the Day](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) site. The archive has tons of photos, many of them quite beautiful. At the moment I have a picture of the Fox Fur Nebula. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/33 "2005-05-03T13:36:38Z")
At home it’s a picture of my son and daughter leaning in to kiss my youngest (6 month old) daughter on either side of the melon. At work, it’s a “golf course” that a couple of my old student workers designed using Microsoft Paint. It is complete with a coke machine, a penguin with monacle, two three-eyed fish, and so on. Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/34 "2005-05-03T13:42:23Z")
A cameraphone picture of my workspace (including the laptop). In the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). In the picture of the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). In the picture of the picture of the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). ---
**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 3, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/35 "2005-05-03T13:47:05Z")
Plain Windows blue. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/36 "2005-05-03T13:59:57Z")
Large one, but worth it: [Earth Satellite](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/pa_sdmb/iss_sts108_big.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/37 "2005-05-03T14:07:27Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > A cameraphone picture of my workspace (including the laptop). > In the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). > In the picture of the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). > In the picture of the picture of the picture, the laptop desktop background is a picture of my workspace (including the laptop). _head explodes_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/38 "2005-05-03T14:15:00Z")
A pic I shot from the roof of my 7-story apt bldg, depicting a new platform being installed at the train station next door on the Hudson River waterfront. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/39 "2005-05-03T14:22:35Z")
I used to have a ultra-sound picture of my baby that is currently growing inside my wife’s belly. I then had [this](http://www.povray.org/community/hof/12b.php) from the POVRAY hall of fame. Now I have an Escher style fuck-with-your-mind optical illusion painting. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-desktop-background/302168/40 "2005-05-03T14:40:59Z")
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