# Who/What's on your Screen Saver? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592 "2001-08-28T20:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/1 "2001-08-28T20:15:07Z")
Sometimes I like to go back to the Desktop of my computer, just to admire a most awesome picture I have on Patrick Rafter…I’d post it here but then again, I’m techno-impaired. Which begs the question? What/Who do you have set as your wallpaper or screen saver? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/2 "2001-08-28T20:16:16Z")
Aw, geesh, I MUST learn to proofread. I have a picture OF Patrick Rafter, not ON Patrick Rafter. Freudian slip. ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/3 "2001-08-28T20:20:40Z")
Various trains crossing the screen with train information. And no, I didn’t pay for the full version (yet). ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/4 "2001-08-28T20:38:25Z")
Hmm…my screen saver is the time. In 3-d. Pretty boring. But my wallpaper is a picture I drew myself in Paintbrush. Cool, except it makes people think I have a 4 year old child. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/5 "2001-08-28T20:42:58Z")
My nine month old child… which makes people think I have a nine month old child. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/6 "2001-08-28T20:44:49Z")
Mine has the Roman numeral CCXLVII in red on a scrolling marquee. It means something to me, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/7 "2001-08-28T21:13:36Z")
Screen saver=sig. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/8 "2001-08-28T21:17:44Z")
the Gorillaz: Murdoc, 2-D, Russel and Noodle… ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/9 "2001-08-28T21:23:42Z")
I had Opal’s screensaver of Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, but my roommate was annoyed by the constant boinging so I have it set to blank screen. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/10 "2001-08-28T22:09:26Z")
I have Opal’s pogo Jesus for my screensaver, too. ::boingboingboing:: Right now my desktop wallpaper is [this photo of a “Bucth/Femme Party”](http://www.sappho.com/vintage/photos/ButchFemmeParty.html) but I usually change it every couple days. Last week it was Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”. ---
**Author:** ![Mythos45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Mythos45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mythos45)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/11 "2001-08-28T22:13:31Z")
My Wallpaper: A black 2001 Chevrolet Z-28 Camaro hardtop. My screensaver: 75 or so Lamborghini Diablo pictures, changing every 5 seconds, made with SaverWiz. Coming soon: Chevy Camaro screensaver. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/12 "2001-08-28T22:16:03Z")
I’ve got [UD Agent Screensaver running](http://members.ud.com/home.htm), looking for a cure for cancer. But the Jesus Christ on a pogo stick sounds pretty cool, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/13 "2001-08-28T22:26:32Z")
I don’t use screen savers. Whenever I’m away from my computer long enough to warrant one, I just turn off the monitor. My wallpaper is varied … I usually change it every few days (at home). At work it’s a kalidescope picture of my cat that a friend made for me. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/14 "2001-08-28T22:31:01Z")
Spongebob Squarepants … both as a desktop theme and a screen saver. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/15 "2001-08-28T22:41:32Z")
Wallpaper: The “Don’t Panic” guy. Screensaver: Plain old starfield ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/16 "2001-08-29T00:04:21Z")
I’ve got the Renee Magritte desktop theme, with a screensaver based on _Golconde_, with guys in bowler hats falling down the screen at a stately pace. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/17 "2001-08-29T01:49:30Z")
Mmmmmmm… At home, Anthony Stewart Head, in many incarnations (including one snip of Adam Klaus… HAH!). On both work computers are different Buffy: tVS compliations, though I had to change one because it had a _very_ revealing pic of Charisma Carpenter (in a bra) and my boss would completely lose track of what he was saying whenever it came on. 😃 -BK ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/18 "2001-08-29T02:15:05Z")
Wallpaper-one I made, featuring pictures of Grand Duchess Olga of Russia and King Aleksandar of Yugoslavia. Screensaver-the 3D maze set to psychadelic colors. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/19 "2001-08-29T02:23:09Z")
I make my own wallpapers, with images I obtain from my other job. Some of them are really nice too. I don’t have a screensaver. Modern monitors don’t really need them, actually. Or so I’ve been told. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592/20 "2001-08-29T02:26:47Z")
At home, wallpaper = Earth at night, that I got from a link on the SDMB screen saver = Organic Art, many many morphing images At work, wallpaper = night time pic. of a cable-stayed bridge here in town screen saver = Globe from virtual geo-sync orbit over home town, the day/night terminator moves in real time - you can set it over any Lat/Long, sometimes I shift to the North or South Pole (The North Pole, a guy named Nanook Walinski) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-whats-on-your-screen-saver/78592.md?page=2)