# Your Desktop Background **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442 "2000-10-10T18:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/1 "2000-10-10T18:21:10Z")
I think we did this once before, but since I just found a nifty BMP of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” to use as my WIN98 desktop background, I was wondering what everyone else was using as theirs. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/2 "2000-10-10T18:26:45Z")
I have a photo on my desktop that I took on vacation. It is a pelican in flight, silhouetted against a sunset over the Gulf of Mexico. It takes me back to last week when I was on vacation…sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/3 "2000-10-10T18:27:19Z")
My desktop used to be Betty Rubble and Fred Flintstone, ::ahem:: well, anyway. It **wasn’t** my idea, and I’m not the one who put it there. Now it’s a lake and a few mountains. I’m not sure but I think there might be a lighthouse in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/4 "2000-10-10T18:30:55Z")
Hey Euty, did you get it from [wallpapers.com](http://wallpapers.com)? That’s where I got my Van Gogh “Starry Night” desktop wallpaper. Of course I’ve since changed it to a scene from Looney Tunes “Rabbit Fire” where Daffy Duck is dressed as Bugs Bunny and vice versa trying to confuse Elmer Fudd about what season it is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/5 "2000-10-10T18:38:34Z")
Ive got an aerial photo of my house which is really cool - I think I can see myself in the garden. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/6 "2000-10-10T18:43:31Z")
Right now I have a montage of geckos, but I am looking for something new. Van Gogh sounds like a nice change of pace. Where did you find it? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/7 "2000-10-10T18:58:11Z")
I usually have something from some art museum website…Paul Klee, Gustav Moreau, Odilon Redon…Boecklin’s ISLE OF THE DEAD is nice and peaceful. For the past few weeks, however, I’ve had a portrait of Ghoulardi. Underneath it says “Cool it.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/8 "2000-10-10T19:01:21Z")
This is a good place to find pleasant wallpaper: [http://www.artchive.com/ftp\_site.htm](http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/9 "2000-10-10T19:03:19Z")
Currently, I’ve got an abstract, yarn-looking picture entitled, (apparently, now that I check) sowing. Blue and yellow overall. I’ve got lots and lots, infact, it’s probably about time to change . . . ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/10 "2000-10-10T19:03:24Z")
Right now I have a frame grab from the TV show “Kindred: The Embraced”. It’s the main character, Julian, looking out the window of his front door. The glass has an etching of a wolf on it & the eyes line up with Julian’s. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/11 "2000-10-10T19:04:23Z")
This GORGEOUS picture of my little baby neice. [http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=232296&a=7358804&p=25009192](http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=232296&a=7358804&p=25009192) Go on, look- it’ll make you smile, I guarentee! Zette ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/12 "2000-10-10T19:06:58Z")
Currently, I have a massive picture of my favorite Dragon Ball Z character, Piccolo, his turban and cape blowing in the wind, while he blasts someone. It’s very good wallpaper for work, where I frequently feel like blasting someone. Oh yeah, he’s green and he has pointy ears and a blue tongue. _Love_ that guy. ---
**Author:** ![A\_girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@A\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_girl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/13 "2000-10-10T19:09:02Z")
Copy of the wallpaper that’s hanging in the … haunted mansion at Disneyland oooooooh! hahah! A girl ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/14 "2000-10-10T19:10:23Z")
I have [this picture that I took](http://members.home.net/cattywompus/images/contrast.jpg) as mine. But I think I’m going to dabble around in photoshop and make a new one. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/15 "2000-10-10T19:11:07Z")
I change mine every couple of months, every couple of weeks if I spend enough time on the computer to get sick of it easily. Right now it’s the Survivor theme, which should be changed right away. I haven’t had the time. My favourite one was the Etch-O-Sketch theme. It was all I could do to NOT shake my moniter. I also often have a Star Trek theme. I haven’t seen the movie Pitch Black, but the desktop theme for it was pretty good too. I get all of mine at [Tucows Themes](http://themes.tucows.com/themes.html). ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/16 "2000-10-10T19:11:58Z")
Plain old black. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/17 "2000-10-10T19:15:07Z")
[http://www.digitalblasphemy.com](http://www.digitalblasphemy.com) This place has a wealth of wonderful desktop images. From tranquil landscapes to some goregeous fantasy art. I change my desktop daily and I’ve got my current one from here. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/18 "2000-10-10T19:16:40Z")
MC Escher’s Relativity. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/19 "2000-10-10T19:17:46Z")
I grab something from NASA’s Astronomy Photo of the Day. Every once in a while I go find a new one. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/20 "2000-10-10T19:18:36Z")
Now if the [img] tag worked we could really do it like the last time :eek: Mine was posted by **Ursa Major** in a thread started by **Silo** over at FFF. [Earthrise](http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/images/as11_44_6552.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442.md?page=2)