# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/41 "2000-10-10T21:55:02Z")
Mine is currently a leopard print I got from the upholstery samples at [living.com](http://living.com), but I’m going to change it soon; it clashes with my new Windows colour scheme. I noticed that many of you have photos; I can’t do that. For some reason I have to have a small pattern in a dark colour, or I can’t see my icons very well. ---
**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, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/42 "2000-10-10T22:02:11Z")
ren says it like a catwalk announcer. ‘now here’s cindy sporting a…’ Ive now been spurred into searching for some other ones, and ive now got loads of skiing pictures off the net, and one of some dolphins underwater. ---
**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, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/43 "2000-10-10T22:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > **Euty, I’ve found plenty of Van Gogh, but unfortunately not “Starry Night” (my favorite). Where did you find it?** [http://www.hottub.net/wallpaper/](http://www.hottub.net/wallpaper/). It gives you a zip file of (I think) six different Van Gogh’s that you can use. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/44 "2000-10-10T23:04:33Z")
An picture of (I believe) part of the Bahamas taken from low Earth orbit. High enough that you’re above clouds, and can’t see any land detail, but low enough that you can see the water turn a very pale blue over shallow sand banks. I think it came from [http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/](http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/) Very soothing… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/45 "2000-10-10T23:27:08Z")
I have a very fine image of the old Indian-in-the-headdress test pattern which those of us old enough to remember fondly associate with early TV. For some reason the test pattern looked really bad when I put it on my laptop, so I have a tastefully tiled image of the NBC peacock, with the desktop icons arranged around each peacock. Very classy. On the other hand, one guy here at the office has a photo of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. We encourage him not to leave his office. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/46 "2000-10-10T23:30:04Z")
The Philly skyline graces my monitor (shot from across the Schukyll with Boathouse Row in the foreground). Funny this should come up though. **Falcon, Montfort** and I discussed this very thing this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/47 "2000-10-10T23:43:16Z")
My work NT machine has a Final Fantasy VIII theme, with stills from the cinematics for wallpaper and logo. (I changed the logo and installed themes to annoy the IT drones–they still don’t know how to do that with NT.) My Sparc has an image of the Crab Nebula that RedHat thoughtfully included. My laptop has a Diablo II cinematic still (which I’d better remove before I turn it over to our admin), and my home machines have themes from Thief: The Dark Project (Garrett in front of the haunted cathedral) and Star Wars Ep. 4 (montage of Obi-Wan shots). I sense that I have once again pegged the geek-meter. I should go now. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/48 "2000-10-10T23:49:41Z")
I have Webshots set to cycle the wall paper once a day. Right now it is a picture of a covered bridge. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/49 "2000-10-10T23:53:32Z")
At the office, I have an abstract doodle thing that I made in Paintbrush. At home, it’s a small portion of the navigation chart of the St. Johns River showing the marina where we used to keep our boat. My daughter has a really neat wallpaper/screen saver with images from the Hubble telescope. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/50 "2000-10-11T00:19:50Z")
bai yun and hua mei. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/51 "2000-10-11T00:33:45Z")
At home, I have a picture of Darth Maul, from an EpI promotion poster. At work, I have the same picture, expect my boss Paul’s face is over the original and it says “Darth Paul.” Yep. I’m a geek. ---
**Author:** ![LazarusLong42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazarusLong42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LazarusLong42)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/52 "2000-10-11T02:04:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tally-Ho \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Simetra \* > > [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’ll have to second that one. My desktop is currently “Oasis” from digitalblasphemy. I love CG stuff and the guy who created that site is a real artist with it. \*\* A third to that motion, and a note that I’m currently using “Pyre.” Ryan Bliss’ art is _fantastic_ LL ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/53 "2000-10-11T02:23:38Z")
I have a collage of pictures of Ricky Martin. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/54 "2000-10-11T02:36:03Z")
I have a portrait-style picture of the Gumbys from MPFC. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/55 "2000-10-11T02:37:07Z")
**sailor** was kind enough to create for me a collage of the “Fred and Ginger” in Czechoslovakia. As the hockey season has begun, however, I’ve switched it over to Minnesota Wild wallpaper 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/56 "2000-10-11T02:38:09Z")
That should have been “Fred and Ginger” BUILDING. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/57 "2000-10-11T03:12:06Z")
\ I have one of Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson. (the lesbian couple on Buffy.) Drool… ---
**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/58 "2000-10-11T03:28:17Z")
Mine is currently [the one on the left](http://daily.webshots.com/content/dailyphoto/archives/20001001.html). It’s another [webshots](http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html) pic, by the way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/59 "2000-10-11T04:27:59Z")
My current background is also the previously mentioned TV test pattern with the Indian wearing his headdress. Previous to that, a Hubble picture of a beautiful spiral galaxy, NGC 4414. When I get tired of the test pattern, waiting in the wings is a picture of the Horsehead Nebula I found through the Astronomy Picture of the Day. That Monet Parliament is sure tempting, though. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442/60 "2000-10-11T04:37:44Z")
For this who like CG, a good site to browse is [http://www.irtc.org/](http://www.irtc.org/). I’ve got a few from there, and an assortment of others. I use a program called Autowall that changes wallpaper whenever you start up. The latest version is at [http://www.zybermania.dk/index.html](http://www.zybermania.dk/index.html), and the original (much smaller) version that I use is at [http://www.winsite.com/info/pc/win3/desktop/autowall.zip/](http://www.winsite.com/info/pc/win3/desktop/autowall.zip/). Just point it at a directory full of bitmaps the first time you run it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-desktop-background/36442.md?page=4)