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What's Your Computer Wallpaper?

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Comment Diversions | Comments (162)

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Last night, I asked in our comment diversion, what movie posters you had on your wall. In that diversion, myysharona (formerly Sharon) suggested we cover computer wallpaper — our desktop backgrounds. I liked the idea — we all have computers, otherwise we wouldn’t be here. Also, we like talking about ourselves.

As for me, well: I used to have pretty cool wallpapers, I guess. Most of it, I suspect, was David Letterman related. But, once you become a parent, you’re kind of morally obligated to use images of your children. I’m one of those lame people now. Not that anyone actually sees my computer — I work from home and, besides, there’s always a browser window open. He’s a cute goddamn kid, though.

But what are the cool kids using as desktop backgrounds? Feel free to hyperlink to images. And maybe someone graphically inclined could come up with some cool Pajiba wallpaper?







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Comments

My wallpapers mostly consist of naked, tattooed ladies -- usually Suicide Girls.

What can I say? They shiver me timber.

Posted by: Yay! It's Cap'n SausageFingers! at July 30, 2009 9:07 PM

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 30, 2009 9:07 PM

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at July 30, 2009 9:08 PM

Sweet! Let's see, I cycle through a few, but I'm fairly loyal to stuff from Digital Blasphemy. Can't help it, found that site like 12 years ago and stay addicted.
Right now I have This one.

For the longest time, I had This one by Ferenc J. Haraszti. I'm quite fond of both.



Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at July 30, 2009 9:10 PM

I like that, Jeremy.

For years, I've had pics of hot guys (usually actors or musicians) as my wallpaper. Now, I have a real cutie on here - it's a pic of my fiance holding my cat, Rilo Kitty.

I'm a sap.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 30, 2009 9:12 PM

The Claddagh in Galway, Ireland. I spend a semester there in college and STILL miss it like crazy.

Posted by: Rachel at July 30, 2009 9:12 PM

Your Mom.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 9:17 PM

Nothing, I always pick a generic background.

I hope I can give an interesting answer on the next one of these.

Posted by: George at July 30, 2009 9:22 PM

used to have a really cool background that showed a delta owned Boeing 747.
but now it's replaced with my new hot sexy girlfriend.

Posted by: Utah Dynamo at July 30, 2009 9:24 PM

MelBivDevoe: Rilo Kitty? BEST. CAT NAME. EVER.

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at July 30, 2009 9:25 PM

I usually don't think too much about my desk top background, but when I was studying abroad in Prague, I missed the city so much that I put up a photo that I took about 4 years ago of the old washington square park. I took the image in the middle of the summer using a disposable camera, so it has that kinda quality where you can see the sun rays at the edges of the picture. It's pretty cool, and I didn't take it down when I got back, because by then the park was all ugly and under construction.

Posted by: dene at July 30, 2009 9:27 PM

Posted by: SaBrina at July 30, 2009 9:29 PM

I found a really beautiful hi-res photo of the Serenity in orbit.

Gorgeous!

That's at work, at home I usually have a photo of the Vegas skyline.

-Ralphie

Posted by: ralphie at July 30, 2009 9:34 PM

Hee. Gracias, Jeremy.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 30, 2009 9:35 PM

Booooring. Mine is a total awesome pic of the wee-bibli being a total shit.

Posted by: bibliophile at July 30, 2009 9:37 PM

Re: kiddie desktops: an old coworker had a picture of his son with his mouth gaping open, with chewed up, disgusting food all over his face. Every time I passed his computer I wanted to vomit. What the freak is wrong with people.

Posted by: SaBrina at July 30, 2009 9:38 PM

Er, the Mac lightening storm. Very exciting!

Posted by: Cindy at July 30, 2009 9:38 PM

My wallpaper since December of last year is a picture I took of the mountain range on the road between Queenstown and Glenorchy in New Zealand.

It's actually this view, just from a slightly different lookout point.

The sort of place so beautiful it just makes my heart ache. My first actual trip to somewhere really far away.

Posted by: twig at July 30, 2009 9:40 PM

A picture of a tidal pool I took myself. Before that it was my kids. I decided to throw moral obligations to the wind and replace them with salt water and rocks.

Posted by: Eyvi at July 30, 2009 9:40 PM

My race car. Next to my monitor is the picture that was visible during Manda's memorial service.

Posted by: ahamos at July 30, 2009 9:41 PM

I'm assuming you mean that literally, bibliophile, which reinforces my "parents are effed up" theory.

Unless you're German. That could also explain things.

Posted by: SaBrina at July 30, 2009 9:42 PM

An cross-section x-ray of my skull from when I was in a bike accident.

Just kidding - it's picture of Condouche with a suction-cup dildo on his forehead.

Posted by: Skitz at July 30, 2009 9:42 PM

A calming blue swiwly thingy. I would change it, but then I look at it and my insides feel all cool and gooey.

That might not be a good thing, now that I think about it...

Posted by: Vermillion at July 30, 2009 9:46 PM

Mine is a picture I took one morning on my way to work. It's here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2086/3540050653_c4ebeedf84_b.jpg

Posted by: lizzieborden at July 30, 2009 9:51 PM

Paz y Amor, a photo I shot in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, while there with a documentary film crew from Germany.

Posted by: krza at July 30, 2009 9:56 PM

Right now, mine is a picture of a tree with a multi-colored sweater, and it's weird and awesome.

In the past, I've picked up assorted wallpapers from Steampunk Wallpaper, and I've had a few NaNoWriMo encouragement wallpapers, and one I really liked of a baby dragon perched in a tyrannosaurus skull. It changes pretty frequently, usually every couple of weeks.

The one that I have at work at the moment, though, is of my kitten, and I've been keeping it because it's an awesome picture: see?

Posted by: Tyburn Blossom at July 30, 2009 10:06 PM

I have a picture I took of Killarney National Park in Ireland. It's basically got everything a picture of Ireland needs; mountains, water, ominous clouds, and scraggly looking vegetation. It's entirely different from my current surroundings, which is kind of fun.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=34839655&l=7b2ba4b328&id=10604593

Posted by: Genny (actually Rusty now) at July 30, 2009 10:11 PM

Right now my wallpaper is a sepia picture of my boyfriend and I's hands holding each other. Obnoxiously cute, but I don't care.

Posted by: Toph at July 30, 2009 10:14 PM

Mine change a lot. The home desktop (actually, that one never changes) has a Buffy theme I downloaded long long ago, though it's usually signed on pseudo-Mr. vB's side, and he's got a picture of a sun flare from APOD. My work desktop currently has an APOD pic as well (I just changed it yesterday, actually), it's the Milky Way over Devil's Mountain. It alternates between stars, hot mens, and cute animals. My laptop currently has the standard pre-loaded "star trails" background, but also alternates between hot mens, cute animals, stars, and my nieces and nephew. And this guy.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at July 30, 2009 10:16 PM

Godtopus. For life.

*throws up gang sign*

Posted by: admin at July 30, 2009 10:19 PM

Oh, Lizzie, I love that one!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at July 30, 2009 10:20 PM

I love winter and I miss it a lot during the summer, so I googled "winter scenes", or something like that, and found a pretty beautiful image taken by someone of a snowy park scene.

Here it is!

Posted by: Brian at July 30, 2009 10:24 PM

Mine are always pictures I have taken (though once it was a picture my brother took). Right now it's one I took in China a few years ago of a Shaolin monk. It is bad.ass.

Posted by: Pistachio at July 30, 2009 10:25 PM

Mount Redoubt blowing it's top in the early nineties. It looks like the end of the world and just down the road. http://www.mountsthelens.com/images/MountRedoubtEruption.jpg

Posted by: Jennifer at July 30, 2009 10:25 PM

...Whoops, I forgot to add my parentheses to my link!

Here it is!

Posted by: Brian at July 30, 2009 10:26 PM

Denver Broncos logo. Yeah, I know. I don't belong here. *sigh*

Posted by: neurotica at July 30, 2009 10:27 PM

Sooooo, Deistbrawler , maybe it's the couple whiskeys I've had, but, stop me if I am wrong, are you trying to seduce me with your posts??? I mean in every thread there's something that I find attractive.

Might just show up on your doorstep in GA (?) right? Yeah, I just might.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 10:27 PM

Just my kids in their football helmets glaring at each other. You maybe able to see them on my wife's Facebook, Cathy McElmeel. Do not know how Facebook works, since I do not do it...I spend enough time here.

Posted by: richmac at July 30, 2009 10:30 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201090/Everest-revealed-British-balloonists-breathtaking-panoramic-shot-worlds-highest-peaks.html

I've been on an India kick since my trip there earlier this summer. It usually rotates between some of the photos I took over there.

Posted by: schrome at July 30, 2009 10:30 PM

Pedobear. He's a bear that stalks underage girls on the internet.


I have a hard time explaining that one in a way that makes other people want to talk to me again.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at July 30, 2009 10:32 PM

Mine is a vacation photo. A few years back my wife (then just my fiance), a friend of ours, and I went to visit another friend out in Virginia. The wallpaper is a photo of the four of us in front of the White House.

Posted by: Bistro at July 30, 2009 10:37 PM

ashes,
Maybe! By the way, there is nothing wrong with whiskey. Even cheap whiskey. Whiskey runs in my blood.

P.S. I want to see your tat's.

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 30, 2009 10:38 PM

These are all beautiful! I guess I'm one of THOSE parents because I have the wee pug standing in our new-ish yard this past spring with a rainbow behind him. I'm probably going to switch it out here soon with one of him and our real pugs in front of the summer flowers.

Posted by: idgiepug at July 30, 2009 10:39 PM

Pedobear? As in the one that was stalking Miss Miley??

Fuck it, I completly understand. However, I think his intentions are misread.

Pedobear simply wanted to rid the world of fucking skitzo tweeners (Hannah Montana/Miley how the fuck does that work??) that write fluff autobiographies (there's 16 whole years of drama there damnit!) and save the world from the whole Jonas/Miley/Disney world takeover.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 10:39 PM

I have artwork from The Decemberists' Crane Wife album. Not the cover art or anything, but it's a wallpaper that was available on their website. It's gorgeous; I get many compliments on it....

I own many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Posted by: ChristianH at July 30, 2009 10:42 PM

I rotate, but my favorite is a fan-art of Spike and Jet from Cowboy Bebop, dressed as Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo from Fear & Loathing . . .

They are running away from a swarm of drug bats. It is mostly awesome.

fingers crossed for My First Hyperlink

Posted by: Lauren at July 30, 2009 10:42 PM

At home I have picture of my mom, sister and I on vacation last year. It's in front of my great-aunt's house on Chappaquiddick looking over the bay.

At work right now it's this Tamara de Lempicka picture.

Posted by: Jeni at July 30, 2009 10:43 PM

Deistbrawler, well I drink anything, esp. if it's whiskey however, the whiskey wasn't worth the $35 asking price.

And you can check out one of my tattoos (backpiece) by going to the local magazine distributor of your choice and picking up a copy of the Sept. issue of Tattoo magazine. It's not one of the features, mind you but yeah I'm in there.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 10:47 PM

Posted by: frumpiefox at July 30, 2009 10:47 PM

The sun rising over Mars. Can you be a nerd-groupie for Mars? What's the protocol for going down on an entire planet?

Posted by: paeris at July 30, 2009 10:48 PM

When I met Trent Reznor and company this summer...

Nine Inch Nails

I'm the one with the shorts on. HA!

Posted by: Colin at July 30, 2009 10:50 PM

From badpaintingsofbarackobama.com, which is more entertaining than it has any right to be, I have sparkly Obama in water with unicorn and roses.

Posted by: jamelah at July 30, 2009 10:54 PM

Dear Colin,

I hate you.

Sincerely,
Insane NIN fan.

Posted by: Melody at July 30, 2009 10:55 PM

Thought I'd add a link for mine, even if it's just a lame vacation photo.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28005&id=528311651#/photo.php?pid=630240&id=528311651

My photographic Pajiba coming out! Eep? I'm the male with hair.

Posted by: Bistro at July 30, 2009 10:59 PM

Currently, random landscape shots I've taken of places I've been.

However, if it's a crap day, it's this photo from icanhascheezburger. SHUT UP. http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/06/29/funny-pictures-care-who-knew-it/

Posted by: Melody at July 30, 2009 11:00 PM

I don't take cool enough pictures myself to use as a background so I usually just have pictures from movies for my desktop. Right now it's from That Thing You Do! because it makes me happy.

Posted by: kelsy at July 30, 2009 11:00 PM

Up until my hard drive died last week, it was a picture of Heidi Montag that I stole from Webster's. It's from when she was on that atrocious I'm a Celebrity, But Not Really, So I Need More Attention, Get Me Out of Here show, and she looked absolutely miserable. It was beautiful, because every time I turned on my computer, I was greeted to an ugly, crying Heidi Montag. It brought a smile to my face no matter what.

Now that I have a new hard drive it's a picture of a cat sitting on a synth in space.

Posted by: Disgruntled Pedestrian at July 30, 2009 11:04 PM

At work: a picture of my niece at 6 months (she is now 2) strapped into a car seat, wearing over sized sunglasses.

At home: Debbie Harry in a hoodie in front of CBGB that I found on the internet a while back.

Posted by: Brian at July 30, 2009 11:04 PM

ashes,
You mean the one that doesn't come out until August 11th? Can you give me a hint? What should I be looking for?

And by the way, that is totally not fair. I haven't even met you and you're going to make me pay to see you. Shame on you.

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 30, 2009 11:07 PM

Make that the Oct. issue Deist

Yeah I'm drunk, what of it??

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 11:07 PM

At work i vary between the zombie alert system, A worth1000 photoshop of Mt. Rushmore with Kiss, and pictures of drive ins. There are days I think more about wallpaper than work. It may indeed be time for a new job.

Posted by: Mrcreosote at July 30, 2009 11:08 PM

I used to have a rotating series of my kids pictures, but now my big brother employer mandates a standard company wallpaper.

Posted by: ed newman at July 30, 2009 11:10 PM

Every couple months I rotate to a new Mark Ryden painting. I like the feel of them.

Posted by: Barabajagalla at July 30, 2009 11:11 PM

Darth Vader reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Cuz I have no aspirations of ever getting laid.

Posted by: Avery at July 30, 2009 11:12 PM

Yes I am talking about the one that comes out on Aug. 11th.

Technically I would like if I could send a link but ya know, that would lead to multiple Pajibans being able to access my facebook/whatever I linked to, and I kind of like my anonymity here.

Not like any of my friends/acquiantances are cool enough to even know about Pajiba, but still.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 11:14 PM

The Mighty Boosh, peering out at me from the jungle.

Posted by: thenaysayer at July 30, 2009 11:17 PM

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 11:14 PM

You could always go the old school route.
deistbrawler@yahoo.com

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 30, 2009 11:20 PM

Apple Aqua Blue. What? It's soothing! I get all cluttered with my 10 billion documents saved to the desktop when I have anything else.

Posted by: HB at July 30, 2009 11:20 PM

This:
http://www.deproductive.com/hungry.png

It's a panel from a Spider-Man comic, and it's against a black background.

Posted by: Lucas at July 30, 2009 11:22 PM

Ha, silly, silly me.

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 11:23 PM

Mine is a Natalie Dee comic from a few weeks ago. It's a daisy smiling and saying, "Yay! Another day of the same old bullshit!" Here's a link: http://www.nataliedee.com/070409/yay-shits-predictable.jpg

Posted by: AMT at July 30, 2009 11:24 PM

Well, hey...I wasn't succcesful at meeting someone local here, so more power to you kids!

Posted by: Jay at July 30, 2009 11:25 PM

Darth Vader reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

That sounds awesome, if you ask me.

And Melody, that icanhaz picture is one of my favorites.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at July 30, 2009 11:28 PM

Currently sporting the property map for the Encore hotel in Las Vegas. I leave in 9 days.

Posted by: slower lower at July 30, 2009 11:31 PM

I have sparkly Obama in water with unicorn and roses.
Posted by: jamelah at July 30, 2009 10:54 PM

That is just.....not right. Not right at all.

Posted by: Jeni at July 30, 2009 11:31 PM

I went the facebook route Deist you have one right? Otherwise I just messaged the wrong Deistbrawler, like,, maybe if there were two?

Posted by: ashes at July 30, 2009 11:33 PM

3D ultrasound pic of a baby sticking his tongue out. It makes me smile.

Posted by: jlo at July 30, 2009 11:34 PM

Holy shit, Lauren.

Bebop + Fear and Loathing = win

Posted by: twig at July 30, 2009 11:46 PM

ashes:
I thought that Pedobear had better taste than that. I just thought he was into little girls in general. I may have to take him off my desktop now.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at July 30, 2009 11:46 PM

Hubble pic of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

Posted by: Nate at July 30, 2009 11:46 PM

Facebook?

That would be me...I don't see a message.
Should there be another deistsomethingorother I will hunt them down and kill them.

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 30, 2009 11:52 PM

Garbage Pail Kids.

Always and forever.

Posted by: superasente at July 30, 2009 11:53 PM

Mine is just a blank black desktop. I feel kinda lame.

Posted by: StepDown at July 31, 2009 12:01 AM

ashes

Well....ummmm.....damn? Is that even an accurate word? I have no idea. But I'll take it. Damn...just damn...

Or how about holy fucking hell?

Yeah, I'll go with that one.

Posted by: Deistbrawler at July 31, 2009 12:02 AM

A sunset picture of Lake Winnipeg that I took myself in the Whiteshell Park.

Posted by: Agente Provocatrice at July 31, 2009 12:02 AM

Mine is a picture of Cary Grant looking through the lens of a camera with New York in the background (which I can't seem to find online right now).

I had my laptop with me at school one day, and one of my students asked me if that was my husband. Sigh, if only.

Posted by: Mandy at July 31, 2009 12:11 AM

A photo of a bridge, sidewalk, and church in Dean Village in Edinburgh on a foggy early morning or early evening. Can't remember. I had some very...wonderful times on the banks of the Leith, the river that flowed under that bridge, quite near where the photo was taken.

Posted by: ami at July 31, 2009 12:12 AM

how does this go... long time reader, first time commenter?
Danae by Klimt
i'm a chick with a nudie chick on my desktop... but it's art, right?

Posted by: rrrka at July 31, 2009 12:13 AM

I have http://www.mytherapy.com/discussion/scaled%5CWUNIMFRXAKEJVJBNFTOLRIHBQCMNMEPD.JPG on my laptop, and on my desktop is Neil Patrick Harris riding a unicorn.

Posted by: Cuno at July 31, 2009 12:19 AM

It's usually randomized pictures of pretty pretty mens, but tonight it's something funny I got in the mail. This made me giggle. The Spanish and Chinese make perfect sense, but the English...I mean, if the answer is yes to that one, I probably couldn't read the question, right?

Posted by: elisamaza at July 31, 2009 12:19 AM

Me, wifey and newborn minutes after the birth

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at July 31, 2009 12:20 AM

it changes about once a week, whenever a fancy passes, but right now:

http://thatotherpaper.com/files/cover_hero.jpg

simple domino mask, but i *heart* the font. and the story.

Posted by: gp at July 31, 2009 12:21 AM

Posted by: Sara at July 31, 2009 12:49 AM

Way back in the day it was a fan collage of photos of the singer Kate Bush.

These days I'm with elizamasa - randomized pictures of pretty pretty mens - except for me it's girls. When I'm expecting judgmental work-like company it's randomized space-porn.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at July 31, 2009 1:04 AM

Is it awful that I don't have my daughter's picture up on my laptop? Probably so... but she kept wanting me to change it all the time, so I put my bare foot down.

Hence the Inglourious Basterds international poster that is now my wallpaper.

Before that, I used a Wanted poster for nearly a year. Kinda pathetic, really.

Posted by: agent bedhead at July 31, 2009 1:04 AM

My dog as a puppy, tiny adorable ball of fluff. Now he's a giant retarded ball of fluff whose favorite activity is humping me awake after dropping his food bowl on my head fails to rouse me. Asshole dog.

But he's sooooooooo cute.

Posted by: Braski at July 31, 2009 1:18 AM

Nice to see there's a few people around here who appreciate a good font.

Periodic Table of Typefaces

Posted by: Poultice at July 31, 2009 1:25 AM

A periodic table of fonts.

I'm a design nerd.

Posted by: commanderfunky at July 31, 2009 1:26 AM

Pajiba's esteemed design nerds might also appreciate the reconstructed glyphs of the infamous CARET drone.

Posted by: Poulti at July 31, 2009 1:38 AM

I tend to be seasonal/holiday driven with my wallpaper choices...right now it is a close-up shot of a fruity, frozen pink drink, garnished with a pineapple wedge and pink orchid. It makes me think of vacation and makes the hours spent in front of this screen a little more bearable.

Posted by: The Pink Hulk at July 31, 2009 1:39 AM

Avery - you may be setting your sights too low. Based solely on your choice of background, I'd TOTALLY do you. And I'm hot.

My background changes every 5 minutes (suck on that!), but it's mostly just pretentious artsy pictures I've taken at various beaches or campsites. There are a few stunning men mixed in, though, just for kicks. Those are mostly like this.

Posted by: esme at July 31, 2009 2:01 AM

this phenomenal image to inspire me everytime i see the desktop http://dudeism.com/Images/manifesto-images/walter-lenin.jpg

Posted by: Joe at July 31, 2009 2:09 AM

Oh Jim Doggie, I actually have the entire Pedo family on my laptrap - observe:

http://assets.knowyourmeme.com/i/1562/original/Pedo_and_Friends.png?1240903553

Posted by: jasper at July 31, 2009 2:10 AM

I got a few of the images in this album published (one in a day-planner and calendar set put out by the parent company of the PR agency my sister works for, who sent out a call for amateur submissions, and a few in local photo studio magazines) so I use them in rotation on my desktop.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2212711&id=21000452&l=0e44e5fb36

Also, I've been a cricket fan all my life, and recently a whole slew of my favourite players have retired from the game. So I've been using photos taken of them during their last matches in alternation with the tree and mountain shots, like these:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73839719@N00/2097859480/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37703870@N07/3490984290/

Posted by: lareigna at July 31, 2009 2:13 AM

Forever it was the picture of the zombie in the sweater vest...

Best EVER!

Posted by: general rhubarb at July 31, 2009 2:15 AM

Desktop: A picture of the autumn woods near Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, taken while on vacation in 2006.

Laptop: Two blonde women, naked save for body paint patterns of white with black blotches, on all fours and nuzzling an old-fashioned metal milk can.

Office: Generic tropical island scene, sailboat in the background.

Posted by: The Wanderer at July 31, 2009 2:23 AM

Oh, the other reason I use pictures from that Facebook album? It has a bunch of lovely shots of my parents - they were on vacation, so they're all relaxed and smiley and totally adorable. Love my 'rents.

See? Adorable.

Posted by: lareigna at July 31, 2009 2:35 AM

I sometimes cycle through photos I've taken on trips, but the standards are pictures with fall leaves or snow because I miss those seasons so much. (I live in southern India and the seasons here are hot, hotter, and hottest.)

Posted by: taylor at July 31, 2009 2:39 AM

I go through a bunch, usually type related stuff, but right now it's this one:

http://www.pokedstudio.com/murdered-fruit-wallpaper.htm

Posted by: jM at July 31, 2009 3:03 AM

Posted by: whatBENwatches at July 31, 2009 3:34 AM

Dammit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/altus/3680535383/ Whatever, you and your fancy HTML.

Posted by: whatBENwatches at July 31, 2009 3:35 AM

The LHC. I wish those scientists would stop dicking around and destroy the planet already

Posted by: A. Biro at July 31, 2009 4:11 AM

A phone camera picture of New York, taken from a plane by a friend of mine as he was leaving it. He borrowed my laptop once and decided I needed a cool wallpaper, and I kept it on the grounds that I would really, really love to visit NY someday.

My home computer's wallpaper varies between the Munster Rugby team and Bruce Springsteen, depending on who my mam's more in love with in a given week.

Posted by: Shay at July 31, 2009 5:03 AM

Dead sexy high-rez picture of male model Lucas Mascarini with a daisy in his mouth, in black and white. MMMM.

Posted by: teacupnosaucer at July 31, 2009 5:08 AM

It's Randal and Elias from Clerks II when Randal is phoning up about the Donkey Show.

Posted by: Mellymoo at July 31, 2009 5:59 AM

Since I didn't want to get arrested for having the pic of Genny as Elastigirl on my desktop, for the last couple years it's been this:

http://paulhartrick.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/tornado-lightning.jpg

It's a tornado right next to a lightning strike. I can't stand bright screens, so this is a great one to have. My old boss asked me what it was one time and I said it was an old CAT scan I had done a couple years ago. I don't know if they got the joke.

Posted by: Rubble44 at July 31, 2009 6:07 AM

A dancing ninja mecha space robot made of LEGO with a Spongebob's Sandy head. Can't get enough of it...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38509565@N00/2725115038/

Posted by: mo at July 31, 2009 6:17 AM

I usually go with whatever DeviantArt throws at me. The current one is so pretty and whimsical. Have it at home, work and cellphone.

http://ansmeer.deviantart.com/art/Wunderbar-116614148

(Not in the mood for html work)

Posted by: Miss A at July 31, 2009 6:37 AM

I tend to switch mine out every few weeks. My current one is the Tru Blood drink logo on a dark red background. Link here:

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2300000/Official-True-Blood-Wallpaper-true-blood-2351779-1280-800.jpg

I also rotate in Calvin & Hobbes, Pearls Before Swine, Serenity, and any upcoming movie posters/wallpaper I happened to be excited about. The last time that happened this summer was with Drag Me To Hell.

Posted by: TylerDFC at July 31, 2009 6:39 AM

Mine's a rather cool photo I took in a former metal mine in Labrador.

Foreground is a mixed forest, with intermingled light and dark greens; behind that, a huge hill of rusty/coppery red waste rock. The sky is an ominous, cloudy grey. It looks otherworldly and kinda cool (got it linked to my name, below).

Posted by: meaux at July 31, 2009 7:04 AM

I tend to change every now and then, but one I keep coming back to is this picture of my dog, taken about three years ago on a beach in Denmark.

Posted by: Soda at July 31, 2009 7:11 AM

AVB... that grasshopper dude is now my facebook picture. Awesomeness.

Posted by: missh at July 31, 2009 7:44 AM

Posted by: FabMax at July 31, 2009 8:18 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantasysage/3373664545/

The guts of a hard disk spanning two monitors.

Posted by: Fantasysage at July 31, 2009 8:31 AM

I purchased a Nikon D60 a couple of months ago and since then my wallpaper is whatever picture I take a fancy to. Currently it's a close up of wonderful cacti from my recent Arizona trip.

Posted by: Agent Scully at July 31, 2009 8:49 AM

Cloud standing in front of Shinra Corp.

I have all the FF7 characters saved, in case I want to switch out, but that one's my favorite.

Posted by: Todd at July 31, 2009 9:03 AM

Aw, I'm so very, very late. My wallpaper is always John Krasinski. Krasinski in a suit. Krasinski in a sweater. Krasinski in a Gap ad. Krasinski from a magazine. Krasinski from a movie premiere. Krasinski. And now his name looks weird because I typed it so much.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits (aka Dangle McGee) at July 31, 2009 9:04 AM

yikes, late.
big beatles fan, love this photo.
http://www.stevey.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/top-down-beatles.jpg

Posted by: samma at July 31, 2009 9:24 AM

The Care-O-Meter! solidly pegged in the pre-zero zone.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/tmmtohru/GIF/care-o-meter.gif

Posted by: tyzerman at July 31, 2009 9:36 AM

Okay, I am a lame parent and my wallpaper is my baby girl's picture.. but come on, look at her! How could she not be? http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=2723286&id=654798899

Posted by: legib at July 31, 2009 9:38 AM

Okay, not sure if that worked and I don't know how to attach a picture for you guys to see. But believe me, she's a cutie!

Posted by: legib at July 31, 2009 9:43 AM

I wish I had a picture of me punching a dolphin. Then people would know that I'm serious when I tell them that I would kill them for a Double-Double. I mean it. I would kill you if it meant that a Double-Double would end up in my mouth.

FUCK I miss In 'N Out!!!

Posted by: Kballs at July 31, 2009 9:46 AM

The sun rising over Mars. Can you be a nerd-groupie for Mars? What's the protocol for going down on an entire planet?

Posted by: paeris at July 30, 2009 10:48 PM


mwahahahahaha!

Attention, replacement for Figgy, this is a damn fine comment.

Posted by: "Luker" the barbarian at July 31, 2009 10:00 AM

Posted by: legib at July 31, 2009 10:08 AM

At home I have My Little Edward Scissorhands Pony. At work I have My Little Alien.

Posted by: Nique at July 31, 2009 10:18 AM

I have the cover of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that says "Don't Panic" in large friendly letters. It makes me happy.

Posted by: androstarr at July 31, 2009 10:21 AM

My home laptop has a picture of myself. LOL Is that vain? Whatever.
It's the picture the dealer took the day I bought my car. I'm standing in front of it grinning from ear to ear.
My work laptop has a sunset/tree picture that is supposedly local. It's one I found online.

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at July 31, 2009 10:31 AM

Posted by: missh at July 31, 2009 7:44 AM

Isn't he awesome?! (He's actually a praying mantis, by the way. They are super cool.)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at July 31, 2009 10:57 AM

My wallpaper is currently adorned with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in an embrace, dancing in the film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife. Usually it's something more interesting, but damnit, that book is just a chocolate cake of a novel and it deserves my recognition.

Posted by: Kamikaze Feminist at July 31, 2009 11:03 AM

Posted by: Sofía at July 31, 2009 11:03 AM

Is there really any other wallpaper?

http://frillr.com/files/images/Esquire%20March%202007.jpg

Posted by: Sapphiar at July 31, 2009 11:33 AM

I was going to comment on how my wallpaper is Supernatural-related because of the incredible hotness factor, when before I was transferred back to the original page from my reader, a random girl in a french maid's costume interrupted. "Come," said she,"come eat at the Hardee's. Guaranteed heart attack with every meal and you'll think of me as you die." Which, while I appreciate her come hither attitude, a girl's gotta make some bank, even if it does result in painful and agonizing death, I replied, "No, thank you, ma'am. I had redneck cousins that worked at a Hardee's, and frankly, it wouldn't have surprised me if they bathed/banged in all the sinks before the days of intarweb."

Posted by: Captain Steve at July 31, 2009 11:47 AM

my background is jesus riding falkor. basically because i need a little inspiration before and after looking at porn.

Posted by: brian at July 31, 2009 11:48 AM

A Nuggets insignia. Because I have an unhealthy love for them. And if you don't, I hope rabid animals take turns raping your mouth.

Posted by: teo at July 31, 2009 12:32 PM

Um, nothing!
I have the basic Windows blue background at work - it used to be a photo of Bridal Veil Falls, but I got bored with that and never bothered putting anything else up. I always have something open in front of it, anyway, so why bother?

And at home, basic Mac green background. This is because my old iMac is so damn slow that with any background photo, everything runs like an arthritic tortoise! Even without, I get spinning beachball of death all the time. Anyone know how to speed up a G4? (Yes, I've deleted a shit-ton of stuff, unused languages, etc, and I use Mac Janitor).

But before it got too slow, I used to have various pictures of pretty pretty men up there - sometimes they even had clothes on. And the occasional baby pic, when a relative hatched a new progeny. Yes, I'm boring!

Posted by: Tarn at July 31, 2009 12:48 PM

A picture I took of the Doge's palace and the Grand Canal in Venice on our honeymoon. We were on the water bus. Good times.

Posted by: leuce7 at July 31, 2009 1:34 PM

Mine is from the Mad Men yourself(http://www.pajiba.com/comment_diversions/whats-your-desktop-background.php) scene in the bar.

My martini is chilled, my boobs are pointy and Don Draper is about to take me to my single gal apartment and have his way with me.

Posted by: Debbye at July 31, 2009 4:42 PM

Posted by: Debbye at July 31, 2009 4:53 PM

I just figured out how to make collages in Picasa, so I currently have a comparison between the Governor's palaces in San Antonio and Colonial Williamsburg.
It makes my nerdy heart happy

Yesterday I found this on the grad student lounge computer.

Posted by: Empress of All the Russias at July 31, 2009 4:55 PM

Captain Steve, you are my newest hero.

Posted by: frumpiefox at July 31, 2009 5:35 PM

It used to be Christina Hendricks, but now it's a Radiohead circa Kid A/Amnesiac mashup made of some of their unreleased artwork.

Interestingly, my first try at that sentence had "nut now" immediately following Christina Hendricks' name.

Posted by: Benny at July 31, 2009 7:02 PM

a kitten being licked in the face by a great dane. it's fucking adorable.

Posted by: buttercup at July 31, 2009 7:20 PM

2 dogs. One is a big dalmatian looking down on a little Chihuahua. The Chihuahua is looking back up at the dalmatian. The Chihuahua says "Fuck You." The caption at the bottom says, "Never be afraid to say what you feel."

Posted by: erika at July 31, 2009 10:37 PM

Caspar David Friedrich's 'Frau vor untergehender Sonne'/' Woman before the setting sun' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_019.jpg).

It supposedly has religious undertones, but I choose to ignore them and take in the pretty picture.

Posted by: Jen at July 31, 2009 10:43 PM

Don Draper

Posted by: jaimi at July 31, 2009 10:46 PM

Posted by: io at July 31, 2009 11:15 PM

Dustin, where did you get that Stormtrooper moonwalking? I MUST HAVE IT.

Posted by: Mick J at August 1, 2009 1:44 AM

Damn, for me being a lurker and my comment being about 100 in, I was surprised so many actually went and looked at my photo. Ah, the power of Pajiba.

And if it makes me lame to say this aloud, then so be it. No shame, man! No shame!

Posted by: Sara at August 1, 2009 2:37 AM

I will be really late on this one but oh well.

Mine is a picture of the conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter that I took in my front yard.

Posted by: Julia at August 1, 2009 6:11 PM

Kballs, here in the Great White North a double-double means a cup of the national coffee, with 2 milk and 2 sugars. So, watch out for any crazed Canuck expats that are feeling deprived - it's almost a religion up here!

Posted by: lordhelmet at August 1, 2009 11:57 PM

Posted by: yeratomato at August 2, 2009 3:46 PM

On my iMac, a picture I took at our villa in Bali earlier this year of two Buddha statues flanking the pool. It is perfectly serene and peaceful and reminds me of cocktails and tropical heat.

On my MacBook, a photo my BIL took of my driving my Jeep into a big puddle of mud on my first off-road driving experience. It sums up my wild, non-feminine other side.

Posted by: eiluj at August 3, 2009 9:07 AM


















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