A good wallpaper reflects our personality? Programmers usually use the same kind of geeky wallpapers (Matrix, Star Wars, Abstract Art) and we like to impress friend and co-workers.
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I use the ones from:
http://www.digitalblasphemy.com
There are some free ones there but I subscribe to it.
BobbyShaftoe
2009-01-10 05:52:31
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I really enjoy Frank Chimero's posters. They are hardly typical and inspire people to think.
DavGarcia
2009-01-10 05:55:03
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The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Billions ... and Billions ... and Billions of galaxies.
Peter Rowell
2009-01-10 05:59:20
way too scary to have it on the desktop to remind how meaningless our entire existence probably is.
lubos hasko
2009-01-10 06:10:37
What if all of our spirits are but different aspects of a Universal Being? Then you could look at it as an awe inspiring display of the power of our collective Godhead. The choice is yours -- you can be a poorly written first draft, crumpled and thrown in the trash, or you can be The Author.
Peter Rowell
2009-01-10 15:29:54
Get a life, people! Are you actually voting this down because your world / universe view is so narrow / humorless? lubos made a comment (probably in semi-jest) and I responded with one possible view, taken from an infinite number of possible views, also in semi-jest. Lighten up! Breathe! Sheesh!
Peter Rowell
2009-01-12 04:19:35
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I like grabbing a new batch from Smashing Magazine each month. They also have other non-calendar wallpaper and often have articles that point to cool wall paper. If you use the DownloadThemAll Firefox extension, each month, you can quickly download all the ones that match your resolution with the right filter.
I use Display Fusion Pro to span and rotate them across my monitors.
Jeff Martin
2009-01-10 06:00:36
Check out the FF addin called Download them all to easily download all of the papers for the month.
Jeff Martin
2009-01-19 19:33:40
Smashing Magazine wallpapers are indeed really cool but they AREN'T geeky
victor hugo
2009-05-09 19:06:39
I've never heard of Smashing Magazine, but that's pretty f'in cool. Vote up!
Chris
2009-05-09 19:24:11
@Victor they are design geeky. its geeky to change your set up every month.
Jeff Martin
2009-05-12 19:40:27
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Cartoon, nerd, geek. Damn. I get a good chuckle every time I lay my sight on it.
ayaz
2009-01-10 06:01:11
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Fractal backgrounds! From Mandelbrot to Julia, they're always fun for backgrounds and quite pleasing.
Kris Kumler
2009-01-10 06:01:17
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No contest, the BSOD screen saver http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb897558.aspx this is especially funny when installed as a goat on somebody else's machine :)
hromanko
2009-01-10 06:05:10
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There are some good abstract ones at InterfaceLIFT.
Check this sites for Dual, Triple and Quad monitor backgrounds.
CMS
2009-01-10 06:05:36
I was ammused to note my new TV came with some wallpaper images from InterfaceLIFT. Great site.
Dickon Reed
2009-01-12 09:31:09
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Actually, most of the time, my background is plain black, because that's the sort of guy I am, but I do love the endless supply of demotivational posters, such as the series at http://dribbleglass.com/misinspired/confidence.htm. There's a whole swag of 'em on the net takin' the piss out of those useless motivational ones.
Or check out all their stuff at http://dribbleglass.com/subpages/strange/pictures.htm.
paxdiablo
2009-01-10 06:18:13
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Currently this picture of a Peacekeeper missile testing, because (a) I like blue, (b) I think the name of the missile is interesting, and (c) a general fascination with atomic weapons. (Note: I'm not fascinated with the destruction, just the science, history, and the shape and colors of explosions.) Fun fact: the Peacekeeper missile carried (up to) ten nuclear missiles, each at twenty times the power of the Hiroshima bomb. See also: a French nuclear test.
A. Rex
2009-01-11 08:10:38
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I've been using this one for some time.. Recommended to all procrastinators out there..
utku_karatas
2009-01-11 10:21:12
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I've usually got a cool picture from the NASA image of the day gallery Click! :-)
WestDiscGolf
2009-01-11 10:27:34
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DeviantArt.com wallpapers http://wallpaper.deviantart.com/
DeviantArt will be able to detect your screen size and automatically present to you wallpapers with the exact dimensions of your screen.
Flickr.com Wallpaper Pool http://www.flickr.com/groups/wallpapers/pool/
thenonhacker
2009-01-12 09:29:41
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Hi, I use pictures from www.mandolux.com, because I need pictures for a dual screen configuration with a resolution of each 1920x1080 = 3840*1080
Peter
2009-01-12 09:42:39
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Altar
2009-05-09 19:02:27
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Here's my current ones, (1440x900) side by side thanks to DisplayFusion:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1655/ferrarilaunch2009.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3126/redbullaunch2009.jpg
More Formula One here: (all 1024x768)
JCCyC
2009-06-02 14:10:48
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[link text][1]
[1]: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html/ "Astronomy Picture of the Day" Almost exclusively.
PaulG
2009-10-30 20:21:46
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The only wallpapers I use at work are photos of my family, especially my kids. Great for reminding me of what I have to look forward to when I get home, and lets me miss them just a bit less.
Tom
2009-10-30 20:27:47