{"id":13403,"date":"2012-09-13T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=13403"},"modified":"2012-09-13T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:00:35","slug":"best-geek-friendly-wallpaper-for-your-computer-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/best-geek-friendly-wallpaper-for-your-computer-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Geek-Friendly Wallpaper for your Computer Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13404\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.41.30-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.41.30-PM-249x300.png?resize=249%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-12 at 8.41.30 PM\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13404\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fusion Wallpaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>There comes a time in each person\u2019s life when it is time to change the wallpaper. And the drapes, but we\u2019ll focus on wallpaper here. And by wallpaper I mean the picture on your computer screen that is normally covered by icons and open windows. I came across a few neat individual wallpapers, as well as some good sources, and thought you\u2019d like to see them. Since these wallpapers are from sites run by the artists who designed the wallpapers, it is appropriate that you go to those sites to get them, so here I\u2019ll just show a few thumbnails but mainly talk about topics and themes. You\u2019ll need to click through to see the true quality of these pictures, and to obtain them.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these are science or nature themes or themes that would be of interest to geeky people like you, and thus the first one I&#8217;d like to mention is YourFather (see photo).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepaperwall.com\/wallpaper.php?view=033e6dde590ddad4721352b1c61c15bf3f6fff4b&amp;fol=humor\">YourFather Wallpaper is available here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How-To Geek has a number of sets of wallpapers that caught my eye, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ocean Waves (totally tubular) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/114908\/desktop-fun-ocean-waves-wallpaper-collection-bonus-size\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rain Forests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/64869\/desktop-fun-rainforests-wallpaper-collection\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>World Maps, including some historical ones, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/68258\/desktop-fun-world-maps-wallpaper-collection-bonus-edition\/\">here<\/a>\/<\/li>\n<li>Ancient Mayan Ruins <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/67362\/desktop-fun-ancient-mayan-and-incan-ruins-wallpaper-collection\/\">here<\/a>\/<\/li>\n<li>Auroras <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/104248\/desktop-fun-auroras-wallpaper-collection\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Coral Reefs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/howto\/35229\/desktop-fun-life-in-the-coral-reefs-wallpaper-collection\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_13405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13405\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.56.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.56.33-PM-300x279.png?resize=300%2C279\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-12 at 8.56.33 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13405\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steampunk Sci Fi<\/figcaption><\/figure>Two great sources of wallpapers generally, including lost of science and nature stuff, are National Geographic (such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/photography.nationalgeographic.com\/photography\/photos\/best-wallpapers-2011\/\">2011 best of collection<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/photography.nationalgeographic.com\/photography\/wallpapers\/science-space\/\">the space and science collection<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/wallpapers\/pool\/\">Flickr<\/a>. National Geographic has mostly nature and science themed, while for Flickr you\u2019ll need to select the right search terms. If you enter words like \u201cspace\u201d and \u201cscience\u201d you get mostly institutions and buildings related to these topics, which at first seems kind of lame, but then you think, \u201chey, this is obscure and will thus be very geekily impressive under the right conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The geekiest wallpaper on the internet might be <a href=\"http:\/\/wall.alphacoders.com\/big.php?i=249342\">here at alphacoders<\/a>. You may not even be able to stand it.<\/p>\n<p>Google Image is your friend. Search terms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=best+steampunk+wallpaper&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;prmd=imvnsa&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=RzdRULyWEumXyAHC6ICoCw&amp;ved=0CCAQsAQ&amp;biw=1352&amp;bih=868&amp;sei=TDdRUIqbO-bxygH0nICQAQ\">\u201cbest steampunk wallpaper\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=best+steampunk+wallpaper&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;prmd=imvnsa&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=RzdRULyWEumXyAHC6ICoCw&amp;ved=0CCAQsAQ&amp;biw=1352&amp;bih=868&amp;sei=TDdRUIqbO-bxygH0nICQAQ#hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=best+laboratory+glassware+wallpaper&amp;oq=best+laboratory+glassware+wallpaper&amp;gs_l=img.3...9998.11539.2.11685.10.10.0.0.0.1.99.750.10.10.0...0.0...1c.1.OSBoIkJwfOo&amp;pbx=1&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&amp;fp=f2c2e13ffca88ea9&amp;biw=1352&amp;bih=868\">\u201cbest laboratory glassware wallpaper\u201d<\/a> will produce results.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_13406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13406\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.55.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/files\/2012\/09\/Screen-Shot-2012-09-12-at-8.55.49-PM-300x280.png?resize=300%2C280\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-09-12 at 8.55.49 PM\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13406\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This thing from NASA is apparently real. <\/figcaption><\/figure>And speaking of Steampunk, check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/howto\/14007\/desktop-fun-steampunk-theme-wallpapers\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topdesignmag.com\/30-awesome-steampunk-wallpapers\/\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/godsofart.com\/steampunk-wallpaper-collection\">here<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/spaceimages\/searchwp.php?category=featured\">NASA has wallpaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There comes a time in each person\u2019s life when it is time to change the wallpaper. And the drapes, but we\u2019ll focus on wallpaper here. And by wallpaper I mean the picture on your computer screen that is normally covered by icons and open windows. I came across a few neat individual wallpapers, as well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/best-geek-friendly-wallpaper-for-your-computer-desktop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best Geek-Friendly Wallpaper for your Computer Desktop<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4082,1246,3501,5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-3ub","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}