October 7th, 2003

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Anti-Celebrity Wallpaper

I have been known, from time to time, to ironically set my PC’s desktop wallpaper to some cheesy fan-art. We all know these overly-Photoshopped images of somebody’s crush-du-jour, be it Sarah Michelle Gellar or Josh Hartnett or whoever. These tend to harken back to halcyon, Geocities days of yore.

But I got to thinking? How come only celebrities get wallpaper? What about the rest of us? What’s Josh got (besides a killer jawline and a lucrative movie career) that I don’t have? Hence, anti-celebrity wallpaper. Three of myself and one of my lovely wife. Put them on your desktop and enjoy. Better yet, make your own! Maybe I’ll start a site: ‘Wallpapers of People You Don’t Know’. Click for larger versions:

  

  

Comments: 18 Responses so far

Todd
October 7th, 2003
5:59 pm

mmm Josh Hartnett. Could a third rental of 40 Days and 40 Nights be in the works? I think so… oh! You’re wallpapers are very nice, too.

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bree
October 7th, 2003
9:31 pm

I like it! So does my friend Steve. If we make our own, I’ll send you the links. That would be a wonderfully strange web page.

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wendy
October 7th, 2003
9:56 pm

Cute baby!

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donna
October 7th, 2003
10:53 pm

heh. I tend to make my own desktop wallpapers. Be them pictures of me, my sister, a pretty motorcycle with a calendar in the corner…

http://arwen.org/newpix/wallpapers/

So, can I have these wallpapers in 1280*1024? :)

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harp
October 8th, 2003
4:18 am

I second the 1280×1024…nice idea, I’d be in for a wallpaper too. It’d be great if you had a bunch of snaps of yourself doing stuff too, like a running shot and a shot of you cooking or something. Look like a jack of all trades. Then put something a bit off-kilter in the montage, like you doing hopscotch or balancing a spoon on your nose.

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Ryan
October 8th, 2003
9:29 am

I like the personalized wallpaper — too bad there’s none with your famous “barefoot” logo though.

Another interesting person to make a wallpaper theme from would be the “Duck Lady” that roams Robson Street.

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Larry
October 8th, 2003
11:35 am

Number one is clearly the best. However, as most Mac users keep junk on the right hand side of their desktop, you’re face would only get covered up on my screen.

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Darren
October 8th, 2003
12:11 pm

Are you people serious about 1280×1024?

In terms of where the icons go, this is true for the Mac, but of course it’s the oppposite for the PC. Most of the icons gather on the lefthand side of the screen there. In truth, though they should, I don’t think your average wallpaper designer gives much thought to icon location.

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donna
October 8th, 2003
1:06 pm

I rarely keep icons on my desktop, beyond the required 3 or 4. And the occasional saved document. I use my quicklaunch bar.

But! When I create wallpapers, I create them for my use, and how my desktop is laid out. If they happen to work for other people, so much the better.

But yes, I want to see a site of non-famous wallpaper people. I will use it. And come up with wallpapers for it. :)

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donna
October 8th, 2003
1:07 pm

and 1280×1024 is a must!!!

it’s not my fault… we’ve got 19″ LCD monitors at work. ;)

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Chris
October 8th, 2003
4:27 pm

Hi Darren
Neat idea! Nothing against your wallpapers but in the interests of expanding the knowledge of technically challenged people like me, how about posting do it yourself instructions… :)

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harp
October 9th, 2003
12:13 am

definitely 1280×1024 is the way to go, resizing it to 1024 if needed is easy anyway as downsizing works better than upsizing.

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Donna
January 27th, 2004
10:42 am

now I need 2560×1024 wallpaper — two LCD monitors at work. This is my current desktop wallpaper…

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/images/desktops/weather.gif

I ever mention how much I love my job?

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Sahar Christopher
March 16th, 2004
12:18 am

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

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mantrax
April 26th, 2004
1:29 am

my friend jjust finished this 2560 x 1024 wallpaper if anyone need a new one :
http://www.onickz.com/gfx/blueglass/2560×1024.htm

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wvs | ddoi
July 25th, 2004
9:44 pm

these wallpapers rock darren. very cool idea:)

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durbuhuru
September 11th, 2006
12:25 am

This rules! :D

Imo everyone should also have some high resolution press photos on their personal website :)

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Amarpali
September 29th, 2009
12:50 am

Your site has thousands of wallpapers, and in more sizes as compared to free size.While they are not free still they are very awesome backgrounds. Wallpapers are used everywhere like on Windows, on phones like
iPhone and Nokia, on the iPod and the Sony PSP. Here is my own collection of wallpaper site with free high quality and high-resolution wallpapers.I’m also a sucker for excellent computer desktop wallpaper. I have my
own site of which I have uploaded the desktop wallpaper. Wallpapers.eu.com Wallpapers.eu.com has some nice but somewhat generic Celebrities Wallpapers. These are certainly nicer than standard stock images and higher resolution though overall they aren’t too far off the beaten path, and want to make your website more popular, exchange links with us. Most likely you found this page through a search engine.

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