Geek Wallpapers

Nintendo Controller Wallpaper

user24 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:22:00 +0000

Retro Geek Gaming FTW! This is a really nice closeup nintendo controller. Perhaps the most recognizable game controller ever made? I’ve seen wallets made from the nintendo controller, placemats all kinds of stuff! A quick flick over google images shows one made out of a lego, a dress, a backpack, belt buckle… It’s certainly cemented itself into geek culture and nothing shows off your retro gamer credentials better than having it as your wallpaper.

Nintendo Controller Wallpapers

Commodore 64 Wallpaper

user24 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:58:33 +0000

Continuing the retro gaming theme, here’s a stunning Commodore poster which I’ve turned into wallpapers. The commodore 64 poster was created by James White from signalnoise, and you buy prints of this and other posters at the signalnoise store.

The commodore 64 was released in 1982, when I was just 1 month old. It soon became a hugely popular gaming platform, and is now considered a classic among consoles. Jame’s poster makes a fanatastic commodore wallpaper – minimal yet full of color.

Commodore 64 Wallpapers

Retro Nintendo Controller

user24 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:12:22 +0000

Oh wow, complete with rays of awesome emanating from the controller! I can see this going on a T-Shirt, it’s such a great wallpaper. These nintendo controllers are such a classic part of gaming history. If you’re any kind of gamer you’ll download this wallpaper right now. Anything else is fail.

Retro Nintendo Controller Wallpapers

Linux Tux Lightbulb wallpaper

user24 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:16:40 +0000

Wtpirate posted this cool Linux wallpaper to reddit. It shows the linux penguin bringing light into the world, which is a pretty neat metaphor. It’s a pretty minimal wallpaper, with plenty of room for icons and toolbars on your linux desktop. I figured having a linux wallpaper would be good after the microsoft mouse pointer I posted yesterday!

Enjoy it!

Linux Tux Lightbulb Wallpapers

Update: oops, looks like my dimensions are a bit off! I’ll update tonight with correctly sized versions, sorry about that!

Giant Mouse Pointer Wallpaper

user24 — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:39:45 +0000

Heh, this one is the first in a series of tongue-in-cheek uber-geek wallpapers. There’s really not much more to say than that, It’s a giant mouse pointer. At once minimal and absurdly in-your-face. You can have fun arranging your icons on the black pixels, or try to keep them all within the mouse pointer.

Giant Mouse Pointer Wallpapers

Aero Minimize/Close Toolbar Wallpaper

user24 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:13:06 +0000

When Windows Vista introduced the Aero theme it shook a lot of the preconceptions about the operating system’s user interface. It was clearly related to the chunky desktop environment of the 95-era OSes, but some serious design thought had obviously gone into it too.

This geek wallpaper takes the instantly recognisable minimise/maximise/close window toolbar and turns it into a great minimal wallpaper. Enjoy, and subscribe if you want to be updated when the next geek wallpaper is published :0)

Aero Toolbar Geek Wallpaper

iPhone Wallpapers

user24 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:37:49 +0000

Here is a selection of some lovely minimal iPhone wallpapers by Urbanape. There are also some neat iPad wallpapers and iPhone 4 wallpapers on the same theme at his site, so it’s worth checking out. These have a nice sleek leather texture and well thought-out lighting.

Find the full sized (320×480) wallpapers at Urbanape.

via Lifehacker.

Blue Binary Code Wallpaper

user24 — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:46:07 +0000

On my quest for matrix wallpapers, I found this great binary code wallpaper which I thought I’d share. Programmers like myself can appreciate the zen-like simplicity of the base-2 counting system, which can represent any number using just zeroes and ones. From these numbers, we can store any kind of information – text, images, video – everything you see online is stored at a fundamental level in binary. This blue binary code wallpaper will appeal to geeks, hackers and programmers alike – enjoy!

Blue Binary Code Wallpaper

Lego Apollo Moon Landing

user24 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:07:01 +0000

No wallpaper screams “Geek” like a Space themed one. Except of course, a Lego space themed wallpaper. This Geek desktop background come from Balakov’s amazing flickr gallery. Keen eyed GW fans will of course notice that he’s missing his visor. Even keener lego geeksters will spot that the helment isn’t the original 1978 version. But really, that’s where the line between geek and nerd is crossed, so put down your dungeons and dragons book and just enjoy this great lego moon landing geek wallpaper :)

Lego Apollo Moon Landing Geek Wallpaper

3d Wallpaper – Office Plan

user24 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:37:52 +0000

This is my current desktop background, and it really does encourage you to keep your icons in order.

There are four versions; the original with Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters 2, a blanked out one that you can insert your own image into, a Rothko one I made, and one with no picture frame at all. Apologies for poor ‘shop skills; accepting improvements!

The large versions do not include the icons; they’re just there to show you how damn cool this wallpaper is.

Download 3D Wallpapers:

1440×900 3d Wallpaper with Vigo The Carpathian

1440×900 3d Wallpaper with Rothko Artwork

1440×900 3d Wallpaper with Blank Frame

1440×900 3d Office Wallpaper

Update: Hey, I finally found the original source!