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Cool Space Desktop Wallpapers for Kevin Rose

socwall.com — On one of the latest Diggnations, Kevin was talking to Alex about how the hubble is gone now, and said he would pay 2 bucks a month just for them to send another one into space for the sole purpose of getting cool desktop wallpapers. Here you go Kevin, my website is still a work in progress, but you inspired me to start working on it a year ago!

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  • Bgoui, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6Nice site, needs some more features, but the wallpapers are excellent.
    • 4815162342, on 10/11/2007, -53/+7no 2560 x 1024... no digg.
    • Lionhart, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8http://duggmirror.com/space/Cool_Space_Desktop_Wallpapers_for_Kevin_Rose
      works..kind of
    • 1021, on 10/11/2007, -20/+8"just for them to send another one into space"

      In fact, they are about to pretty soon in 2009 or 2011. NASA has picked the predecessor and it's actually on display on the national mall, DC.
    • AWeeBitInsane, on 10/11/2007, -11/+82You should change your name from kirkouimet to asskissouimet.
    • fadetoone, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27@1021

      I hope you mean "successor"
    • NSMike, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16So, a year's worth of work, specifically for Kevin Rose, and he didn't prepare the site for the digg effect?
    • kirkouimet, on 10/11/2007, -4/+571. Yes, I love Kevin Rose.
      2. Yes, my site got owned by the Digg effect.
      3. I'm working on getting it back up.
    • transeunte, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19Cool; menlove is great.
    • kirkouimet, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10My host's reply:

      "It appears that the apache services on your server are up and running, but not parsing anything. I've let an admin know, and they're working on it! I'll let you know when it's back up."
    • Kanundra, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Mirrors: http://www.duggback.com/space/Cool_Space_Desktop_Wallpapers_for_Kevin_Rose/
    • loneBoat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Comment abuse!

      Here's a megaupload of all the images:

      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KEVSOSBQ

      PW for zip file is "voteforbush"
    • 1021, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4oh man, mind blank, predecessor = hubble, successor is at national mall...
      /me wacks myself with a bat.
    • bbjohnnyt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I don't understand how some can bag on kirkouimet. Digg inspired him to make a kick-ass wallpaper site and then share it with us. How about some of you elitist nerds make a better site? Just first heat up a Hot Pocket for strength.
    • charliecharlos, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Kevin is gonna spluge all over his MacBook...

      kirkouimet is gonna slurpge when he gets a shout out on the next Diggnation episode
    • vagarach, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Icarus' Wish is by Alyn over at deviantart, so if you like it, he has many more absolutely stunning celestial (and other) illustrations in his gallery.

      http://alyn.deviantart.com
  • kirkouimet, on 10/25/2007, -9/+12Yeah I'm working on getting registration working, I have a local copy of the site that has a ton of new features I just need to polish it up. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
    • loneraven, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8The site isn't bad, nice concept overall.

      But you need a more creative name for the site.
      Social Wallpapering doesn't stick, and socwall isn't a domain name that many people will remember.

      Just a suggestion
    • andydumi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Are those actual photos from space or just art?
    • naio, on 10/11/2007, -19/+2"Let me know if you have any suggestions."

      How about not spamming it on Digg?
    • Emanji, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19*****.com

      That'll stick
    • mrfish, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I really like it and I think it's about time somebody did this. nice job. Can't wait to see the new version.
    • Harbinger67, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8One of the best wallpaper sites I've seen; this one isn't just an archive of the same crap from every other wallpaper site with a mess of ads thrown in.

      I hope this really takes off into something great.
    • Harbinger67, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7*sorry, didn't have time to edit this into my last comment*

      One thing that I personally would like to see is a better system for giving credit to artists/photogaphers. After about 3 minutes of wandering your site, I saw several images that I KNEW I had seen on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site. Here's an example:

      Sombrero Galaxy on APoD, posted January 21, 2007 : http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070121.html APoD gives full citation of the images origin.

      Sombrero Galaxy on socwall.com, uploaded by Anonymous with no citation or credit given : http://www.socwall.com/browse/index.php?wpCategory=Space&wpSubcategory=All&wpLimit=9&wpSortby=0&wpFilter=0&wpQueryType=0&wpMarker=10&PHPSESSID=248627084ba403c3f09a266481fb2192 (that is the page with the image linked)

      The second image is clearly edited a bit, but there's no doubt that it's the same thing. I saw this several times, but I'm too lazy to show more examples.

      Maybe I'm just being anal, but I'd hate to see so many great artists/photographers/astronomers not get credit for their work. I'm just pointing this out, I'm not trying to be a dick. If I'm off my rocker, digg me down and I'll shut up :p


      Oh, also, a way to filter wallpapers by resolution would be awesome.
    • pabloD, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Yup, the site looks great (what I could see before the Digg effect got to it), and it's a wonderful idea. However, I have to agree: Image attribution and otherwise crediting the creators of the images is a must, and should be more prominent. If we enjoy these images so much, we should give mad props to the people who give them to us. Other than that, great work.
  • Antietum, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4This is a cool site, though it does feel like it lacks something. Wallpapers are super high quality, definitly bookmarking and keeping an eye on it
  • numitor, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4I like the design. I'm excited to see where it goes once user registration is complete. :)
  • vroom101, on 10/11/2007, -5/+34The Hubble Space Telescope is still alive and sending us stunning images.
  • caffiend, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9Really nice site. I like you method for using filtering options, and you have lots of dual monitor wallpapers. Thanks!
  • ekso, on 10/11/2007, -11/+4Wallpapers use memory and resources, and working with graphics is really memory intensive. I prefer just a plain dark blue tone.

    But the images are good, yes. :)
  • startimeash, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Very nice - one to keep an eye on
  • DjOverEZ, on 10/11/2007, -14/+8I would definitely pay $2 a year to get these pictures from space. Who's with me!?
    • PromaneX, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4Yeah I would be more than happy to pay for it. Server costs must be a burden with all those hi-res images!
    • DjOverEZ, on 10/11/2007, -10/+3Apparently nobody listens to Diggnation...
    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9That's why I contribute $5 from my tax return to NASA every year... It's not much with just me, but it's still money they didn't have
  • Sparkster185, on 10/11/2007, -3/+59Are they only for Kevin Rose?
    • bobish, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3i hear he's the only one that knows the special code...
    • Tyr7BE, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1Wow Kevin. You inspire me too.
    • poprockn69, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Let's be glad Kevin didn't say he loves photos of ass rape. Brown nose would have been spending a lot of time in the showers at the YMCA.
  • zeno60, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3Needs more cowbell!

    Nice wallpapers...
  • benjio, on 10/11/2007, -58/+7Who is this kevin rose and who else is sick of seeing his name every day?
    • mattmcm, on 10/11/2007, -6/+37Welcome to Digg, created by Kevin Rose.
    • Spr0k3t, on 10/11/2007, -15/+2Sarcasm? Or do you really not know who initially built Digg?
    • memooney, on 10/11/2007, -16/+4kevin rose is the hottest nerd. ever.
    • orientis, on 10/11/2007, -4/+29Yeah but it's on the internet which was created by Al Gore.
    • Crimsoneer, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1And he's got a big schlong.
      Probably.
    • benjio, on 10/11/2007, -25/+8I don't care who created this site. Yeah its nice but stop licking his balls about it.
    • Crimsoneer, on 10/11/2007, -9/+6Wow. You have no idea what you just did did you. Kiss your comment goodbye.
    • benjio, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6getting your comments dug down is ALWAYS more fun than acceptance, ya nerd!
  • pictureDIGGER, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Sure is crawling... Mr. Rose better hurry.
  • mockstar, on 10/11/2007, -16/+8You made me sign in for the first time in months, just to point out how gay this is - and by gay, I mean ghey of course - the less offensive version.
  • lament, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10and... site's down.

    if you have ads on your page, you might want to consider using that revenue to pay for a better webhost.
  • Amusing, on 10/11/2007, -8/+5Got to see a bit before it died, and it was looking nice. I'll defiantly be looking it over fully once the digg effect is over.
    • ChronicColonic, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16Defiantly? Ah, so no one is going to tell you where or when you can look at the website! Good for you! The Assertiveness Training class has paid off nicely.
    • m3mn0n, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/
    • antifreze, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3heres a trick... finite.. you can spell it, it's easy. It means a specific amount...

      now... when you know something has a finite number you de-finite-ly know that they have a finite number... de... ly... put finite in the middle.

      A for Effort
  • kmb1794, on 10/11/2007, -3/+25Fanboy!
  • anarchytv, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1only noobz use wallpapers. set your background to solid black (unless your on a backlit laptop, then use white): uses zero resources, less radiation from the gun, less screen burn, less distracting chart funk on the screen. and black is always cool.
  • batista86, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3SOmeone make duggmirror asap before site goes down
  • JuStein, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Very nice job. I would check to make sure they're in jpg & gif format as a few i've downloaded are in png format which is need to be converted prior to being used as a wallpaper.

    Good job. Thanks for the wallpapers.

  • BomTerrigan, on 10/11/2007, -8/+21I bet this guy probably beats off to pictures of kevin rose.
  • toph2223, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4man, these wallpapers are incredible... nice find
  • xsanctom, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Great stuff! Love a high quality wide screen space background, although it seems this site is having trouble handling all the traffic since it was posted here, haha.
  • nacharya, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12is kevin rose turning into the new school steve jobs?
    • AlexJTanner, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3no because steve jobs was cool, and took a bit longer to sell his soul
  • lament, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3http://www.wanderingspace.net/ = more space wallpapers
    • Neumahn, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Mmmmmmm... I love that tight little sunspot!
    • mgrodzki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2YES! that is mine!… btw… all the images on wanderingspace.net are real images and 95% in visible light. the intention is to try and show what these places might look like with human eyes. so i try to weed out false-color as the site is about fantastic imagery and not so much about science. some places HAVE to be in alternate visualizations other than natural like the sun.
  • naio, on 10/11/2007, -5/+17What a Kevin ballwasher! :-P
  • gamalkik, on 10/11/2007, -4/+19nice ass licking, fan boy!
  • Treshnell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8NASA Image of the Day (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html) is a great way to find new, cool space themed photographs. Digital Blasphemy (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/dbhome.shtml) also has a lot of space themed images designed for wallpapers, but you have to pay for full access to all of them.
  • StephenCIreland, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I love that when kevin rose asks for something on diggnation people give it to him, it shows how great a community digg is. Now kevin, woud you ask for nuclear fission, a cure for cancer and an unlocked iphone before june
  • Maverick0420, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1they are nice wallpapers too bad u cant get past the thumbnails or anywhere else on the site to even try to download them. I still like Digital Blasphemy does anyone else know where to find nice quality wallpaper work in abstract or space or planetscape like u see here or on Digital Blasphemy?

  • microview2007, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4Hi, my name is Kirk Ouimet. I'm a have this uber hip cool "social" wallpaper website, I need to drive traffic to it so I'll dedicate it to my hero, Kevin Rose and publicly suck his schlong so people will go look at my uber hip website.

    BTW: my resume can be found linked off my ubber hip "social" wallpaper website in PDF format.

    Good thing I'm not stupid enough to put my contact information on it.

    As you can read, my work experience I was a
    - Church representative for the Latter Day Saints
    - Built a network for a small mortgage company
    - Taught physics and astronomy (no formal education on either subject)
    - And now I am a Technical Engineer (whatever that means).
    • jdpalite, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Some of us still visit sites for the content
  • frith, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Too bad the site is riddled with errors, the pictures are amazing!
  • phatt-matt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9What does Kevin Rose like? Long walks on the beach. Rainy days and hot chocolate. Manlove from some stranger on the Interweb.
  • jammerb, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

    APOD - Astronomy Picture of The Day - I have hundreds of great wallpapers from this site - check it out every day... if you like the picture, save it - it is that easy. Though nice to see a bunch in one spot - and the thought of social promoting the best is worthy... I still recommend a daily visit to APOD.
  • ExSlashdotter, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1all i can see is the half-messed-up mirror, but it looks like theres only one set resolution for each image. and nothing for 2560x1600?

    if you want some advice, you need to do like Interfacelift.com and have all resolutions of each image available.
  • trollick, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4If you love Kevin so much, why don't you marry him?
  • kevinecook, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2I'm curious... who would win in a fight? The good Lord Jesus Christ or Kevin Rose?
  • o6uoq, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Nice wallpapers, thanks =)
  • Bgoui, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Links to the socwall wallpaper packs via bit torrent, considering the site is down due to heavy traffic.

    socwall.com Desktop Wallpaper Pack #1 - http://www.mininova.org/get/692595

    socwall.com Desktop Wallpaper Pack #2 - http://www.mininova.org/get/692601

    socwall.com Desktop Wallpaper Pack #3 - http://www.mininova.org/get/692607

    socwall.com Desktop Wallpaper Pack #4 - http://www.mininova.org/get/692609
    • Draugrdraugr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2High quality wallpaper packs?? This goes against the natural order of things, It cannot be!
  • seaeaglesrule, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Awesome wallpapers. I've got a bunch of space wallpapers I've collected over the years (mainly 1024x768) at http://seaeaglewallpapers.blogspot.com/search/label/Space . Still adding more galleries.
  • seaeaglesrule, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Awesome wallpapers. I've got a bunch of space wallpapers I've collected over the years (mainly 1024x768) at http://seaeaglewallpapers.blogspot.com/search/label/Space . Still adding more galleries.
  • TOZZiE, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2nice site :) added my latest peice :D
  • slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The site is good.
  • thepaul, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2this site is fantastic.
  • mgrodzki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1yes!
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