I'm a big advocate of making your computer your own. While there are a ton of applications out there for this purpose (and they can be quite cool), most of them involve tweaking and time-consuming work. The easiest way to add some life to your desktop is with an attractive wallpaper image.
I've got a couple of favourite sites that I check regularly.
interfacelift.com features daily high-resolution pictures of mostly landscapes, seascapes, and nature, although they post some macro shots and abstract stuff on occasion. And it's all available in a wide range of resolutions, wide-screen and standard.
For computer-rendered images, I usually check out
digitalblasphemy.com and
visualparadox.com. Both have high-quality pictures of a whole range of subjects, such as nature, people, space, abstracts, and fractals. It seems Digital Blasphemy is no longer completely free, but the artist still hosts a selection of his work in a free gallery.
Most people I think have heard of
deviantART, an excellent website full of uploaded artwork of all sorts. They have a decent wallpaper section if you're into hand-drawn art.
Use random items from Wikipedia, The Quotations Page, and Flickr and construct your own album cover. I like how mine turned out with the bee and the quote mentioning the flies.
I found this web comic, err, somehow (I can't remember right now). It's pretty sweet. The art style is very original and the humour is pretty smart. If you use RSS feeds, throw it in the mix. If not, why not?
So my first sweet link is one I found on lifehacker.com (an awesome site in its own right). YourFonts.com turns your scribbles into a personal font! You simply download and print a PDF template, fill in the character boxes, scan and save it as an image, and upload it to their website.
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