Flippr! is a simple application that grabs pictures from Flickr! (The supercool photo-sharing website) and throws them on your desktop. It’s easy to tell Flippr! what ‘kind’ of pictures you’re looking for (tags).

For a nice waterfall on that desktop, simply run ‘Flippr waterfall’. If your hungry, try ‘Flippr peterluger’ or perhaps ‘Flippr pasta’. If your… You got the point :-)

Download the program Here

Notes:

  • The program comes with several batch files that simply run Flippr! with different tags.
  • You can easily automate the process of switching wallpapers using Window’s Task-Scheduler, which is located at Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks.
  • At some times it can take up to a minute or two to fetch the picture (remember you’re sometimes downloading hi-res JPGs)

So what’s the recipe?

Download source Download executable (zip)