How to Change Screensavers in Windows 7

Feb 16, 2011 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Back to basics! My dad asked me how to do something routine: change the screen saver in Windows. This isn’t the desktop background, mind you. It’s just a screen saver – you know, the software thingy that moves imagery around the [...]

Spot Draves Brings Digital Art to Gnomedex

Aug 26, 2010 | No Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Spot is a visual and software artist living in New York City. Draves is best known as the creator of the Electric Sheep, a continually evolving abstract animation with over 60,000 daily participants. Draves’ award-winning work is permanently hosted on MoMA.org, [...]

Really Slick Screensavers

Jul 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The screensaver on my computer is Really Slick. Seriously – it’s slick – really slick. If you’re looking for a slick new screensaver, look no further. Microcosm is now available for both Mac OS X and Windows, and it’s fantastic. I’ll [...]

When Do You Power Down Your Laptop?

Jun 2, 2010 | One Comment

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One caller to the live show the other night wondered if it’s a good idea to turn off your laptop when you are finished using it. Many people simply let the machine go into sleep mode or flip it to a [...]

iPad Wallpaper Tricks

Apr 6, 2010 | No Comments

Everywhere I look there are write-ups, reviews and reports about the iPad. I know – I’m guilty of writing about the device, as well. Let’s face it: this is hot news! However, I do know that there are many people out there who don’t want an iPad, and don’t plan to ever buy one. I’m [...]

Free Screensavers

Feb 19, 2010 | 4 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’ve been making software and hardware recommendations for over a decade, and this one would definitely make my top ten. It’s a free, cross-platform, and breathtaking screen saver that’s been playing on my 30″ screens for the past few days. I [...]

What’s Your Favorite Screen Saver?

Oct 6, 2009 | 3 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Even when I have something important to talk to you about, I still find my Inbox overrun with the same question – “What screen saver do you use?!”. For whatever reason, that appears to be a burning question in our community. [...]

Do You Make Your Own Desktop and iPhone Wallpapers?

Sep 1, 2008 | 8 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’ve talked about Desktoptopia before. It runs in the background, and downloads different backgrounds to your desktop. I usually always have it running. Now remember, a wallpaper is not a screensaver. I’ve found a neat website, though, for creating your own [...]

Where do you Download Desktop Wallpaper?

May 28, 2008 | 128 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Every single day in the chat room, someone asks me where I get my wallpaper from. Sometimes I make them myself, using Oxidizer. Sometimes I download them from somewhere. But my friend Andy Stanberry reminded me about using DestopTopia. Desktoptopia is [...]

How to Make a Cool Windows Vista Screensaver

Oct 30, 2007 | 67 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed DreamScene on Vista allows you to run a video as a wallpaper. Unfortunately, I can’t use it. Vista claims my monitors are too big. That’s ok, I’m not giving them up. I did, however, discover a very cool trick awhile back [...]