07.11.06
Just Good Ol’ Screensavers
Tired of those dull screensavers that came with your computer? I was, so I set out and searched for some free, kickass screensavers, and found some. These eye-poppin delights may look familiar to those linux users, because they’ve been standard with xscreensaver for a while, but these beaut’s can also be enjoyed on a Windows box. Most of them work in Windows 98, and they should all work in XP and up. You’re outta luck if you’re not using an accelerated video card, but then again, you probably already hate your computer.
The fireworks screensaver is my personal favorite. It has sound, and amazingly resembles real fireworks. There 11 screensavers in all, each with enough options to keep ya busy tweaking for a bit. There’s even a screensaver that includes an option to turn it into a virtual floating doughnut world! YES TO VIRTUAL FLOATING DONUTS! Alright, all fun aside, the Winders screensavers come in a zip file. Unzip them (easy enough in XP), run OpenALwEAX.exe (installs some DLLs or something), and copy all of the screensavers to the Windows directory (C:\Windows). Go to your screensaver preferences, and thurr ya go! No ads, no spyware, not even documentation! This is grade A Kristoff recommended software that all can enjoy. So go on over to ReallySlick.com and download you some fun!