16 Awesome Screensavers
Categories: Downloads
Written By: Dude
Who said screensavers were dead? Sure, our monitors dont really need them anymore and screen burn is a thing of the past, but some people still like them. I love them. I think they are great, so I thought I would share some of my favorites with you.
Now, some of you may have already seen this post on a different blog, Slave to the Internet. Thats is my old blog and it has been laid to rest. This post has been transferred across to DWO.

POLARCLOCK
I have to start with Polar Clock. This is my favorite screensaver. This is version number 3 and it just keeps getting better and better. Windows & MAC.

FLYING TOASTERS
I remember when I got my first screensaver. It was the flying toasters screensaver pack called After Dark. I think it was made by Berkely Systems or something like that. Anyway, there was a heap of screensavers on there and Flying Toasters was one of them. Windows & MAC.

DROPCLOCK
Every time the time changes a new numbers slowly drops into a large pool of water. Very cool indeed. Windows & MAC.

FAAR CLOCK
A giant Analog clock that looks fanastic, and it tells you the time! Windows Only.

TWINGLY
Using RSS Feeds from blogs around the world, Twingly plots where the activity is happening on a spinning globe. Windows Only.

FLIP CLOCK
Yep, another clock screensaver. I guess I like clock screensavers. What can I say? This one looks like one of those old fashioned flip clocks. Windows & MAC.

BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH
Would you call me a liar if I told you that this screensaver has actually been made by Microsoft? Go ahead, click the link and you will be taken to the Microsoft website! This Microsoft screensaver cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all the information shown on Bluescreen’s BSOD and system start screen is obtained from your system configuration! Windows Only.

HOLDING PATTERN
Holding Pattern turns your idle computer screen into an airplane window, complete with a moving aerial view. Each time the screensaver plays a unique sequence. Windows & MAC.

HAND WRITTEN CLOCK
Before you groan, yes I am aware that I have added another clock to this list. But clock screensavers have double the value of other screensavers. Firstly, its a screensaver and secondly, its a clock. This one is cool because the numbers are handwritten, with a hand coming in each time to write the new number. This includes seconds! Windows Only.

ELECTRIC SHEEP
Now this is one cool screensaver. It is actually open source and thousands of people have contributed to it. How do they contribute? Well, when their computers “sleep”, the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as “sheep”. Its fantastic. Windows, MAC & Linux.

FIRE
This one is cool. Its sets your desktop on fire. Each and every item on your desktop - including icons and all open windows will appear to catch on fire, glowing and emitting a smoke. If you have your sound on, the fire will even crackle and pop. Windows Only.

DANCING JAPANESE GIRLS
This one is a little weird. Its a clock, that flick to a group of Japanese girls dancing, then flicks back to a clock. If dancing Japanese girls and clocks are your thing, then this combines into the perfect screensaver for you. Just click on the menu button on the left hand side to get to the download screen. Windows, MAC & Mobile if you live in Japan.
DIGG
All of the products from Digg Labs are now available as scrrensavers. My favorite is Stack, but you can also download BigSpy, Swarm and Arc. Windows & MAC.

STAR TREK SYSTEM 47
This one is for all the nerds who love Star Trek. Personally, Im a Star Wars fan, but I do like this screensaver. It turns your desktop into the library system from Star Trek. It will runs scans of the universe and the Enterprise. Windows & MAC.

FIREFLIES
This one is just too pretty to leave out. Windows, MAC & Linux.

SOUNDSTREAM
Soundstream is a Mac OS X screensaver that responds to sound input. Its colorful Flurry-like streams pulse to the beat of music or bloom with ambient noise. MAC Only
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June 15th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Thanks for mentioning Soundstream! I’m glad you like it.
June 15th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Dont mention it PCheese!
Only the worthy screensavers made it to the list….
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 pm
These screensavers kick ass.
Thanks for putting the list together.
July 27th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Great list, thanks for sharing!
July 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
nice list. thanks for sharing.
July 27th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Personally, I have yet to find a screensaver that even comes close to electric sheep.
July 27th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
The first use of the flying toasters was on the Amiga Computer.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:00 am
i cant believe johnny castaway didn’t make the list it was the greatest. i qould sit and watch him for hours
July 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
@dooco: I had forgotten about Johnny, but you have to admit that the graphics werent the greatest….
July 31st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Great list, thanks for sharing!
July 31st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
many not the best graphics but better than flying toasters
August 7th, 2008 at 9:13 am
many not the best graphics but better than flying toasters [2]
August 12th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
You forgot about the twingly screen saver (http://www.twingly.com/screensaver),
which in my oppinion is one of the most “Awesome screensavers”
Twingly screensaver is visualizing the global blog activity in real time. Forget RSS readers where you see only what you’re interested in. With Twingly screensaver you get a 24/7 stream of all (viewer discretion advised) blog activity, straight to your screen.
To use the screensaver you need a PC with Windows and a graphics card supporting OpenGL. Enable Asian language support in Windows, there’s lot of that stuff in the blogosphere.
Goto the site and watch the video
August 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
@CHRIS: I have seen twingly, but when I tried to download it my virus protection told me that the file had a trojan, so I deleted it. SORRY!
August 14th, 2008 at 4:47 am
reallly? Thats wierd man, im running it right now on vista.
It probably came up as a virus because it needs to connect to a webserver in order to download the RSS feed information to display to you, and that is an action that would normally be done by a trojan (connect to attackers comp).
I’ve been running it for a couple months now with no issues
September 1st, 2008 at 1:55 am
do you know where i can get that dancing sheep one hat interacts with music? its standing in a field and both are constantly changing