Comments on: Ear candy for your eyes

Ear candy for your eyes

OverlappingElvis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:59:32 -0800

Apple's Album Art screensaver, recreated for Windows. I saw this on someone's Powerbook today and got jealous. Luckily, some developer decided to make this, for all the Windows users feeling left out.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:07:44 -0800

"...for all the Windows users feeling left out." WTF's an apple? You mean the fruit? Why would a Windows user feel left out? I can get all the apples I want!

By: Seekerofsplendor

Seekerofsplendor — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:32:13 -0800

Well, it was a nice idea, anyway. But a word to the wise: if you're on Windows XP, you'll need to have .NET installed or else you're totally screwed! (See their forums page)

By: mds35

mds35 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:48:52 -0800

for all the Windows users feeling left out Oh, cry me a river.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:51:32 -0800

Smells like Spam to me.

By: stvspl

stvspl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:13:09 -0800

This is really nice. It'll be my screensaver for a while for sure. Installing .NET takes like 30 seconds if for some reason you didn't already have it

By: FissionChips

FissionChips — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:54:54 -0800

That was mildly disappointing. I was expecting the zoom effect and fade transitions of Apple fame, and what I got was a screensaver worthy of Windows 95.

By: snofoam

snofoam — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:03:28 -0800

ahhh. worst use of the word scarce. i must be really bored to read this thread. i have a mac and don't use this screensaver.

By: pivotal

pivotal — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:09:52 -0800

This is madness. Unless overlappingelvis is sitting behind me in Auckland, the same series of events (Windows user seeing MacBook user's album art screensaver, then locating windows version) took place in parallel universes at almost the same time.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:55:20 -0800

Wow, that's amazing, but it only wants to show me the seminal album "No Artwork Found"

By: jalexei

jalexei — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:33:50 -0800

All snark aside, tracking down random itunes cover art to dump into the screensaver has become something of an obsession. Yes, I need to get out more. A lot more.

By: stupidsexyFlanders

stupidsexyFlanders — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:28 -0800

"No Artwork Found" Man that would be an awesome name for an album.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:06:11 -0800

Stupidsexyflanders and mattoxic, HardFi released their second album with this cover, in some attempt to be ironic. From wikipedia :"The album cover of Once Upon A Time In The West has a plain yellow background with the album title at the top, and NO COVER ART written in large, white letters below. The artwork has received mixed criticism, mostly bad and has been slated as one of the worst of all time,[25][26] however, top cover art designer Peter Saville has described it as "a 'White Album' for the digital culture."[27][28] ' Everyone just thought they were twats.

By: davemee

davemee — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:16:19 -0800

[25] NO FOOTNOTE CRIBBED [26] NO FOOTNOTE CRIBBED [27] NO FOOTNOTE CRIBBED [28] NO FOOTNOTE CRIBBED dowcrag: fixed that for you. :) Quite cute, and suitably, as bland as their recordings! (runs)

By: rokusan

rokusan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:32:43 -0800

The only covers my screensaver shows are Metallica's self-titled album and Smell the Glove.