This is possibly the coolest thing I have seen lately. Called the "Twingly screensaver" by PrimeLabs.com, this screen saver application visually depicts blogosphere activity in real time! It installs and acts as a normal screen saver within Windows XP but also can be interactively used as an application on your desktop.
The PrimeLabs web site has a neat video of how this works if you want a preview before the download. Be prepared to navigate through a little Swedish on the site though!
One word of warning: This is a realtime streaming list of global blog posts. This includes adult themed material. Unfortunately, this beta version of Twingly Screensaver does not have a filter mechanism.
TECH NOTE: To use it, you need a video card that supports OpenGL.
Well worth investigating!
PS: Quote of the Week: (Dave Barry, Humorist)
“One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don't even exist yet”
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