XScreenSaver 5 06

XScreenSaver 5.06 out now. Only one new hack this time, but it's a fine one, if I do say so myself. Also this includes a bunch of fixes related to adding, removing and resizing monitors (RANDR/Xinerama) on X11 systems, as I mentioned earlier . So please stress-test that junk. Or be devoured. read more

XScreenSaver 5.08 out now. A bunch of bug fixes, but most notably this time, I finally retired a bunch of screen savers that suck. Also I rewrote Jigsaw and Sonar as OpenGL programs, and they are a lot slicker now.

~/.Xdefaults xlock.background: black xlock.foreground: white xlock.mode: random xlock.username: Имя: xlock.password: Пароль: xlock.info: Введите пароль для разблокировки. Кликните по иконке для блокировки. xlock.validate: Проверка данных... xlock.invalid: Неверные данные. Белый цвет шрифта на темном фоне, а не наоборот, как по умолчанию. В случайном порядке выбираются заставки. Ну и сообщения на русском :) Сообщение, выводимое внизу экрана, программа берёт в первом встретившемся файле из списка...

There's a "meme" going around in which people explain their LJ userpics. Since I have a free account, I'm only entitled to six userpics anyway, so here they are. My default userpic is a visual representation of my NPL nom, 530nm330Hz. It represents an oscilliscope depiction of two waves. A two-year-old picture from my son's nursery school of him and me looking at their pretend Torah scroll. Used for religious posts. A "Simpsonized" picture of myself, using a picture that introverte...

Scripting and changing config files Well I've had this small problem ever since i tried to remove xMan. It left my X setup somewhat damaged, and i think it removed my .xconfig file. Now, i've recently started to like Fluxbox more and more, because it allows me to play Dosbox, with having some RAM left over. But iv'e been irritated, that i must manually turn on my xscreensaver whenever i turn FLuxbox on. Well yesterday i thought that i'd write a simple shell script that would automagically turn...

Recently, I had the honor of my teacher telling myself and the students in the class (Emergent Web Technologies, if you must know) that you should never say "it's impossible" to me, as I tend to work at it until I find a solution or I've reached the end of my rope (usually after like hours and hours of looking for stuff). Perhaps I should actually become that person immediately when it comes to my own problems as opposed to thinking it's impossible off the bat. I bring this up because of the botched...