The Pug Screensaver
Written by Michael on February 18th, 2008
About a month ago, I found a Flash movie on the Internet with a pug licking a window that makes it look like he’s licking your computer monitor. I put it up there and sent out a little joke e-mail to family advising them to use my new screen cleaning technology.
The Googlebot got a hold of it and someone searched my site for "dog screen savers". A few days later and I’m getting over 1,000 hits a day. A few days after that, I’m getting a few e-mails everyday asking if I could turn this into a screen saver. The file was a .swf flash file so it took me a while to figure out how to convert it without forking over $50 for some crappy shareware that I’d only use once. Google was spammed to death with this crap so I turned to Microsoft’s Live Search and lo and behold, there was a free webservice to do exactly what I wanted. It’s called Creamshavers and they will convert any .swf file into a Windows screen saver for free.
If you’re interested in using this as a Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista screen saver, download the executable from me HERE. It will open a basic Windows installer and when it’s done, the pug will be your default screen saver. If you don’t already have it installed, the installer will ask you to install the standalone Adobe Shockwave player which is free.
Please e-mail me if you have any problems or questions.
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Nice screensaver, I was directed to your site from Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy) Twitter entry yesterday, looked all over and couldn’t find it. Just happened to think of it today and lo and behold you did it.
Pretty funny, I wonder what they smeared on the glass to get him to lick it?
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what a better way is there, than to clean the screen with a soft cloth daily with a smile?
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Dang, I have a Mac, no luck…
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Funny as heck! I would love to see a smaller h.264 version so I can play it on my iPhone!
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I found the Pug screen cleaner, as well as a Cat screen cleaner in a screensaver download. No ads, no pop ups, just fills your screen with the Pug or Cat whichever you choose. Find it at:
Http://www.beverlytoday.com/wow.html
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that dog is funny
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How about a Mac compatible screen saver as well. It is so cool. I also followed a link from Leo Laporte blog
Thanks
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Too cute!!!
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its jus lovely! thanks a ton :)
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Anyone else with Vista having problems running this? It keeps telling me that I need to install Shockwave, directs me to the site, I download and install it, and still get the error. Do I need to downgrade from Shockwave 11 to 10? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I need this for my iphone! If any one knows of a compatiable version please email me through the website! Oh and my pugs go nuts on this! I love it!
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I’m having the same problem as Matt with Windows XP please help. This is the cutest thing ever. Pugs rule!
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this is really very very cute….thanx
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This is soooooo CUTE!!!! Great idea for a screensaver. Any ideas on how to size it down for my cell phone screensaver? I’d love to know.
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Anyone know where to get this as a flash piece for my school project website??
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I love the screen saver and i have a pug and she licks everything! The screen saver looks just like her!