The Pug Screensaver
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.
September 16th, 2009 - 09:36
Absolutely the best! By the way, what happened to the link in my email?
September 16th, 2009 - 09:44
Please and Thank you. I would love to send this classic to a loved one. I can already hear her laugh. How can I transport this gem to someone’s Outlook email/
September 27th, 2009 - 10:20
hay i lov the pug he is so cute
September 27th, 2009 - 10:23
i lov it
October 3rd, 2009 - 15:12
Sent this to 2 friends …. now I have a
waiting list of 50 !!!
LOVE THAT DOG!!
October 9th, 2009 - 17:32
This pug looks exactly like my girl Betty-Sue! This was the best email I’ve ever seen since when I opened it I had been away from Betty for over a week and was missing her terribly. It was as though she was licking me through the screen!
Oh and trust me, it wouldn’t take anything fancy on the screen for the pug to be licking it- they’re mad for food! (or sweat, or crumbs…)
October 13th, 2009 - 16:09
Hi Michael!
Thanks for converting the file – I got an email of the very cute pug ’screenclean’ and wanted to use it as my screen saver. He looks just like my bug (pug crossed with boston terrior)
Cheers
October 14th, 2009 - 14:41
That was very cute! I sent to all my Friends and Family and most of the e-mails return with a laugh.
October 19th, 2009 - 14:47
I lov the pug I used 2 hav 1 that recently passed away. her name was Lily
i miss her
November 6th, 2009 - 14:43
thanks! very cute. however, it took me so long to find shockwave player 10. so for the next person, here’s where i downloaded it.
http://www.brothersoft.com/adobe-shockwave-download-221311.html
no virus but be smart. so scan it first.
December 11th, 2009 - 04:08
muito bom magnifico
January 2nd, 2010 - 04:28
My nephew emailed it to me from Dubai, and I did not stop laughing. Thank you very much.
January 14th, 2010 - 17:19
Cute. I installed it and Adobe., but still says to install adobe- how do I fix this? I am using Vista
January 16th, 2010 - 04:43
Thank you so much I hope this works. I have a pug and just fell in love with your screen saver. Once again thanks.
January 16th, 2010 - 08:26
i have downloaded your file with Window 7. However, I can’t use it as I dont have Adobe Shockwave player. I then downloaded, but still unsuccessful. How come?
January 17th, 2010 - 22:19
thanks for making that available! My dad actually had it sent to him and forwarded it on to me.
January 27th, 2010 - 23:36
Its awsome just woundering if you can use as back drop not just screen saver
February 1st, 2010 - 13:37
Can I use this on a mac?
February 1st, 2010 - 14:04
Hi Mark, unfortunately this is Windows only as I don’t have a Mac to test it on. Sorry.
February 7th, 2010 - 18:06
i think you should be able to use it as a background in Vista if you have ultimate. I think dreamscene supports flash files. as a picture just play it in Windows media player maximized, when u get to the part you like hit “print screen” and than copy it in paint, and finally save it as a picture file. now you can apply it as a background