{"id":6635,"date":"2009-03-11T09:33:46","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:49:09","slug":"librarything-screensaver-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/03\/11\/librarything-screensaver-for-mac-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"LibraryThing Screensaver (for Mac OS X)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4323,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.librarything.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260223201929\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.librarything.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 03:25:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 17:06:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 19:38:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 13:02:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 17:52:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 12:28:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:58:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 16:08:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 15:28:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 15:28:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4324,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.librarything.com\\\/profile\\\/djwudi&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4325,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.librarything.com\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/librarything-mac-screensaver_11.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20100729171359\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.librarything.com:80\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/librarything-mac-screensaver_11.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 03:25:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 13:02:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:57:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 15:28:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-05 15:28:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Are you a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/\" title=\"LibraryThing\">LibraryThing<\/a> user? First off, if not, why not? It&#8217;s a great way to keep track of your library. If you&#8217;re on LT, or if you sign up, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/profile\/djwudi\" title=\"LibraryThing: djwudi\">add Prairie and me<\/a> to your contacts!<\/p>\n<p>Now, for those of you that <em>are<\/em> LT members (and Mac OS X users), they&#8217;ve just released a new toy: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/librarything-mac-screensaver_11.php\" title=\"LibraryThing: LibraryThing Mac Screensaver\">LibraryThing Mac Screensaver<\/a>. It&#8217;s actually just a specialized RSS feed that grabs random book covers from your library which you can put into Mac OS X&#8217;s RSS feed screensaver. Here&#8217;s a little YouTube video showing the screensaver and how to set it up:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/fR99E6W3SBM&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/fR99E6W3SBM&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Basically, just add this URL (with your username, of course) to OS X&#8217;s &#8220;Mobile Me and RSS&#8221; screensaver, and you&#8217;re off and running: <code>http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/labs-screensaver.php?userid=USERNAME<\/code> When I set it up for the first time, it took a few moments for the RSS feed to start generating images, so don&#8217;t worry if you get a &#8220;No Pictures Found&#8221; error at first. Just wait a moment or two and try it again, it should kick in fairly soon. This is now my screensaver of choice. Slick!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you that are LT members (and Mac OS X users), they&#8217;ve just released a new toy: the LibraryThing Mac Screensaver. 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