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Friday, May 30, 2014

Have Google Trends as a Screen saver (and some other RSS screen saver options)

This is basically a fun one:

Google tracks and monitors all searches that people perform, obvious!
They now have a nice graphical interface developed, that will show those latest Google search/trends.

and you can (try fullscreen!) display the trends, and even select a specific country.

Here is a recent -  typical :-)  - example for Canada:


You can - for Mac 10.9 + only - download a screensaver program, that will give you the same look and feel
as the website (the trends come in bright colors, and are 'typed')

TIP

Here is another Goodie:
If you would like to have your Mac display a certain RSS feed (like these Google trends, or news, or . . .)
in the screensaver, that is possible!

Go to your System Preferences, Screensaver, and then select RSS Visualizer: 


Now you can add the RSS feed link into the options box (where it states 'Feed URL'):


Here are a few you could go for (source: Richard Byrne from http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ ):


Or, maybe, just a fun one like this:  Jumbo Joke – provides some great humour to brighten your day, or
Or, one that will keep you busy: Del.icio.us Hotlist – It gives you the websites that are getting the most attention/bookmarks on Delicious at the moment

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