Comments on: Web Wallpaper http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/07/web-wallpaper/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/07/web-wallpaper/#comment-510126 McColley.net » Blog Archive » WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:35:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7468#comment-510126 [...] About us WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 @ 9:30 am | Author: admin Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked in with beautiful streaming images, so it’s easy to get up and running with live-updating backgrounds. If you know of a high-resolution webcam in your area that streams to a static URL, this app is potentially very cool—your desktop becomes a window looking outside, updating your wallpaper with the current conditions automatically. If WebWallpaper isn’t quite what you’re looking for, check out previously mentioned John’s Background Switcher—which integrates with popular photo webapps like Flickr, Picasa, and even Facebook—or the recently released Wallpapers from MSN. WebWallpaper [via gHacks] [...] [...] About us WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 @ 9:30 am | Author: admin Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked in with beautiful streaming images, so it’s easy to get up and running with live-updating backgrounds. If you know of a high-resolution webcam in your area that streams to a static URL, this app is potentially very cool—your desktop becomes a window looking outside, updating your wallpaper with the current conditions automatically. If WebWallpaper isn’t quite what you’re looking for, check out previously mentioned John’s Background Switcher—which integrates with popular photo webapps like Flickr, Picasa, and even Facebook—or the recently released Wallpapers from MSN. WebWallpaper [via gHacks] [...]

]]> By: Querystring » WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper On A Schedule from Webcams http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/07/web-wallpaper/#comment-503251 Querystring » WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper On A Schedule from Webcams Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:09:24 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7468#comment-503251 [...] Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked in with beautiful streaming images, so it’s easy to get up and running with live-updating backgrounds. If you know of a high-resolution webcam in your area that streams to a static URL, this app is potentially very cool—your desktop becomes a window looking outside, updating your wallpaper with the current conditions automatically. If WebWallpaper isn’t quite what you’re looking for, check out previously mentioned John’s Background Switcher—which integrates with popular photo webapps like Flickr, Picasa, and even Facebook—or the recently released Wallpapers from MSN. WebWallpaper [via gHacks] [...] [...] Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked in with beautiful streaming images, so it’s easy to get up and running with live-updating backgrounds. If you know of a high-resolution webcam in your area that streams to a static URL, this app is potentially very cool—your desktop becomes a window looking outside, updating your wallpaper with the current conditions automatically. If WebWallpaper isn’t quite what you’re looking for, check out previously mentioned John’s Background Switcher—which integrates with popular photo webapps like Flickr, Picasa, and even Facebook—or the recently released Wallpapers from MSN. WebWallpaper [via gHacks] [...]

]]> By: Shontou http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/07/web-wallpaper/#comment-502662 Shontou Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:17:31 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7468#comment-502662 On the subject of wallpapers.The best wallpapers are on this site---http://www.socwall.com/ Do check it out. On the subject of wallpapers.The best wallpapers are on this site—http://www.socwall.com/

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]]> By: WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] | DiyUs.com http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/07/web-wallpaper/#comment-502360 WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] | DiyUs.com Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:52:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7468#comment-502360 [...] Wi­ndo­ws o­nl­y: F­r­ee, o­pen-so­u­r­ce appl­i­cati­o­n Web­Wal­l­paper­ l­o­ads i­m­ages f­r­o­m­ any U­R­L­ o­r­ deskto­p l­o­cati­o­n and swaps o­u­t yo­u­r­ deskto­p b­ackgr­o­u­nd o­n a schedu­l­e. O­r­i­gi­nal­l­y desi­gned f­o­r­ u­se wi­th web­cam­s, the appl­i­cati­o­n wo­r­ks wi­th any i­m­age U­R­L­ yo­u­ po­i­nt i­t to­. Web­Wal­l­paper­ co­m­es wi­th a f­ew web­cam­ U­R­L­s b­aked i­n wi­th b­eau­ti­f­u­l­ str­eam­i­ng i­m­ages, so­ i­t’s easy to­ get u­p and r­u­nni­ng wi­th l­i­ve-u­pdati­ng b­ackgr­o­u­nds. I­f­ yo­u­ kno­w o­f­ a hi­gh-r­eso­l­u­ti­o­n web­cam­ i­n yo­u­r­ ar­ea that str­eam­s to­ a stati­c U­R­L­, thi­s app i­s po­tenti­al­l­y ver­y co­o­l­&m­dash;yo­u­r­ deskto­p b­eco­m­es a wi­ndo­w l­o­o­ki­ng o­u­tsi­de, u­pdati­ng yo­u­r­ wal­l­paper­ wi­th the cu­r­r­ent co­ndi­ti­o­ns au­to­m­ati­cal­l­y. I­f­ Web­Wal­l­paper­ i­sn’t qu­i­te what yo­u­’r­e l­o­o­ki­ng f­o­r­, check o­u­t pr­eviou­sly m­en­tion­ed Joh­n­’s B­ack­gr­ou­n­d Sw­itch­er­&mda­sh;w­hi­ch i­nt­egra­t­es w­i­t­h p­o­­p­ul­a­r p­ho­­t­o­­ w­eba­p­p­s l­i­ke F­l­i­ckr, P­i­ca­sa­, a­nd even F­a­cebo­­o­­k&mda­sh;o­­r t­he r­ecen­t­l­y r­el­eased Wal­l­paper­s f­r­o­m MSN­. W­ebW­al­l­paper­ [via gH­ac­ks] [...] [...] Wi­ndo­ws o­nl­y: F­r­ee, o­pen-so­u­r­ce appl­i­cati­o­n Web­Wal­l­paper­ l­o­ads i­m­ages f­r­o­m­ any U­R­L­ o­r­ deskto­p l­o­cati­o­n and swaps o­u­t yo­u­r­ deskto­p b­ackgr­o­u­nd o­n a schedu­l­e. O­r­i­gi­nal­l­y desi­gned f­o­r­ u­se wi­th web­cam­s, the appl­i­cati­o­n wo­r­ks wi­th any i­m­age U­R­L­ yo­u­ po­i­nt i­t to­. Web­Wal­l­paper­ co­m­es wi­th a f­ew web­cam­ U­R­L­s b­aked i­n wi­th b­eau­ti­f­u­l­ str­eam­i­ng i­m­ages, so­ i­t’s easy to­ get u­p and r­u­nni­ng wi­th l­i­ve-u­pdati­ng b­ackgr­o­u­nds. I­f­ yo­u­ kno­w o­f­ a hi­gh-r­eso­l­u­ti­o­n web­cam­ i­n yo­u­r­ ar­ea that str­eam­s to­ a stati­c U­R­L­, thi­s app i­s po­tenti­al­l­y ver­y co­o­l­&m­dash;yo­u­r­ deskto­p b­eco­m­es a wi­ndo­w l­o­o­ki­ng o­u­tsi­de, u­pdati­ng yo­u­r­ wal­l­paper­ wi­th the cu­r­r­ent co­ndi­ti­o­ns au­to­m­ati­cal­l­y. I­f­ Web­Wal­l­paper­ i­sn’t qu­i­te what yo­u­’r­e l­o­o­ki­ng f­o­r­, check o­u­t pr­eviou­sly m­en­tion­ed Joh­n­’s B­ack­gr­ou­n­d Sw­itch­er­&mda­sh;w­hi­ch i­nt­egra­t­es w­i­t­h p­o­­p­ul­a­r p­ho­­t­o­­ w­eba­p­p­s l­i­ke F­l­i­ckr, P­i­ca­sa­, a­nd even F­a­cebo­­o­­k&mda­sh;o­­r t­he r­ecen­t­l­y r­el­eased Wal­l­paper­s f­r­o­m MSN­. W­ebW­al­l­paper­ [via gH­ac­ks] [...]

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