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Visualize Serph Results Using Apple’s RSS Screen Saver

Apple’s Mac OS X comes with a awesome RSS screen saver that takes any feed you are subscribed to in Safari and turns it into gorgeous text-scrapers with a sky-like background using Quartz.

Apple's RSS Screen Saver in action

Here is how to add any Serph results feed to the screen saver:

  1. Go to Serph and search for any hot buzz topic you want
  2. Click on the RSS button either on the page or in the address bar
  3. Bookmark the feed and place it somewhere where you can find it
  4. Open up System Preferences and go to “Desktop & Screen Saver”
  5. On the left-hand side choose “RSS Visualizer”
  6. Click on the “Options” button
  7. Choose the Serph RSS feed you want to use from the list and click “Done”

You’re all set. Now sit back and let yourself be engulfed in the shiny buzz-ness.

Michael Simmons

“Visualize Serph Results Using Apple's RSS Screen Saver” was written by Michael Simmons on February 4, 2007 4:11 PM and filed under Tips & Tricks.

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