Ball: A ball that lives in your dock

Post by Bluestein » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 9:42 AM UTC

brap wrote: post #140

hnlmorg wrote: post #117

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There was a few programs like this. The earliest one I recall was Neko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) But I think there were sheep, dancing babies (ugh!!), something like Bonzi Buddy rings a bell (I once had to clean something named that off a colleague’s workstation when he reported it thinking it was malware). There was also toys like this on Linux and Unix too. Most famously xeyes. I miss the play…

Ooh I remember eSheep! There was also this desktop program where you would choose from different weapons, I don't remember for which purpose... anyone knows what I'm talking about?

Post by winternewt » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 9:44 AM UTC

hnlmorg wrote: post #117

pomian wrote: post #107

This reminds me of a Lara Croft desktop(?) Screensaver? She climbed onto the window's edges -that were open on your windows screen, rolled, jumped, etc. Sometimes made a comment about you not having cleaned up your desktop. It was a small executable, than ran with or without sound. It wasn't very random, but it made for an interactive mind distraction on a rough day. She also walked across the bottom of the screen, o…

There was a few programs like this. The earliest one I recall was Neko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) But I think there were sheep, dancing babies (ugh!!), something like Bonzi Buddy rings a bell (I once had to clean something named that off a colleague’s workstation when he reported it thinking it was malware). There was also toys like this on Linux and Unix too. Most famously xeyes. I miss the play…

Post by Bluestein » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 9:47 AM UTC

koliber wrote: post #141

You know what would be cool? If I could throw my ball into your dock. And then it's yours. You can throw it back to me.

Post by Jedd » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 9:53 AM UTC

hnlmorg wrote: post #117

pomian wrote: post #107

This reminds me of a Lara Croft desktop(?) Screensaver? She climbed onto the window's edges -that were open on your windows screen, rolled, jumped, etc. Sometimes made a comment about you not having cleaned up your desktop. It was a small executable, than ran with or without sound. It wasn't very random, but it made for an interactive mind distraction on a rough day. She also walked across the bottom of the screen, o…

There was a few programs like this. The earliest one I recall was Neko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) But I think there were sheep, dancing babies (ugh!!), something like Bonzi Buddy rings a bell (I once had to clean something named that off a colleague’s workstation when he reported it thinking it was malware). There was also toys like this on Linux and Unix too. Most famously xeyes. I miss the play…

Post by Bluestein » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 9:59 AM UTC

Jedd wrote: post #177

hnlmorg wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a few programs like this. The earliest one I recall was Neko https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) But I think there were sheep, dancing babies (ugh!!), something like Bonzi Buddy rings a bell (I once had to clean something named that off a colleague’s workstation when he reported it thinking it was malware). There was also toys like this on Linux and Unix too. Most famously xeyes. I miss the play…

Ooh, Neko was 1989 - I'm not sure when I first saw the Lunar-Lander game on the Amiga that had a similar mechanism, but it would have been around then. Gravity vs thrust, with left + right controls, the idea was to carefully land on any of the windows on your desktop. Analogous to breaking the fourth wall, in a way. I still recall the scrolling message in that game -- Space is big, Space is dark, It's hard to find, a…