Why Screensavers Existed — and Why We Still Love Them
Screensavers started as a practical fix for screen burn-in. Decades later the technical need has mostly gone, but the little moving artworks stuck around. Here's why.
The Afterglow Blog
Short, useful reads on where screensavers came from, how the famous effects are drawn, and how to get the best out of the ones on Afterglow.
How Afterglow's Live Data Screensavers Actually Work
Every 'live' screensaver on this site is either computed on your device from real orbital mechanics, or fetched by a small server-side pipeline from a genuine public API. No source is faked — here's how each approach works.
The Real Astronomy Behind Our Astrology Screensavers
Retrograde motion, moon signs and planetary hours all sound like folklore — but each one is a well-defined, computable astronomical event. Here's the real math running behind the Astrology category.
A Short History of Generative Art, From Life to Canvas
Generative art is the biggest single category on Afterglow — 80-plus savers built from a handful of simple rules. Here's where those rules actually came from.
Building a Screensaver Wall with Afterglow's Multi-view
Multi-view splits the screen into a grid of independent screensavers, each configurable on its own. Here's how to put one together, and a few combinations worth starting from.