The Guidebook Rewriting Itself Screensaver
The The Guidebook Rewriting Itself screensaver shows live edits to Wikivoyage, key-less from the MediaWiki API. A travel guide's facts expire in a way an encyclopaedia's do not — hours change, a museum closes, a bus route is renumbered — so the edits are mostly small corrections to listings, which the byte deltas show plainly. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the The Guidebook Rewriting Itself screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Live edits to Wikivoyage, key-less from the MediaWiki API. A travel guide's facts expire in a way an encyclopaedia's do not — hours change, a museum closes, a bus route is renumbered — so the edits are mostly small corrections to listings, which the byte deltas show plainly.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
A worked example
Live edits to Wikivoyage, key-less from the MediaWiki API. A travel guide's facts expire in a way an encyclopaedia's do not — hours change, a museum closes, a bus route is renumbered — so the edits are mostly small corrections to listings, which the byte deltas show plainly.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.