Pixel Fireplace

During our holiday gavagement, we had on a terribly kitch "Yule Log HD" cable channel, which offers an endlessly-looping video of a fireplace and the enforced cheer of Christmas music. It struck me that someone must have made a GIF 'n' MIDI version of it, as would be appropriate for use on the internet. There are several, but Ted Martens went one better, with a screensaver! Good job, Ted.

Update: A non-pixelated yule log for your computer, from the archives.

• [ijij]

  for the record, this is not actually a screensaver, but an interactive app. but thanks anyway. 

• [microcars]

  very “realistic”.  I could not get Santa or squirrel to work…maybe as an add-on pack?

• [Allan McCoy]

  what is gavagement? the only thing I can find on google indicates that the animals were then killed… not really my kind of holiday

  • [Andrew Perrine]

     It literally means the act of stuffing oneself with food, but usually refers to tube-feeding ducks and geese to fatten them up.  Delicious delicious foie gras is typically the result. Living in France is awesome.

• [manooshi]

  Reminds me of the rad fireplace app on my Google TV.

• [beemoh]

  Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH_0uybs93I

• [Thomas Juette]

  “Terribly kitsch”?  “Endlessly” looping?  “Enforced cheer”?  To each his/her own, I guess.  One of my fondest Christmas memories is of wrapping presents late into Christmas Eve one year, while enjoying (yes, enjoying) this “terribly kitsch” NYC Yule Log broadcast, and the old Christmas radio shows being played along with it:      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_Log_%28TV_program%29

  • [GrymRpr]

    I too grew up in NY in the 60s/70s and enjoyed WPIX’s show & “kitch”? Gods.. I feel old now   lol

• [beslayed]

  The windows version also seems to work if run under Wine in Linux.

• [jetfx]

  I tried to watch that channel, but all that was on was a bunch of dogs and their owners frolicking in a pool to Christmas carols.

• [Kevin Schultz]

  By design?

  Typing “smore” followed by the down arrow turns the fire red. :o|Repeating this turns the fire back to yellow.

  • [Kevin Schultz]

    Follow-up: typing just “re” followed by down arrow turns the fire red.

    • [Kevin Schultz]

      ;o)

      Ah: red, green, black, purple, blue, yellow all work

      The “re” + down arrow seems like a bug?

      • [Kevin Schultz]

        All the commands: 
        http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=13605.0

• [sockdoll]

  “the enforced cheer of Christmas music”

  Humbug, I say – humbug!

• [elvasam]

  How do I remove it? I went to control panel in order to remove it and it isn’t listed there. I’m not impressed with the fireplace at all and want to get rid of it.