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Short but sweet this week on the Digital Domain with a little eye candy. The electric sheep screen saver is a gorgeous visualizer similar to the ones found in iTunes and Windows Media Player. But these visualizations, called sheep, are updated by a community of thousands, constantly shifting and evolving. From their website:

“When these computers 'sleep,' the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as 'sheep.' The result is a collective android dream."

The Electric Sheep screen saver is available as a free download, and includes a shortcut with download so it can be easily accessed at any time.