Holiday forum bats, etc.

[BryceM]

Hey Art, the Halloween bats that pop up and wander all over my screen are kind of fun....... for a while. At this point (Nov 3rd) they're just distracting, and making it less fun to be here. Just my (perhaps overly sensitive) opinion.

 

[*Ci*]

Bats???

 

[Burr740]

Time for the bugs bats to die, I busted 3 holes in my desktop screen already trying to kill them

 

[Joel Armstrong]

 

[Art]

SORRY all! Bats are finally gone! Nov 5th so 5 days too late.

Work has been kicking my butt lately and I'm not able to visit the site daily like normal. The holiday script was supposed to turn it off when it turned Nov 1 and it obviously didn't. I've alerted the developer to see if there's an update.

No matter. Did it manually.

Wait till you see the turkeys walking all over your screen during Thanksgiving!

 

[Joel Armstrong]

 

[*Ci*]

Huh. I never saw any bats and I visit the forum every day.

 

[BryceM]

Probably has to do with your hardware/software combo. On my windows 11 desktop, they fly all around the screen like flies or gnats. Sort of cute, but infinitely annoying IMO.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Bryce ain’t havin it Art, he’s gonna Swiss cheese his monitor if you put those on this month.

 

[Art]

Huh. I never saw any bats and I visit the forum every day.

Do you visit us on a computer or iOS device? I don't think it shows on phones or iPads.

 

[Art]

So this is always kinda fun for me. The script lets you swarm the screen or limit it to just a few. In years past (at APC), I would limit it to a couple of bats.

People thought they were seeing an ant on their screen or a gnat flying by. One even told me they swatted their screen!

It's the little things that make you chuckle. Although that's not very friendly of me so I turned them off.

Let's see what I decide with the turkeys!

 

[*Ci*]

Do you visit us on a computer or iOS device? I don't think it shows on phones or iPads.

That explains it - iPad.

 

[Art]

Thanksgiving came and went. No one saw any turkeys, right? I hope.

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Well @BryceM didn’t lose his $h1t recently so I think it’s safe to say no, they didn’t make an appearance

 

[BryceM]

LOL!

Not that you know about.

 

[FrankZ]

Thanksgiving came and went. No one saw any turkeys, right? I hope.

Am I the only one that was hoping to see turkeys? LOL

 

[BryceM]

I saw pilgrim hats, on the avatars.