xwinwrap -a -nf -ni -st -sp -o 0.8 --  /usr/lib/xscreensaver/xsublim -no-screensaver -file /home/glennji/.xsublim -font lucidasans-bold-14 -delayShow 5000

I've been experimenting over the last couple of days with subliminal messaging -- a word or phrase displayed too quickly for the conscious mind to perceive it, but which is possibly seen and absorbed by the subconscious. In my case I've been using an xscreensaver hack called xsublim to flash up positive words for 5000 microseconds at a time.

Slight problem - xsublim writes text to the "root" X11 window, a mythical surface that used to contain a wallpaper. This meant that the messages would be below any open windows ... and it didn't seem to work with CompizFusion and GNOME anyway.

So along comes xwinwrap, a useful little utility for drawing things onto a Compiz-enabled display. This can be used to show a screensaver as wallpaper, for example -- scrolling Matrix-symbols, or a movie, or dolphins, or bouncing cows. In my case, I use to to display xsublim above all other windows.