After Dark’s “Flying Toasters” wasn’t just a screensaver—it was a cultural moment. Launched in 1989 by Berkeley Systems for Macs, it took something boring (a blank screen) and made it iconic: little chrome toasters flapping wings, bread popping mid-flight. Version 2.0 in 1990 added more customization—different toaster styles, sound effects, even extra toast types. By the mid-’90s, it had migrated to Windows and became the screensaver everyone either had or wanted. It wasn’t just eye candy; it turned idle time into personality. If you had Flying Toasters running on your CRT, you weren’t just saving your screen—you were flexing your tech vibe in the pre-internet era.