Broadband at Last :o)

Glad to be back in G.S. and my desktop computers. I have backed-up errands and stuf to do, but will do some posts later today.

For now, I just read this bit of news.:

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it is making it easier to add hundreds of miniature programs to independent Web sites, in a move that brings handy features to users instead of making users rely on Google.com

All this stuf has been available to add to your desktop Google start page for a while, I guess the difference now is that you can add it to independent sites.

Web site publishers can choose from a gallery of 1,220 so-called "Google Gadgets" -- small bits of code that function as dynamic applications when installed on a Web page. Less than two dozen of the applications come from Google. Most are built by outside programmers seeking distribution for the programs.

Google Gadgets range from a miniature look-up for Google Maps or Google Calendar to independent applications ranging from financial information to sports to communication tools and jokes, horoscopes or geometric puzzle game Tetris.

A list of Google Gadgets can be found at http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open

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