It's 5:00 Somewhere!

Had enough of the work day? This fun little gadget will tell you where in the world it's already quitting time – and time for a bit of refreshment, perhaps!

Want a copy of this gadget for yourself?

This gadget is also compatible with GMail. If you spend much of your day e-mailing and you can't wait for the work day to finish, It's 5:00 Somewhere! can now live in your GMail sidebar.

Unfortunately, there's currently no easy mechanism for adding a gadget directly to GMail, as there is in iGoogle. It's a manual process. Here are the required steps:

  1. In GMail, click the Settings link (at the upper-right), and go to the Labs tab.
  2. In Labs, turn on the "Add any gadget by URL" feature (currently towards the bottom), and save your changes.
  3. Back in Settings, go to the Gadgets tab.
  4. Copy & paste in the following URL to activate the gadget:

http://gad.getpla.net/5oclock/somewhere.xml