News Archive

20 July 2008: Gadget Minimizer

Bringing support for gadget minimization to the new iGoogle. Read more...

10 July 2008: Canvas mode for Clouds gadget

My Clouds gadget now supports iGoogle's new Canvas mode, going to a full-screen view when the Expand icon is clicked. Simliar conversions are in the works for other gadgets as well.

14 May 2008: More Themes

Changing Faces of the Earth World Stock Markets Electron Microscopy Mandelbrot Set The iGoogle themes just keep coming. Our latest creations include Changing Faces of the Earth, satellite imagery showing dramatic changes over time; World Stock Markets, a near-real-time graph of the Dow Jones, FTSE, and Nikkei indices; Electron Microscopy, twelve amazing images too small for the naked eye; and Mandelbrot, a week-long zoom into the classic fractal. Install any of them from inThemes.com by clicking on the links above.

9 May 2008: Sawyer Nymphs Fly Selector Sawyer Nymphs Fly Selector gadget screenshot

Developed for Nick Sawyer, grandson of fly fishing legend Frank Sawyer. Just input the anticipated conditions of your fishing trip into the gadget and it will give you a suggested dry fly and nymph. Read more...

15 Apr 2008: Updated Moon Phase

I've now added text to my Moon Phase gadget showing the times of the nearest new and full moons. And it's optional, so if you prefer you can still have original clean look. Read more...

8 Apr 2008: Street View Gadget Street View gadget screenshot

Google Maps' interactive street-level panoramas, ready to embed in any web page. Read more...

3 Apr 2008: Moon Phase Gadget

It suddenly occurred to me that the same graphics used in my new Moon Phase iGoogle theme (below) could easily be repackaged into a gadget. So I did. Read more...

1 Apr 2008: New Themes

Moon Phase Butterflies National Parks No foolin'! Over at inThemes we've just released three new iGoogle themes: Moon Phase, a live depiction of the current phase of the moon, Butterflies, a lovely collection of lepidoptera photos, and US National Parks, panoramic images of America's most beautiful places. As a fully-dynamic theme, Moon Phase is of particular interest here because it relies on the Theme Manager gadget.

28 Feb 2008: Launch of inThemes.com

I'm happy to announce the launch of a the web's first independent iGoogle themes directory. All our themes are hand-selected (read: no dross) and our Preview Mode lets you see what any theme's going to look like before you install it. Go to the site...

13 Feb 2008: Major Update to Theme Manager

New features include individual locations for each theme, transparent Google search controls, and generally tighter integration with iGoogle internals. Read more...

1 Feb 2008: It's Five O'Clock 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! Read more...

21 Jan 2008: iGoogle Theme Manager

Switch iGoogle themes easily and persist custom themes between sessions. Developers can also disable caching to ease theme debugging. Read more...

14 Jan 2008: Multi-Language Support for DaylightMap

The DaylightMap gadget (and main site) now supports Spanish, French, and Russian.

9 Jan 2008: Google Earth Viewer Pre-Release

Embed any online KML file into a gadget! Read more...

12 Dec 2007: New Cloud Imagery

I've overhauled the Clouds gadget tile server to use satellite imagery from the Navy Research Lab (via the new Google Earth weather layer). This means hourly updates and higher zoom levels. Read more...

10 Dec 2007: Instant Domain Search gadget

New from gad.get pla.net, a Google Gadget wrapper for InstantDomainSearch.com. Thanks to Beau Hartshorne for authorizing this gadgetization of his great AJAX service. Read more...