Widgets and Gadgets - 'Goget' some

I looked at Digital New Zealand widget gallery. Apart from being a very ugly site (didn't like the colours at all) it was interesting and it's good to see so many widgets with New Zealand information on them.

I have been into Library Thing and set up my account. I've been wanting to have a look at Library Thing for some time as it would be a great way of keeping a record of the books I read. It's a great site. Not flash but easy to navigate through. I added a nice group of new books I've read but I can't seem to download the Widget. I would really love to add this to my blog. I am going to check with Jenny when she comes back from her break. At the moment I'm feeling quite frustrated!

As far as Widgets suitable for Library sites are concerned, a widget to search another library's catalogue could prove extremely useful. If added to a library Wiki, widgets would enable librarians to have links to frequently used sites all on one page. This would save librarians time having to search for sites on outside sources. Widgets with information about genealogy could also be useful or other favourite research sites.

Jenny has just come back from tea break and helped me download widgets for Library Thing and the weather forecast. I needed to open HTML/Javascript link, give the Widget a title, add the code to the body and, lo and behold!, I now have wonderful Widgets up and running! I'm so excited. The weather is there whenever I need it.

I've also experimented with Netvibes. I like it. It looks neat and tidy and contains more information. I've set myself up on Facebook. It's all a bit overwhelming and I'm waiting for my confirmation to happen. Netvibes seems like a good site to keep all my online activities in one basket. A little concerned how far down the birthdate list I had to go to find the year I started High School! Will have a chat to Jemima about my Facebook. She'll have plenty of tips about using it effectively I'm sure. It would be very nice to have a new computer at this stage. I think the old Global PC will gasp and keel over with all this new activity.