Google new widgets

Google's new Web Elements (click here) allow you to add everything from news video player feeds to online presentations, spreadsheets, maps, search and web conversation to your website as a widget. Easy peasy, using simple code copy and paste. Will the Google geeks ever run out of steam? By the way, dudes, when are you gonna take a new Street View pic of my house, now that I've spent so much on getting it repainted?

The Ashes: 38 days to go

Photo © Patrick Eagar

Catches win matches...

* The Ashes, 2005: Trent Bridge, 4th Test, August 27:

Adam Gilchrist, c Strauss b Flintoff, 27

Australia forced to follow on and England won by 3 wickets. An awesome, wide slip catch by Strauss helped turn the tide England's way, with the series tied at 1-1 after three games. With the final Test drawn, the 4th test was the true decider and Strauss made a great contribution. 

* 38 days to go now to the 2009 Ashes - and only the minor irritation of the 20-20 World Cup to get over in the meantime. Britain, indeed, has got talent.

Partial source: Wikipedia , BBC's excellent odds fluctuation chart

and Cricinfo archive

Joke #1

Q: What time does Andy Murray go to bed?

A: Ten-ish

Wild Hogs

Wild Hogs (2007) - IMDB 6.1/10

Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William Macy play four 50-somethings who set off on a road trip to assuage their mid-life crises. A few brief laughs interspersed by the unmistakable, deep-throated sound of four Harleys on a road to nowhere.