Another change to my iGoogle page

I've changed my iGoogle backgound/theme to a misty green forest, and this screen shot also shows the My Delicious gadget in all its glory.

PS to Thing 22

I noticed when I opened my iGoogle page today that the My Delicious gadget defaults to displaying the "hotlist" bookmarks even though I last selected my own "bookmarks". This is slightly irritating, but I guess I can live with it.

Thing 22: Adding the MyDelicious gadget to iGoogle

I had already added a gadget for Delicious bookmarks to my iGoogle page, but I think I made a bad choice because it did not seem to have an option to display my bookmarks, only those added by others. This is mildly interesting at first, but when you realise that a lot of people using Delicious are programmers and their bookmarks are for various techie sites the interest fades fast.
The My Delicious gadget, on the other hand, does what it says on the box and displays my latest bookmarks (or those from my network). Much better!
I've noticed that it does not display my private bookmarks, so I'll still have to use the full-fat version of Delicious if I need to find one of these.
I'm quite happy with my iGoogle page now, and think I will try using it at work as well as at home.

Thing 21: Flickr Photostream

Just added the Flickr Photostream gadget/widget to this blog. It was almost too easy - hope I haven't missed something.
Static photos are nice (especially when they feature my cats), but what I really covet for my blog is a gadget that shows a single photo at a time, but cycles through a selection of photos. I think I saw this on Jane's blog and I'm hoping she'll read this and let me into her secret...

PS to Thing 20: No Note for Leda

I knew things were going too well. I tried to create a note in ThinkFree, but hit this compatibility snag.

More evidence that Microsoft is trying to keep ahead of its competitors?

Thing 20: ThinkFree Office - it works!

Before I wrote this post about ThinkFree Office I read a few other posts on Thing 20 from 23 Things Oxford participants - which did not fill me with confidence!

Undaunted, I went ahead and followed the instructions and was able to use ThinkFree Write without any major problems. I did find it rather slow, but I guess that's just my network connection (thanks, BT). Perhaps the offline mode would be quicker.

What struck me most was its similarity in appearance to MS Word 2003. Is there no copyright on the design of the Microsoft sofware? Or does Microsoft not care now that Office 2007 has updated the look of Word quite radically?

I uploaded a Word file to ThinkFree Write with no problems, and I would definitely consider using this software if I had not spent a few bob at the OUCS Shop a couple of months ago on MS Office 2007 (which I am growing rather fond of).

Thing 19: Google Docs

I have to admit Google Docs is pretty good. The only problem I came across was with a template that was not found when I tried to use it. I tried the new Upload feature and was easily able to upload a PDF file from my laptop's hard drive.

I created a form (see above) and publicised it via Twitter and four people filled it in (thanks to all). What I have not been able to do is incorporate the form into this blog. I'm hoping someone will read this post and tell me how it's done (Penny? Laura?).

And finally ... the new version of Firefox just downloaded comes with a choice of backgrounds (I think they call them profiles). I have chosen "Two Birds" and you can just see them in the top right corner of the screen shot above. I think my choice must have been influence by all the tweeting ... even the real-life birds in Moreton are giving it their all these spring mornings.