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iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google search box at the top, and your choice of any number of gadgets below. Gadgets come in lots of different forms and provide access to activities and information from all across the web, without ever having to leave your iGoogle page. Here are some things you can do with gadgets:

• View your latest Gmail messages
  
• Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
  
• Check out weather forecasts, stock quotes, and movie showtimes
  
• Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
  
• Design your own gadget.

Gadgets can be added to iGoogle home pages, or can be embed anywhere on the net with some code provided by google. (Under the "For webmasters" heading). The easiest way to understand iGoogle gadgets is to make a google account (It's free) and add some gadgets to your homepage.

A young internet programmer in St. John's has just developed and released a Google Gadget with a Newfoundland theme. Matthew Newell's hobby is designing things for the net. Matthew is available for developing web based things (such as gadgets) and that can be contacted by email.

Matthew told UpAlong this week, "I started this project because I noticed that there were no gadgets in the iGoogle gadget directory about Newfoundland. So I decided to make one. I wanted to try and make something people would like, so I chose to make a gadget that tells Newfie jokes. This is a actually my first iGoogle gadget."

With all this tallent at suce a young age, we asked if he was planning to make a career of this.

"I am unsure that I am going to make th ....

Looking down the slipway - Pouch Cove, NL

Nancy Hawkins, from Torbay, is now settled in Calgary. Every time she gets back to her home province, Nancy travels around and takes photographs... very good photographs. You see, over the years, Nancy has taken it upon herself to learn the art of photography, and now her work speaks for itself:

Enter the Gallery

Have a browse through her many photo galleries and, if you see something that you like, contact her at Nancy Hawkins to arrange to purchase high-definition photographs.

Nancy is working to establish a website; we'll let you all about that when she has it ready.

The famous Newfoundland’s world's greatest lover, the rooster that came from Kitchusis, indeed fathered a large and varied family. Now, one of his great-grand-chick’s is about to publish a book that chronicles his great grand-Rooster’s life and times.

“Great-Grand-Rooster was extremely well know in both Newfoundland, and in most parts of the world, as being a terrific lover. What wasn’t known was that he really wanted to settle down in Harbour Grace and raise a small family; maybe do a little fishing, and just enjoy life.”, Popeye told UpAlong via phone earlier this week.

“He never found the right – whatever – to settle down with. As time went on, and his reputation and fame grew, he began to realize that his dream would not likely happen. It was then that he began to really go at it. He hit the sauce pretty hard, and even chased after married women.”, Popeye said.

“That’s about the time things spiraled out of control for him. He couldn’t sleep; was up at the crack of dawn every day. He’d eat until he was stuffed, and then he’d go out and get salty and sauced.,,, he had a rough time of it.”

Popeye Chicken’s upcoming book will tell the complete story of Newfoundland’s ‘world’s best lover’. Look for it stores next month.

Outport dart player Tom Clayton announced at the Hotel Newfoundland that he was joining the Canadian Pro Dart circuit, effective immediately, if not, sooner.

After 20 some-odd years of carrying his various teams to victories of home-made knitted socks and frozen turkeys, Tom figured that his skills are on par, if not more so, with the pro’s.

“I’m WAY beyond the days of tearing up me flights, and jumping on me darts”, said Tom, “and my ulcers have all healed, so I figured its time to take playing darts to the next level.”

Some of Tom’s old team-mates are excited that he has finally decided to turn pro.

“He’s some good, bye”, relates Joe Keeping, “We’ve been telling he for years that he’s much better than those guys on the CBC. Sure those guys don’t even drink a beer while their playing. Ole Tom only gets better with the more beer he drinks. Either that, or we all gets worse.”

Canadian Pro Dart officials published on their website this: “We are excited and proud that Tom Clayton has finally joined our ranks. We look forward to bearing witness to his multiple tuns.”

We here at UpAlong.org wish Tom all the best.

We’ve all heard the old saying, “If you don’t like the NFLD weather, then wait five minutes”.  This week, a man from the mainland is planning to be in St. John’s to do just that – wait five minutes for the weather to change.

Joe “Buddy” Notfrhere said, “I was caught in a downpour the other day and I thought that it would be really nice if this rain would stop in the next five minutes. Well, it didn’t. It wasn’t till later that I heard that if I was in Newfoundland, there is a good chance that it would have.”

Buddy continues, “Five minutes to get a new forecast. What a deal!! If I don’t like the weather, I only have to endure five minutes of it.”

We’ll keep you posted on Buddy’s progress and let you know what happens after five minutes in weather that Buddy actually likes.