Another gadget for Google Desktop! Yeah I seem to be doing a lot of these lately. They are fun and easy to write; and I like the challenge of seeing what is possible within the limitations of the Javascript language and the API Google provide (which is actually very good). My newest creation is a website or URL monitoring tool.

Download – Website Monitor v1.5.0
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When Logitech emailed me saying I was invited to try their new beta for the SqueezeBox, I thought it’d just be another software download, I was very pleasantly surprised to find a actual piece of hardware was shipped to me. It’s their new “Jive” platform, basically it’s a glorified remote for the SqueezeBox. Actually thats a little unfair it’s more like a mini PDA with a colour screen and wireless. The clever thing is you can write your own mini applications to run on the device, in fact along with the device Logitech shipped me a book “Programming in Lua” (Lua is the scripting language supported by the device) to get started with.

I have to say how cool it is to receive something like this for free!