Google Bus Stop — Themes

While scrolling through Life­hacker today, I came across this post about a fun new addi­tion to the Per­son­al­ized Google Home­page — Themes.    Google is now offer­ing 6 cus­tomized themes that you can apply to dress up your ver­sion of Google.  While they are not earth shat­ter­ing designs, they are a fun way to liven up your Google expe­ri­ence.  I chose to use a theme with a scene from a bus stop.  The back­ground will auto­mat­i­cally update itself to match the weather in your zip code, which I thought was an inter­est­ing touch.  For those of you who like the Per­son­al­ized Google Home­page, this is worth a look.

As I scrolled fur­ther down through Life­hacker, I dis­cov­ered some­thing else cool for the Google Home Page.  A live tele­vi­sion gad­get.  While this will cer­tainly not improve my pro­duc­tiv­ity, it is really cool.  There are a wide range of chan­nels that you can choose from and view right there on your desk­top.   Per­fect for when “some­thing is hap­pen­ing” and you have an imme­di­ate need to get the lat­est from your old friend tele­vi­sion.   Use with caution.

Thanks to Life­hacker for the tips.

Cus­tomize your Google home­page with themes — Lifehacker