Things 1 and 2: My iGoogle page

Setting up an iGoogle page was pretty straightforward. I already have a googlemail account so was halfway there. Removing the US based gadgets, adding my own and arranging them was very easy. I added some news, bbc weather and some culture. The browser window froze every time I tried to choose a new 'theme', but most of them were pretty ugly anyway, so I was happy to keep the classic layout.

My first blog-post, my third 'thing'

So far I'm on familiar ground with iGoogle and blogging (I have a sketch blog up and running already). However, I hope and expect the project will take me into more challenging territory as it progresses.