Experiment with igoogle gadgets

Recently I was trying to develop a template for photo of the day style gadgets. Even though not completely successful ended up developing some interesting gadgets.

National Geographic Photo of the day This gadget brings award winning Photo of the day from National Geographic website along with the brief description and links to the original story and more photographs . This gadget also supports igoogle canvas view. Add this gadget to your webpage

Fractal of the day Fractal is a geometric pattern which has the property of self-similarity.The term was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin fractus meaning "broken" or "fractured." A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion. This mathematical branch now grown into an art-form. This gadget brings the images of the fractals. This gadget also supports canvas view. Add this gadget to your webpage

Wikipedia Picture of the day This gadget displays Wikipedia Picture of the day. Images that the Wikipedia community finds beautiful, stunning, impressive, and/or informative. Add this gadget to your webpage

Paint the city white

Global warming is on a rise due to a number of reasons, melting ice caps of arctic ocean is one of them. white color reflects more heat than any other color. Melting ice is changing the color of the northern hemisphere from white to a much darker color this is acting as a catalyst in the global warming. Can painting our rooftops white compensate the melting ice effect of the Arctic? My simple logic says yes but no idea to what extent...

Chance to christen Symmetry

Here is a chance to name a Mathematical Symmetry. Newscientist is giving this opportunity to its readers. Follow this link and try your luck http://www.newscientist.com/form.ns?page=symmetrycomp200806