It was really pretty easy. I submitted it. Lord knows if they'll accept it, but even if they don't it won't stop me from doing another one

Interested in doing one yourself? Google has an excellent developer's guide.

Being the cycling nerd that I am I added the Lance Armstrong one, but there are a ton of great new themes.

Here's the Livestrong one in action:

Some on-topic options:

Os Gemeos:

Shepard Fairey:

Check out the whole list:

iGoogle Artist Themes

The panel was a lot of fun.

Not surprisingly, considering the the smart folks I was paired with, I learned a few things myself, the two biggest:

1. People are really excited about the potential of Opensocial. I guess that shouldn't come as a surprise, but it was interesting how unanimous the excitement was amongst the panel members (and that ignores the actual Google employee on the panel)
2. Adobe AIR is the best solution going for cross-platform desktop widgets. Why? They'll run on a Mac, Windows and even Linux and the development platform (Flash/Flex) is one that is widely supported and relatively easy to staff. compare that to the specialized knowledge needed to unlock the power of some of the other platforms and the fact that work needs to be split amongst them and Air is the way to go.

Thanks to everyone that came out!

I'll be adding to this all day.

• SlideShare Blog » Blog Archive » Tufte joins SlideShare board of advisors; No more bullet points on SlideShare

  My reaction? Funny

(Tufte famously hates Powerpoint)

• John Resig – Classy Query

  My reaction? Funny, but only to JavaScript geeks.

• Diesel Sweeties drawn in a "normal" comic style: "Not a Dream, Not an Imaginary Story."

  My reaction? Kind of funny. More clever than anything. Bonus points for it featuring Indie Rock Pete.

• New ASO rules; Ball buys time; OBRA bans Astana?

  My reaction? Funny, but only for people who know what I mean when I say I'm looking forward to the Ronde van Vlaanderens.

• Introducing Gmail Custom TimeTM
  Be on time. Every time.*l

  How do I use it?

  Just click "Set custom time" from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient's inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.
  Is there a limit to how far back I can send email?

  Yes. You'll only be able to send email back until April 1, 2004, the day we launched Gmail. If we were to let you send an email from Gmail before Gmail existed, well, that would be like hanging out with your parents before you were born — crazy talk.
  How does it work?

  Gmail utilizes an e-flux capacitor to resolve issues of causality (see Grandfather Paradox).

  My reaction? Funny

• Why We’re Suing Facebook For $25 Million In Statutory Damages

  My reaction? Surprised that anyone would fall for it. Not that the underlying issue is so far-fetched, but that they believed TechCrunch would sue Facebook. In case people haven't noticed, TechCruch lervs Facebook. "TechCruch and Facebook sitting in a tree…" That said, it is a funny piece, so they get points for that.

• YouTube is rickRolling its users!

  All the "featured videos" on the home page are RickRolls.

  My reaction? Funny like Turducken

• Best one so far for me:

  Inside AdSense: Introducing AdSense for conversations

  My reaction? Laughed way out loud

  

This is the second in his series of video talks published to the Google Webmaster Central blog. I eat this stuff up. I love detailed explanations like this. I feel like I'm armoring up with knowledge There's not much new in this piece for me, to be honest, but it's still worth a look if you're not sure about the mysterious use of the ALT tag*.

*everyone calls them "alt tags", but they're really an attribute.