Far from being able to do any of this stuff myself, but I'm surprised that the "chumby" (or konfabulator/widget/dashboard/gadget stuff) hasn't already been embraced by folks who have the latest greatest gadget yet. (that being the
nXXX series in my biased view)
Isn't that a big part of the promise of the internet tablet? To be an at-your-hand information gadget?

I'm far from the coding type of guy who can whip this stuff up, but even I have spent some time trying to figure out the basics of the 'widget' world to see if I can help port this stuff to the Maemo platform. (If you are wondering, I ended up looking at gDesklets and SuperKaramba, but haven't figured out where to go from there, or which would be a better base to work off of. Hints, tips, outright information appreciated).

I tried to look up the weather for this afternoon before going out, and unlike my other desktops, I felt like I had to jump through hoops to get the info on my ITT (and the wireless was so slow that I went out without it, just to have the temp drop ~15 degrees on me, hah!)

I applaud the Chumby and its goals, and I even more applaud the effort to take that sort of information applet worldview and apply it to the ITT. Thanks folks!