It seems that the UK weather has come across the Pond and hit the eastern seaboard. Well, maybe not - this storm has actually been brewing for the last couple of days down in the Carolinas. I should leave the Brooklyn office pretty soon if I want to guarantee getting home, as it's coming down in buckets - not literally, although that would certainly help with the ensuing snowman construction. Also, I'm playing outdoor football tonight :)
There's a funky little tool that comes with macromedia's free shockwave player called WeatherBug that puts yet another little icon in my system tray in the bottom right hand corner - eventually, I won't be able to see my application buttons. This is probably the most useful such icon though, as it shows me the temperature (currently 22°F). Apparently, there's a weather reader on the roof of the school opposite our apartment block that tells me the temperature, weather etc. Kinda cool.
The original reason for downloading Shockwave was to watch the animation of Newcastle's goal against Chelsea booking them a place in the next round of the FA Cup. This little feature is phenomenal, allowing you to watch goals from any camera angle or from the perspective of any player (or the ball for that matter). Also, it's always up in a matter of minutes after the game has finished. The way in which the BBC has gone with this embedded application seems like the right way to go. It looks like the frame of the page is served as usual by the BBC's CMS, while the main body of the page is syndicated out to be fed by this applet. It means that the technology behind their delivery application is not pulled left, right and centre by the whims of the moment, and it can focus on what it does best, while offering some wonderfully rich content.
