When Too Much Sport is Barely Enough

I'm living in London by my sporting heart beats proudly with West Australian blood. Luckily for me I could not care less for the Eagles or Dockers fortunes, so the Australian summer is where it's at. To keep track of what's happening in the 'real' summer of sport I've written a couple of mashups and iGoogle gadgets.

First off is an iGoogle gadget that shows the current NBL ladder...

...and Hit For Six is my home of cricket:


It's got a map that locates the exact position (center of the pitch where satellite coverage allows) of every game that's got a live score available, a map of upcoming matches everywhere they enjoy the sound of leather on willow, and a continuously growing map of every cricket ground in the world.

There's two iGoogle widgets to go along with it, Live Scores Map and Cricket Schedule Map.

Everything I've mentioned is written with the Google Mashup Editor, which I've found myself spending a lot of time playing with lately. It's a compelling tool, gives me the ability to put together a web site that looks the way I'd like it to without too much faffing about with CSS and Javascript.

It doesn't hurt that the GME team are responsive to feedback and aren't shy about releasing new features and bug fixes.