I have to admit that I just got around to playing with Pageflakes recently and I’ve been pretty happy with it.  Pageflakes is one of those customizable browser portal pages that lets you build a page the way you want.  I have local weather and a few of my favorite RSS feeds (jkOnTheRun is in there, of course) and even a Twitter box.  You can easily and graphically change the theme and layout of your page and it’s free so you may want to take a look at Pageflakes if you haven’t already.  It’s really fast loading, too.  Here’s what my page looks like: