ben (and anyone else curious about how this works)–here’s the outline:

1) contact stuart at 36 degrees design (link above) and ask his permission to use the widget. even though he gives permission on his site, i think it’s still good form : )

2) download the widget and unzip; save to desktop (do not install)

3) open the package–right-click, "show package contents"

4) open the index.html file in a text editor; look for “jamie’s blog” and change feed location and name to your info.

5) open "style.css" and edit to change appearance as needed

6) open "default.png" in photoshop or similar, and make it your own. or create your own 300×300 .png file. not sure if other size .png files would work–you could try

7) make sure all files keep their original names

make sure you leave all the credits, etc. in the code and on the widget–it’s only fair

9) close folder and rename package; upload to your site as a zip file

that should give you some direction, anyway. i’m a tinkerer and i suggest you do the same until you get it to work to your satisfaction. that’s what i did. if all else fails, start over with a clean copy. you might want to check out the directions fernando gives for his widget (link above). it’s a different widget, but the directions given there would help in general understanding. also, his widget might work for you just fine. it just didn’t like the css that greymatter generated.

good luck!