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+Dashboard
+=========
+
+This project is inspired by the (soon-to-be-shutdown) iGoogle page.
+It contains a simple static html page and some css magic to make it look a little bit better.
+(Also i have started the javascript stuff using jquery ui.)
+
+This will later become a simple and configurable couchapp (see couchdb),
+that will be extendable with all kinds of widgets like rss readers.