Google has just introduced a new theme option for your personalized Google homepage.

“So what,” you say? “MSN and Yahoo has been doing it for years,” you say?

Oh yeah? Are their themes as adorable as this (note cute widdle fox in bamboo hat)? Do they freakin’ change according to what time it is locally, like this (note said cute widdle fox picking fruit as the sun rises)?

For those who are in the dark about the Google personalized homepage (unfortunately Google doesn’t make it obvious that it’s available), anyone who has a gmail account automatically has their own personal homepage that they can customize. If you don’t have a gmail account (God forbid!), you can still set whatever your primary e-mail address is as a google account instead and still access these services.

When you sign in to your account and go to google.com, on the top right next to your e-mail address there will be a link to your “Personalized Home.” Click on this and you will be able to add nearly anything to it–RSS feeds, Google calendar, Gmail, etc. I also have the phases of moon for whatever reason (see screenshot above), Fandango movie info, Google maps, and so on. You can access the themes on the right–underneath the search bar and above your content.

Granted, I am a bit of a Google whore. I use Google mail, Google Docs & Spreadsheets (formerly Writely) for school and other projects, Google Calendar, and Google Reader nearly every day. Even though their personalized homepage was kind of blah, it was simple and I liked the interface. But now that they’ve added themes…! It will be a treat everytime I open my browser.

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