With the recent release of Windows Vista a whole new world of potential, preinstalled, customers has been opened up.. The Vista sidebar gadget is an easy to install program that resides on the desktop and provides some small service to the user.. In some cases it may be a small program, an RSS feed, even an interface to a useful tool..

We decided to give it a run ourselves and hired the guys over at Gadget Spark to create an RSS feed gadget that pulls our Tip of the Day wedding and jewelry tips from bangles and brides.. So far we have been very happy with the results.. Since it was uploaded at the microsoft gadget site 24 hours ago we’ve had it downloaded and installed right at 200 times.. And it is driving traffic.. Our jewelry forums have seen more guests than ever.. Now if we can just convince them to sign up and join the community.. .. ..