Living in the tropics is a bit of a stretch for a Minnesotan like me. Minnesota still has many farms, and the weather in Minnesota can change drastically from day to day, even from morning to night. As a result, Minnesotans talk about the weather. Often.
When I moved to KL, I found that I didn’t know how to start conversations because no one discussed the weather. No one discussed it because it was always pretty much the same.
Eventually I got over it, but now that I’m back in S.E. Asia, I found myself thinking about weather. To my delight, I discovered free weather stickers for your website from Wunderground. I’ve chosen a pretty basic one here with a white background so that it will be visible in my sidebar. However, they have all sorts of spiffy ones. Some are even interactive.
I’m thinking my students would really enjoy putting these on their web sites. Living overseas seems to make many children patriotic. They could put their hometown instead of Singapore.
To get your own banner …
- Go to http://www.wunderground.com/
- Enter your city (or country) in the search field at the top of the page.
- When it takes you to your place’s weather page, scroll down to almost the bottom of the page to the link for Free Weather Stickers for your Homepage.
- Choose the style you would like.
- Copy the code that is generated into your blog or web site’s template.