When I built these two gadgets they never looked like this:
Yes it is raining in Brisbane.
You can add them to Vista sidebar too, download them from here:
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=558b2088-0106-422c-8b67-da067db2360a&bt=1&pl=1
http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=fd7fd7af-32e4-43b9-bbf3-3cf9233f0117&bt=1&pl=1
They are dead simple to edit also 