What's on Your Start Page?

I'm about to rework my start page. By Start Page, I mean the local html file that loads when I open a browse window.

Currently, I have:

SEARCH Custom Duck Duck Go search box - defaults to local neighborhood, then everything. Links to search engines - Wilby, Million Short...

MAGAZINES Magazines and new information sources - like HN, Psyche, Nautilus, JSTOR, etc.

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Environmental - NOAA (sun, space weather) Local weather - it's usually rain for nine months, and then drought for three. But I like the nuances. Earthquake - I'm in the Puget Sound ADBS & Marine Traffic - Military bases, shipping lanes nearby. One-click fun to see what's floating by.

IMPORTANT EVENTS C-SPAN, NPR, NYT - I don't do news, but like to have links in case something !@! happens.

RADIO STATIONS WFMU, WMFO, WEEU, WXAC, etc. Tiny AM stations from Wyoming to Oklahoma have the best country music and on-air garage sales. Couple web hosted RTL-SDR sites...

GOPHER / GEMINI Gemini - Links to favorite sites like Gopherpedia and others.

LIBRARY Bibliocommons, local and city sites, and subsites. Very heavy library user, several times a day.

SERVERS & PROJECTS localhost ports for site dev Links to sites I have to monitor

My design is traditional two-column Yahoo! circa 1998. I'm always surprised how comfortable and easy it is to use. It was supposed to be a joke on myself, but I haven't had any inclination to change in three years. No images, black text on a dried mustard yellow.

So, I'm interested in how others utilize the start page. Specifically:

* Reminders, calendar?

* Tools or information sources?

* RSS or not - I use my email client now

* How do you manage / update your start page?

* Layout ideas, formats, templates...

* Images from your archives?

* Quote or fact of the day?

* Other categories, uses, purposes?

Thank you for sharing.