Customize Wordpress with Widgets

Automattic has released a plug-in for Wordpress that'll help you spruce up your Wordpress install.

"Widgets" is just a silly buzzword we've chosen for this sidebar-chopping plug-in we have developed. They could have been called Gadgets or Gizmos or Wizbangs or Whatevers. On the surface, they're just things you can use to personalize your WordPress site without knowing HTML.
Wordpress Widgets [Automattic]