does anybody know where to find the gallery random image block and will it work wth geeklog 1.3.11? also, does anybody know of a weather block that would display local weather? thanks a bunch!!

For Gallery Random, you can try :
http://www.squatty.com/filemgmt/singlefile.php?lid=225

And for Weather :
http://www.squatty.com/filemgmt/singlefile.php?lid=214

I didn't try any of them.

why not? are they not good plugins? will they work/not work with geeklog 1.3.11?

Because I'd no need for them.