PC World - The Rainmeter desktop customization tool isn’t just about creating the coolest-looking desktop by mixing and matching different skins. Rainmeter can also help your productivity by letting you keep tabs on your inbox at a glance, know what kind of weather you’re facing outside, monitor PC system health, track the news, and take notes.
In this article I’m going to share an (Rainmeter Alternative for mac)application that lets you to not only customize your desktop in Mac OS X, but also display any Terminal output right on your desktop
This is actually the first time I'm hearing about the rainmeter thing, will try it out.