I didn’t bring my watch with me."

One of the students replied, “Yes, but there’s a calendar next to you.”

Almost all of their daily life activities are scheduled according to the calendar.

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Dateline

This utility will put a linear transparent calendar in your desktop.

By default, it will reside above everything else.

If you tap on a date, it will be opened in iCal.

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For some people, the appearance of this desktop calendar might become annoying.

Rainlendar Lite

This is a well-known customizable, free desktop calendar.

At least on the Windows platform.

01b Dateline - Above iCal

I didn’t know that there was a Mac version until I did the research for this article.

you might add events easily by clicking on any date.

A window will show up, just add the necessary details.

01c Dateline - Appearance Preferences

If you want to know the differences, like refer tothis page.

There are three versions to the tool: PowerPC, Intel, and Universal Binary.

This app will reside in the menubar.

02b Rainlendar - Main

you could fire up the main window by clicking on the menubar icon.

Double clicking on any date on the MagiCal main window will open that date in iCal.

02c Rainlendar - Add Event

03b Magical - Main

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