To learn something new that I wouldn't otherwise get a chance to learn. And to scratch an itch. I wanted to learn Python. And I wanted a clock and a weather

To learn something new that I wouldn't otherwise get a chance to learn. And to scratch an itch. I wanted to learn Python. And I wanted a clock and a weather applet in the Avant Window Navigator (a dock for Linux). The opportunity was too good to pass up... I wrote them myself.