Circa 1999, I wrote a simple reminder script - which I still use - that brings a popup on the desktop, in like 3 lines of Tcl/Tk using the wish shell. I shed a

Circa 1999, I wrote a simple reminder script - which I still use - that brings a popup on the desktop, in like 3 lines of Tcl/Tk using the wish shell. I shed a tear at how easy it was compared to anything else at the time. I am not even sure if it's that easy with anything else today.