Detaching Widgets from Dashboard
Sometimes widgets need to be viewed outside of Dashboard. This tutorial outlines how to accomplish this.
To view the tutorial, follow this link:
https://interdubs.com/s/oneiric/tutorials
The following command is necessary to enable the widget to detach from Dashboard:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
To implement the command, enter the following:
killall -HUP Dock
To revert, change YES to NO and run the killall command again.