Found this and thought it looked quite good, haven't tried it myself yet...
If you haven't converted to Tiger yet, and are still running 10.3 (Panther) you can download Amnesty and install all the Widgets !!
If you have got Tiger, Amnesty allows you to use widgets whilst not in the Dashboard !!!
Amnesty
If you haven't converted to Tiger yet, and are still running 10.3 (Panther) you can download Amnesty and install all the Widgets !!
If you have got Tiger, Amnesty allows you to use widgets whilst not in the Dashboard !!!
Amnesty