Show HN: Live life calendar wallpaper for Mac

Post by 191101 » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC

Post by 191101 » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:52 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #3

191101 wrote: post #2

I was looking for a life calendar to put on my Mac's background to remind me to do actual work. To my surprise, I couldn't find one that updates live based on my birthday. I put this one together with some vibecoding but it is a tad janky. I welcome any pointers to a proper one, cheers!

I haven’t used it in probably a decade, but GeekTool[0] lets you display terminal output on your desktop. I imagine it could be setup where a script runs periodically to generate the life calendar output, and the applet on the desktop would then update. Still might feel a bit janky, and not sure if it’s the look you’re going for, but it’s another avenue if you’re looking for options. [0] https://www.tynsoe.org/geekto…