keep Dashboard widgets on the desktop

If you want to use your Dashboard widgets directly on your MacOSX desktop then type "defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES" in Terminal followed by return. Log out of your account or restart. Now if want want to keep one or more of your Dashboard widgets on your MacOSX desktop, just start your Dashboard, click the widget and hold the mouse button. Leave Dashboard and let loose of the mouse key. The widget should stay on your desktop now. For returning the widget into Dashboard hold the widget and start Dashboard again.