Go to the end of any of the following lines and run `M-x lively' Current time: (current-time-string) Last command: last-command Open buffers: (length (buffer-list)) Unix processes: (lively-shell-command "ps -a | wc -l") then the code will be replaced by its formatted result -- and periodically updated. You can create little dashboards. Use `M-x lively-stop' to restore order. Based on the Squeak hack by Scott Wallace.