I keep hearing that Plan9 needs animated whosits and transparent whatsits in order to compete with modern operating systems. Taking the initiative, I have added some polish to the clock. New features include a second hand and second tick marks, new mellow color scheme, miniature display mode, and double buffered animation for less tearing.
See it here: http://www.stackulator.com/plan9/plan9.png Get the code: http://www.stackulator.com/plan9/nclock.tar.gz Enjoy, Jon