(need to install wget first)

wget -O - -q ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/observ...tions/EFHF.TXT | grep EFHF

Shows the current METAR report of an airport of choice (substitute EFHF with your local airport ICAO identifier)

The usefulness of the above is directly related to how much of an aviation geek you are, but nevertheless, one extra use for the applet :-)

METARs are usually a bit longer than what the applet currently can fit, so I guess some resizing and maybe word-wrapping to multiple lines (when max width is reached) would need to be implemented.