I've been waiting for long for LPSMagic 2.0 with plugin system and there seems to be no news on that. So tired of waiting, I're rewritten this app from the group up with a modular structure. I will release it formally when I've polished it a bit and packed it. Right now I'm uploading just the files which can be placed according to the directory structure in the archive.

Basics:

The app is named USbS (Useful Standby Screen). It can display the output of any script placed in /home/user/USbS/Scripts/. It works more or less like QBW on the n900.

Out of the box, I've included 4 scripts- random_line.sh, daydate.sh, weather.sh and iplresults.sh (the first 3 were written for this app, while the last was taken directly from a script I made fr Queen Beecon Widget on my N900 during the cricket world cup)

If the files are placed in the proper places, a new menu item will be available under Settings>Applications>USbS. This is where the behaviour of the aapp can be controlled.

When I create a deb, default values will be created, but for now, please use the following values as default.
You can change these values as required.

You can run the app by typing USbS.sh into the terminal (needs developer mode). Right now, I've made it not run on boot or run silently. This is so that bugs can be caught and identified.

If you're getting permission errors running USbS.sh, become root and do Do let me know what you think.

PS:dependencies are python, python-imaging and wget