popup-dialog

I'm messing around w/ cron and wanted to try to create a popup requester. Something that would open a window with a message in it. I thought knotify might be the answer but the only info (docs) I find for it make it sound alot more complex than what I'm looking for. I see that kcontrolcenter lets you do something similar as a system notification (sound and multimedia), but I don't know how this is making it happen. I'd appreciate your suggestions, thanks -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!