okay, this isn't the most sophisticated screensaver ever but it didn't take long to create - it's just an example of what you can do with samurize.

i'll probably upload a final version when i've finished adding calendars and other meters - not entirely sure what samurize can do with the screensaver functions but it's got options for bump mapping and other crazy stuff.

Many of the first visitors ever to DonationCoder.com almost 2 years ago came from the consistently wonderfull freeware discovery site shellcity.net.

Alll this week they are doing a series on the Best of 2006.. Definitely worth checking out..

SHELLCITY'S BEST OF 2006 -- All week long, friends....... In reverse order, as picked by you....

http://shellcity.net/

Here is a nice long article about lesser known "Boutique" Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs)

Imagine, for discussion's sake, that you don't have $50 million, so you can't build and market a full-scale World of Warcraft massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) clone. Suppose, too, you don't have rock superstar Bono on speed-dial, and unlike BioWare/Pandemic Studios, you can't finance your new MMOG through his $300 million Elevation Partners holding company. To get still more outlandish, let's say you cannot easily lay your hands on a paltry $3 million - no, really, work with me here - so you couldn't even produce a smaller-scale "casual MMOG" like Puzzle Pirates or Gaia Online or Dofus. Assume, hypothetically, you - just you, together with maybe two or three other indigent programmers - have six months of savings and a budget in the low four figures. How would you create and market a full-featured MMOG? ...

http://www.escapistm...zine.com/issue/75/15

Here's a nice website focusing on freeware games to add some fun to your holidays. It's organized by category and you can search for games as well.

Bringing the world of freegames together. 1323 freeware games | 141 online games | Total: 1464 free games

http://www.planetfreeplay.com/

Here is a very interesting bundle of online information management tools for individuals or small groups.

The “CodeX Apps” consists of two major components that covers personal works and team works respectively. Built with Web 2.0 technologies, the “CodeX Apps” is the easy-to-use yet powerful information solution for individuals, small businesses, and educational projects.

The two major components in CodeX Apps are: “vClipper”, which is a perfect information organizer for individuals, and “ProjectCenter”, which is a collaboration platform based on project management.

This “CodeX Apps Personal Edition”(PE) includes the “vClipper” only, and is absolutely free to use.

With CodeX Apps PE, you can:

- Write and store your notes, ideas, photos, files, and nearly everything.
- Manage your data by “tags”.
- Make lists fast with drag and drop re-ordering.
- Import bunch of your files and images just by a few clicks.
- Generate quick presentations using your images.
- Arrange your schedules with “Color Labels”.
- Share your documents with everyone by exporting them to a universal accessible, web-friendly document.
- Import “Extended Documents” that are exported by Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition...

http://en.codexapps.com/

quite funny audio show from the maker of the brilliant british show "The Office"

Exclusively available online from Guardian Unlimited
A half-hour of all-new drivel from Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington
In which Ricky, Steve and Karl discuss ...
the pros and cons of technological invention, leading on to Karl's Malthusian concerns and a possible solution. There's a digression into the extra sensory perception of early hominids. Oh, and some Monkey News of course. Plus strange tales about lethal drinking vessels and stately homes.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/rickygervais