Why Not Free: December 2005

I found a collection of 175 nice and free online games most of them Flash and Shockwave games. You can play them on line instantly, no download needed. Links and descriptions for each of them on the site, here.

See also this interesting low price collection: Wholesale Video Games - sources of over 35 wholesale video game distributors.

Addendat - Blogging program that can be updated from either a CGI or shell interface

Addendat is a blogging program that accepts updates from either a CGI interface or a shell interface. It stores additions as HTML, so you can edit both entries and design in any ordinary text editor. It is configured using a simple HTML-like config file format and supports multiple blogs, even on the same page. It does not require Java or JavaScript and can publicize additions on a central hub, so users can easily find recently-updated blogs. It supports comments and archiving, can post entries to LiveJournal, and features configurable comment spam countermeasures.

aBridge - Free Online bridge game

aBridge lets you to play bridge online with other real people. It supports speech synthesis, so you can listen to the bids and chat conversation rather than simply gaze at the screen waiting for someone to play. aBridge also has some rudimentary bots, for when other players aren't online, but their AI is very basic.