www.klango.net.
Klango is a developement environment for audio applications. They started with a couple of games, (which are in the database), and now have bought out th main Klango.net application.
this is a system built in Klango using sapi which does various things, from certain net brousing, to lots of groups, their own message system, running different programs (including a few more games), and (the bit I like most), a fantastic media component, which includes a public catalogue, and some great streaming and pod catching capabilities that even put winamp to shame.
You can for instance completely rewind and fast forward streaming content, and (for kicks), muck about with playback speed and time skip.
You can also interestingly enough, exit a playing audio stream at any time and return to it later, with your position saved. This is great for listening to very long stuff off the net without downloading it.
I'm still just getting into the intricacies myself, but it does seem a very useful thing indeed.
I must confess, when i first heard about it, I checked it to try the games but thought "what's the real point of a program to net brouse and have forums, ---- that's what I use Hal for" but found it to be far more use than I originally thought.
With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)