The magazines mentioned also have a sister publication called Computer Projects. These are usually focused on one subject (the last I saw was "animation") and come with a CD of free and demo programs as well.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy