Shameless plug:
This is one of the things that takes up my *cough* valuable *cough* time :)
This is the SMAUG derived MUD codebase that I am a developer for: AFKMud
Oh, and I'm not dead yet, either :) Works been keeping me busy.
I'd tell you what I do, but then I'd have to kill -9 you.... (that was a 'subtle' clue ;)