is there a way to get rid of all teh clutter around the orb and only have the orb and the main back peice on there? I have a whole bunch of nice orbs but with all teh stuff around teh orb you cant really see them.

also how do you add the time and date to the main menu? thank you

All you'd have to do is comment the parts, you don't want, out.
To find what parts you don't want showing you'll need a way to look at the XM files
user.interface.x.tool can view the xm meshes.
Once you know the mesh's name you just search for it in the xap and comment it out.

There should be a tutorial on how to put the clock back in.