It is no secret that I am not an admirer of the Adobe product line. "Bloated" is the first word that comes to mind...

I know that Adobe does a couple products that are quite complex (photoshop) and those we expect to be large in size, but, there is no reason for a simple rendering tool like the Adobe Reader to be so large, gobble up so much memory and take an eternity to fully launch.

As an alternative, I use Foxit PDF reader and have used it for several years. I would recommend this one blindly as it is lightning fast, very light and does its job very well...it lets me read PDF's....for free, with no ads or anything... [you can get it here]

There are plenty of alternatives, some with more capabilities than others, but here is a post with about 30 other options for PDF readers.

Read more: http://www.cartridgesave.co.uk/news...

Here is another example of my forgetfulness... I saw a small, addictive Flash game somewhere and I can't find it anymore. It involved an object that you could drag and then several other objects moving around the screen.

The goal is to avoid touching any objects or the walls.

Here is my attempt at recreating this small game in Silverlight 1.0 (click on the image). As usual, nothing refined, just a functional model.

You may wonder why I am not diving into Silverlight 2.0...? Well, that version is still in beta and although I have experimented with it, I don't want to post any example yet, as most folks still have the 1.0 version installed and may not want to install a beta version of the player.

Enjoy! 

Silverlight Chase Game