I found a way via JavaScript to Java - to have an animated solution of the solution. It is posted here
I found a solution to the Setting Sun/"Escape" problem, now it is just a matter of trying to demonstrate the solution visually.
If you are not using this, and you want readability at small font sizes. you should look into this. I think Macintosh OS X is using this by default.
I have been using this since last week, and I just love it. You set this option in your display settings, and everything looks a lot clearer.
I have not noticed any speed disadvantage, but I also have not tried using it within any games either.
Here is the official microsoft link. It describes what it does, and how to configure it.
When we went up to my father-in-law's last weekend, he had a wooden game puzzle from The Mandalay Box Company, called "Setting Sun". During the whole 3-days that we were there, it was solved twice, neither of the times by myself. I am either really good or really bad with a puzzle. This time, I was bad. So rather than admit defeat, I wrote an applet to help determine the solution. Their website has a solution as well, but where is the fun in just looking it up?
Here is a page of the "Escape" programs I wrote. Some of the ideas were gleaned from first studying how Mazeworks did their puzzles, but I ended up basically starting over with new Applet, Canvas, Piece classes.
We saw the Hewlett Packard (HP) PSC1210 all-in-one at Sam's Club for under $100. Both my wife and I have had HP color printers in the past, and we like the quality. As compared to the Canon/Apple printers we have had, they were built remarkabley well.
The HP PSC1210 is a combined scanner, and printer. That means that for one USB cord to your computer you can either scan or print. It also takes up less space on your desk. Additionally, you can bypass the PC and have the ability to make color copies directly from buttons on the top of the machine.
It also prints color photo-quality pictures with its 4800 dpi. I printed a few pictures of our baby for work, and they look like pictures from the photo developer.
Here is a link to the product specifications.
Here is a link to another review.