Adobe's Air needs admin rights to install apps.  Adobe gives really lame, misguided reasons for this like "if you don't have admin rights you shouldn't be installing software."  Should Firefox stop allowing extensions to be installed if you don't have admin rights?  Java Web Start?  The multitude of apps on portableapps.com?  That's not what locking down admin rights is about; it's about protecting the computer from security threats.  Many people run without admin rights on purpose to protect their computer.Read more

I've been using AirDB lately for one of my projects.  It's a nice, lightweight  Active Record implementation in ActionScript for use in Adobe Air applications.  I wanted to create a LogTarget for logging with the standard Flex logging framework (mx.logging) that was backed by a database.  Read more