My friend Jeff Prosise has taken John Conway's mathematically-based Game of Life, automated it and given it a slick UI using Microsoft Silverlight 1.1. I'm sure Jeff had fun writing this, all the while learning the new environment.

You can read more about SilverLIFE at this blog post, and then play with it here. (You will be prompted to download Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh).