Unlike traditional solitaire, FreeCell is very easy to win. If you're looking for a pastime that isn't too frustrating, this may be your game. (The "experts" claim that over 99.9% of games can be won, but I've never found one I couldn't beat.) That...
Someone once estimated that more computer time has been spent on Solitaire than on spreadsheets. (OK, I just made that up.) But most phenomena have causes, and Solitaire is one of the most addictive games ever created for the same reason that gambling is...
Since the very first digital computer, there have been two basic types of images: vector graphics (you specify how a shape should be drawn but don't worry about the details), and bitmaps, (also called rasters, you tweak any and every pixel)....
Growly Notes lets you capture everything you're interested in, all in one place. Organize research projects, trips, to-do lists, or journals. Scrapbook your images, web links, and video clips. Your imagination is the only limitation. Pages can...
This is a twist on the most common rummy games (though a variant of our game used to be one of the most popular card games in the world). There are exactly seven hands in the game, and every hand is different. On each hand you're dealt one card more than...
Growly Calendar is a straightforward scheduling tool designed for everyday home use. It works great if you have just one computer, but it really shines when you want to coordinate calendars across multiple computers. You don't need a server, a MobileMe...
iPhoto is an astonishing app, but it's not for everyone. It has its own ideas about where your files should go, and it seems to be just one scary step shy of artificial intelligence. If you're looking for something simpler that won't touch your files...
This might be the oldest board game in the world, but every game is a different contest. Starting with fixed positions, you and the computer player try to move your pieces onto the home area and then off the board. The dice control what moves are...
Growly Calculator is intentionally simple: it lets you play around with numbers. And that's it. No charting or presentations, no built-in programming language, no incomprehensible twists. It's the spreadsheet we wish we'd had starting in the...
Perhaps the word processor you've been using has 100 times as many features as you need. Or it won't work the way you want it to - too many views or too few, and nothing makes any sense. Or it looks as if it were designed back when computers...
