Autumn in this neck of the woods is Cookie Season. My kitchen will soon be stacked with cookies: cookies baking, cookies cooling, cookies in my tummy, cookies in the freezer, and cookies in tins waiting to be given away. If you’ve ever seen the classic episode of I Love Lucy at the chocolate factory, you’ll get an idea of what it looks like around here. I can’t claim to be anywhere in the same stratosphere as Martha Stewart when it comes to baking, though. Anything ‘Martha’ is impeccably done, stamped with perfection, and makes even the hardened DIY-er quiver just a little. So I was mighty curious to see what the first Martha Stewart iPad app would look like. Beauty? Functionality? Brains? You’ll have to keep reading to find out. Continue reading Martha Stewart Makes Cookies for iPad: Feast Your Eyes on the Cookie Runway!

If you’ve downloaded some depressingly dull apps for your iPad the last couple days, you deserve a pick-me-up: something that will remind you why you bought the iPad in the first place. Something so good, it can’t possibly be legal. Pssst. It’s called Labyrinth 2 HD. The “lite” version is a freebie you can’t pass up, and the full version is worth its substantial price tag (with one caveat). Continue reading Labyrinth 2 HD: Instant Cure for the iPad Blues