PC NEWS DIGEST: PUZZLES!

The PC News Digest electronic jigsaw puzzles download in about 40 seconds over a 56.6 kbs connection and play in 5-25 minutes on Windows 95 or later PCs. These original puzzles were created with Tibo Software's Jigs@w Puzzle program.

Tip:  To rotate a puzzle piece 90 degrees: select, then right-click it.

Want to make puzzles of your own? Click on the puzzle piece to download a copy of the Jigs@w Puzzle software. It's shareware; FREE to try, only $9.95 for the basic software.

SOJOURNER
An out of this world NASA photo showing the Sojourner robotic surveyor on Mars, this puzzle has 35 rotated pieces.

Sojourner Puzzle
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlsojourner

MT VISO
Gianpaolo Bottin, a software designer by trade, is also a gifted photographer. His breath-taking shot of Monviso (Mount Viso) in Italy's Apennine mountains was used to make this puzzle of 30 rotated pieces.

Mt Viso Puzzle
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlmtviso

Gianpaolo Bottin's Photo Gallery
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlbottin

KOURNIKOVA
Solve this puzzle of 35 rotated pieces to see Russian tennis phenom Anna Kournikova making a super serve during the 1999 French Open at Roland Garros.

Kournikova Puzzle
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlanna

Roland Garros
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlgarros

PANDA
Native to China, the giant panda delights children of all ages. Our panda was captured (on film) at the San Diego zoo, and will engage you in a puzzle of 40 rotated pieces.

Panda Puzzle
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlpanda

San Diego Zoo
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlzoo

LILYPOND
This puzzle of 40 rotated pieces solves to show a lilypond at Longwood Gardens, Delaware. PC News Digest publisher, Lou Bruno took the photo in August 2000.

Lilypond Puzzle
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzllilypond

Longwood Gardens
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzllongwood

SEASHELL
Rodolfo Cavalli photographed the Philippine Cornuta shell (a mollusk) featured in the Seashell puzzle of 35 rotated pieces. Cavalli's image appears on the Italian culture site, Thais.it.

Seashell Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/seashell.exe

Thais
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlthais

COLLINS
Consisting of 36 rotated pieces, this puzzle shows Giants quarterback Kerry Collins in an Associated Press photo from CNN Sports Illustrated. Collins passed for five touchdowns leading the Giants to a 41-0 route of the Vikings, the NFC championship, and the chance to compete in the 2001 Super Bowl.

Kerry Collins Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/kerrycollins.exe

CNN Sports Illustrated
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlcnnsi

SNOWSCENE
Lynda Lester took the photo we made into the Snowscene puzzle (35 rotated pieces). Exhibited in the SCD Photo Gallery, Geosphere room, it shows a fresh snowfall creating a beautiful winter day in Colorado.

Snowscene Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/Snowscene.exe

SCD Photo Gallery, Geosphere
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzlscd

NIAGARA FALLS
Niagara Falls (40 rotated pieces) is based on a photo copyrighted by Liang-Wu Cai on 7/24/1998. It's a spectacular nighttime view of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.

Niagara Falls Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/NiagaraFalls.exe

SNOWFLAKE
Snowflake is Lou Bruno's 1990 photo of holiday lights in downtown Manhattan. This puzzle features rotated pieces.

Snowflake Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/snowflake.exe

GYPSY
Gypsy uses a fragment of Henri Rousseau's 1897 painting, Sleeping Gypsy.

Gypsy Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/gypsy.exe

LION
Lou Bruno, PC News Digest editor and avid amateur photographer, "shot" this lion in winter at the Bronx Zoo.

Lion Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/lion.exe

DUNDERBERG
Joseph Brennan's Dunderberg Spiral Railway is a fascinating web-essay about the 1890 theme park begun but not completed in a lovely, wooded area on the west shore of the Hudson River opposite Peekskill, NY. This puzzle uses Brennan's frontispiece photograph of the Dunderberg woods in autumn.

Dunderberg Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/dunderberg.exe

Dunderberg Spiral Railway
http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzldunder

TRAINS
Trains is based on Gregory V. Swisher's photo of a pair of locomotives passing historic Union Depot in Durand, Michigan. Gregory and Sandra G. Swisher colloborated on the Trains Across America exhibit at the Internet Public Library.

Trains Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/trains.exe

Internet Public Library Trains Exhibit http://servenet.com/go/to.cgi?l=pzltrains

MAYPOLE
Maypole is based on Edward Steichen's black and white cityscape "Maypole", shot at the Empire State Building in 1932.

Maypole Puzzle
http://www.pcnewsdigest.com/puzzles/maypole.exe