Updated: 2010-04-30 02:45:00
: . Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , April 25, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 25, 2010 Name Two Birds . NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 25, 2010 Name Two Birds . Q : Name a famous person whose first name is seven letters long and ends with the name of a bird , and whose last name is also seven letters but starts with the name of a bird . Hint : One of these birds is the general name for the bird , and the other is a specific type of bird . Who is it Finally a nicely constructed puzzle with enough clues to confirm your answer , but not too many that they give it away . Are the bird names long or short Is this person part of history Or part of the present time Not wanting to ruin the puzzle , I'm steping out of giving a clue this week and
Updated: 2010-04-24 17:19:23
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 24, 2010 Double Escape and Crazy Elephant Dance When I was down at NYPP Brett Kuehner was kind enough to give me Double Escape which was Markus Götz s IPP26 exchange gift . nbsp It is a disentanglement puzzle , and Brett isn't a big fan of disentanglement puzzles , so he thought I might enjoy it . Thanks Brett Most of the disentanglement puzzles I have are of the all rigid' variety , such as these Dick Hess wire puzzles . The ones with a flexible component like rope can be pretty tricky and it is sometimes easy to get them all tangled up , so I have shied away from them somewhat . However , I really enjoyed Dinghy and Holey Bolt Double Escape is a cool idea :
Updated: 2010-04-22 22:52:00
: Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Sunday , April 18, 2010 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 18, 2010 A Tale of Two Countries NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 18, 2010 A Tale of Two Countries Q : Name a country in six letters . Change two consecutive letters in it to one letter to get the name of another country . What countries are these Here's a related puzzle sent to me by Gillog Lautomy , Name a country in seven letters . Change three consecutive letters in it to one letter to get the name of another country . What countries are these Posted by Blaine at 6:57 AM Labels : lists npr 2 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the answer or any outright spoilers before the deadline of Thursday at 3pm ET . If you know the answer ,
Updated: 2010-04-17 22:22:30
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 5, 2010 Small Die Puzzle Box I recently acquired a copy of Small Die , by Akio Kamei through eBay . It was brand new in-box for somewhat less than the Karakuri Club price , so I was pleased . It arrived a few days ago and I had a good time with . it It looks like a die , with a number of spots on each side : one through six . I really had no idea how this one worked when I bought it , so I was eager to figure it . out It became apparent that this was a hidden-mechanism type box rather than a sliding panel box , since nothing appeared to move at first . I fiddled with it for a little while , listening to the various sounds of the mechanism inside and did not make
Updated: 2010-04-17 22:22:22
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