NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 25, 2011): Occupational Study Puzzle
Updated: 2011-09-25 17:16:53
: Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Sunday , September 25, 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle Sep 25, 2011 Occupational Study Puzzle NPR Sunday Puzzle Sep 25, 2011 Occupational Study Puzzle Q : Think of a ten-letter occupation ending in er . The first four letters can be rearranged to spell something that person would study , and the next four letters can be rearranged to spell something else that person would study . What is the occupation This week I'm going to put my feet up and let everyone else come up with the obvious clues . Posted by Blaine at 7:02 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : anagrams lists npr 3 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the answer or any hints that
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed September 21, 2011 Lattice II Lattice II and was designed by Frank Worrell and made by Eric Fuller . It is another one of the puzzles I purchased from Cubic Dissection during the last update . Eric describes it as building on Tom Jolly's original Lattice puzzle , but Lattice II only has two pieces rather than three . nbsp It looked pretty simple , but for only 5 I figured it was worth trying out since I was ordering some other puzzles as . well It came disassembled , so I set myself to the task of putting it together . Based on the way the pieces looked , it was pretty easy to narrow down how they would start assembling . From there , with a slight amount of fiddling I
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed September 20, 2011 Zauberflote Recently Eric Fuller updated his site , Cubic Dissection with a bunch of new puzzles he had made . I had heard that he was going to update soon , so I set up my phone so it would make all sorts of a racket when the email notification came in , just in case I was sleeping when it happened . Fortunately , it was in the afternoon , so it wasn't really necessary . nbsp This might sound a bit absurd , but Eric's puzzles are known for selling out quite quickly , and I didn't want to miss anything particularly . cool One of the puzzles I purchased was Zauberflote designed by Gregory Bendetti and made by Eric . It was offered for a very reasonable
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed September 15, 2011 Alles Roger Alles Roger is one of the puzzles I acquired at the Berlin Puzzle Party about a month ago . As I mentioned in that blog post , as soon as the puzzle buying and selling began , I did a quick sweep of the room keeping an eye out for Roger puzzles among other things that would be snapped up quickly . I was lucky enough to find this puzzle for sale at Marcel Gillen's table and purchased it right . away The interesting thing is that very few people know who Roger a.k.a . RD is , hence the moniker The Mysterious Roger His puzzles have always been a bit tricky to acquire , since they were produced it pretty limited quantities and only sold by a
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed September 9, 2011 Wunder Puzzle Series Jeff Chiou of MagicPuzzles.org recently loaned me this interesting-looking set of puzzles by Eric Fuller.They are called the Wunder Puzzle Series and there are three different mechanisms , each in a different wood . Check out Jeff's review here I love the idea of puzzles that look the same and have different opening mechanisms , so I was looking forward to giving this set a try The photos below are from Eric's site , Cubic Dissection The first in the series , made out of Bubinga , is a copy of an old design that Eric came across through Peter Wiltshire . The angles of the joint are quite unusual , making you wonder how the puzzle