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« on: May 04, 2014, 09:05:48 PM »
Finished reading: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith
Now reading: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
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« on: May 04, 2014, 08:45:54 PM »
Did someone do this already? I'm doing it here. I haven't been here in like, two years. Stuff's happened in that time. What's that stuff?
Me? My kids are 4 and almost 3. I'm teaching at a private school that's having some financial troubles. I moved into an awesome new house.
Ok so I guess not that much stuff has happened. I haven't slept in three years. So that's nice.
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« on: June 12, 2012, 06:48:13 AM »
This seems like a good place to put all the ways my daughter is a good little nerd. She's 2 1/2. Feel free to join in if you have nerd kids!
Today, she was playing with some triangle shapes and I said "What happens when you put two equilateral triangles together?". She said "Da da rhombus!"
So proud.
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« on: May 23, 2012, 07:56:12 AM »
I just discovered Hidato. Of course, the first one I saw was a level 5 difficulty. I'm still working on it but I thought you guys would like it too. Especially Jaepheth and ivan. If anyone sees ivan around, let him know. I haven't seen him in a while.
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« on: November 06, 2011, 10:55:45 AM »
Happy Birthday Dude!
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« on: October 26, 2011, 08:57:28 AM »
I know there's a very small chance, but does anyone here have an HP laptop? Have problems with the webcam? Ours stopped working all of a sudden. Enrique was on the phone with HP for hours last night and finally quit at 1am. They didn't get it working.
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« on: August 26, 2011, 08:35:12 AM »
Which cookie do you prefer? Oreo or Chips Ahoy!?
Just those two options. You can say other cookies that you like, but I want to know which of these are better.
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« on: June 22, 2011, 09:53:41 PM »
You can post your answer here, but maybe make it small so there are no spoilers for those who want to do the puzzle.
A gym container holds 50 balls of two sizes and two colors. Twenty-two balls are large and red, 12 balls are small and 26 balls are green. How many of the balls are small and green?
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« on: May 23, 2011, 10:46:52 AM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here. I may not have computer access next week so I'm posting this now.
Puzzle #19 (5/30/11)
Find two different answers to this letter selection rhyme.
My first is in FASTER and also in FIT.
My second's in BOLDER but not in REMIT.
My third is in TRACK and it's found in a FARM.
My fourth is in MUSIC and shows up in CHARM.
My last is in ANTHEM and also in WEIGH.
So that's all the clues you'll be getting today. I'm seen at Olympics, which gives me my fame. A fiery symbol; so what is my name?
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« on: May 23, 2011, 10:43:13 AM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #18 (5/23/11)
Two input pipes will be used to fill an empty 68-gallon tank. One pipe delivers at a rate of 4 gallons in one minute and the other pipe delivers at a rate of 1 gallon every 4 minutes. How long will it take to fill the tank?
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« on: May 17, 2011, 02:28:07 PM »
The winner of the Spring 2011 Geekery Puzzle Contest is....
Jaepheth!!!
Congratulations sir. You get this banner for your sig, if you choose to wear it. Jaepheth has 407 puzzle points. ivan has 397 puzzle points. Novice has 382 puzzle points. Banshee has 185 puzzle points. reimero has 135 enriching puzzle points. Lacerda has 70 puzzle points. Pyrenus has 60 puzzle points. Demo has 45 puzzle points. Rizzy has 45 puzzle points. TheJudge has 30 puzzle points. BananaSkittles has 30 puzzle points. p5ych0t3ch has 25 puzzle points. HeavyJay has 25 puzzle points. foo has 20 puzzle points. Kitty_pop has 20 points Fraggles has 5 puzzle points.
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« on: May 09, 2011, 03:00:03 PM »
We're at the end of the contest. This is the last puzzle in the Spring 2011 Puzzle Contest. It's a bit different.
You will get five clues to name a category. One clue each day. You can PM me one guess each day for each game (there are two different games and thus two different categories). Every day, the point value goes down. There are two different categories, so you should PM me two different answers each day. Point values for EACH GAME will be given as follows: Mon - 40 points, Tues - 32 points, Wed - 20 points, Thurs - 10 points, Fri - 4 points. So it is possible to get as much as 80 points for this final puzzle.
PM me the answer. Do not post it here. And let's be fair folks. No googling.
Puzzle #17 (5/9/11)
Game 1
1. Vent
Game 2
1. America
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« on: May 02, 2011, 06:31:49 PM »
We're almost at the end of the contest. We'll go through Week 17 and a Spring 2011 winner will be crowned. Then we'll start over.
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #16 (5/2/11)
Send the answer by Friday. This is a regular scoring week!
Happy Belated Easter!
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« on: April 28, 2011, 09:21:58 AM »
I think this week and next may overlap due to my tardiness.
Also we're almost at the end of the contest. We'll go through Week 17 and a Spring 2011 winner will be crowned. Then we'll start over.
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #15 (4/21/11)
Send the answer by Tuesday. This is a regular scoring week!
Each squashed-together name below has two or three consecutive letters missing. Who are these people and what do their missing letters have in common?
NNASUMMER ELVISPSLEY JIHENDRIX TSWALLER GEORGTI TOYAJACKSON QUEENLAFAH LLYPARTON
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« on: April 21, 2011, 03:32:02 PM »
I think this week and next may overlap due to my tardiness. PM me the answer. Do not post it here.Puzzle #14 (4/21/11)Send the answer by Wednesday. This is a Super Duper Double Puzzle Wacky Week! The scoring will be different. Usually, anyone who answers on Monday gets 25 points, Tuesday 20 points, Wednesday 15 points and so on down. This week, each day is still assigned a certain number of points, but the order is jumbled. You may get 25 points on Wednesday, but only 10 points on Monday. So answer the first puzzle and then guess which day to answer it on so that will get you the most points. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!! You can solve puzzle B and that will tell you which days are worth what points. Puzzle B involves the digits 1-9. Once solved, look at the order of digits 1-5, they will correspond to the days of the week. Thursday (today) = 1, Fri/Sat/Sun = 2, Mon = 3, Tues = 4, Wed = 5. So for example, if the puzzle solution puts a 5 first (reading left to right, top to bottom), and then a 1, that would mean that Wed is worth the most points, followed by today being worth the second most points. Sorry if that's confusing. You only have to answer Puzzle A to get points and it's an easy one. Puzzle AEach set of letters below began as a two-word phrase in which both words started with the same letter (like evil eye or jumbo jet). I've removed the initial letters of the words and then removed the space between them. What were the original phrases? 1. astood 2. loseall 3. minocid 4. emonaw 5. uffiece 6. open Puzzle B is attached.
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« on: April 12, 2011, 09:49:50 AM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #13 (4/12/11)
It's a math puzzle! Send the answer by Saturday.
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« on: April 06, 2011, 12:16:28 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Bonus Puzzle #1 (4/6/11)
I found this fun one today. I will flip a coin for each person to send me the answer by the end of tomorrow. Heads, you get 10 points. Tails, you lose 5 points. If you want to do it just for fun, let me know that in your PM, you'll get no points.
First, underline the body part hiding in the consecutive letters in each of the eight groups below. Then figure out how to swap the eight body parts among the groups so that each replaced item and its exterior letters will form a common English word.
MATEYEG NARMBY NASPINECOND OBHANDD
COLCHINE RANOSESS MERCEARISE ELEGUFFS
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« on: April 05, 2011, 09:32:04 AM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #12 (4/5/11)
It's a word puzzle again. Send the answer by Saturday.
Insert the same letter into any position in each row's four words to create new five-letter words. When you're finished, unscramble the six added letters, one per row, to form a final word. None of the added letters is S.
1. FORM ONCE SAGE COLD
2. SEEP MOOR BASE EVEN
3. GALE AIDE ROOT LIMO
4. FLIT SACK MOTH BRIE
5. STUD EARN TING PANS
6. SHUT LIVE FRAY BARN
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« on: March 28, 2011, 03:13:29 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #11 (3/28/11)
It's a word puzzle this time. Send the answer by Friday.
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« on: March 22, 2011, 10:09:17 AM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #10 (3/22/11)
Sorry I'm late. This is a double puzzle. You have to get both of them right to get any points. Send the answer by Saturday.
1. How many numbers from 1 through 100 have names that contain at least one T when spelled out?
2. Danny's age is 9 divided by one-quarter of his age. How old is Danny?
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« on: March 14, 2011, 02:05:25 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #9 (3/14/11) Happy Pi Day!
Send the answer by Friday. This is a regular week. The scoring will be regular.
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« on: March 07, 2011, 12:08:03 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #8 (3/7/11)
Send the answer by Friday. This is a regular week. The scoring will be regular.
Use each letter of the alphabet exactly once in this grid. Four letters have already been placed. The clue in random order are as follows: face card; await settlement; plow animal; urban decay; fetus home; heavens; Roman V; onyx, e.g.
And no, "Thunder3Davis" is not the answer to "plow animal", as studly as he may be...
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« on: March 01, 2011, 02:51:08 PM »
Ok so I'm typing an email using gmail and I don't know what happened (crap like this always happens on this laptop), but all of a sudden everything is GIGANTIC!! But it's only in one tab. The rest of them are regular. I don't even know how to adjust the font size in Chrome since there are no menus on top.
Does anyone know anything?
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« on: February 28, 2011, 04:01:57 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.Puzzle #7 (2/28/11)Send the answer by Friday. This is WACKY WEEK. The scoring will be different. Usually, anyone who answers on Monday gets 25 points, Tuesday 20 points, Wednesday 15 points and so on down. This week, each day is still assigned a certain number of points, but the order is jumbled. You may get 25 points on Wednesday, but only 10 points on Monday. So answer the puzzle and then guess which day to post it on so that will get you the most points. Find a six-digit even number containing no zeros and no repeated digits in which the first digit is four more than the second digit, the third digit is one less than the sixth digit, and the fourth and fifth digits when read as a single number equal the product of the first and sixth digits.
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« on: February 21, 2011, 05:28:26 PM »
PM me the answer. Do not post it here.
Puzzle #6 (2/21/11)
This is an easy one. And fun! Send the answer by Friday.
Each of the words and phrases below has been translated into a random cipher alphabet. Letter substitutions remain constant from word to word. Can you decipher everything?
Topic: Signs on doors
Starting Hint: T stands for K
1. RCUSBARRY BESA
2. EB YCBTJEO
3. GYR BFDRL ZBBL
4. OREFSRCRE
5. DBGLY
6. BIIGUJRZ
7. TRRU BGF
8. ISBYRZ
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