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(July 13, 2008)
Interesting math problems from Yahoo Answers

(April 26, 2008):
Blokus Results: two colors in 180 squares and a new low-total game.

(April 2,2008):
I recently attended G4G8 (end of March, 2008), where with Zdravko Zivkovic and Kate Jones, the new "Doris" puzzle was presented. See Octamatch.
I also presented an Acrostic puzzle.

Inspired by a reunion with Ken Knowlton, 36 years after taking a computer art class from him, I created THIS.

Writings   Wordplay

Original quotes:
"There is no knowledge, only belief ."
 
"Water, in all its forms - rivers, lakes, falls, clouds, rain, and, most of all, life, is a source of never ending beauty."
 
" 'Life' is software that builds its own hardware."
 
"We are living the first pass of a two-pass algorithm."
 
"We do not learn; we discover what we did not realize we already knew."
 
"BIRTHDAY: that special day of the year that most clearly marks that Time pushes the start of our life farther away, and pulls the end nearer."
 
"The best way to get something programmed is to ask a programmer to do it by hand."
 
Whether you add (BU__SH__) or subtract (B_S_), the result is the same.
Inform yourself about BU__SH__
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Anagram helper
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Clobber (5/1/02)

CrossPrime (2/22/2)

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Blokus (4/22/03)
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Sudoku
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MasterMind (5/23/05)ColorGame (6/1/02)
Tricolor (7/12/02)
Concentration
Random Art (6/15/02) Much Better Art (4/09/08)
 Simple Logic Puzzle (12/17/06) Jeopardy   Wheel   Chase
Solutions to 24 Game (9/21/07)?Mystery word puzzle (12/20/02)

Interesting math problems
(7/13/08)
Others' quotes:
"God made the integers - all the rest is the work of man."
-- L. Kronecker
"You do not really improve your chances in Lotto by buying a ticket."
-- ??
"No matter how cynical you get, it's impossible to keep up."
-- Lily Tomlin
"The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry."
-- Henry Petroski
"In Britain, a hundred miles is a long way,
in America, a hundred years is a long time.
-- ??
"Before the debugging comes the enbugging."
-- Joe Algieri
"Even if you cannot fill your head with ideas,
you can still fill your mouth with words."
-- Lidia Luquet
"You can never start staying up late too early."
-- Mortcat
"Never date anyone younger than your kids."
-- klj
"What flavor is your lollipop ?"..."Gooood !"
-- Celia Kaye (age 4)
Practical Math

   How much could you save by carpooling ?

   Save big with compound interest

External links

An offbeat look at life in California

Number theory problems based on Hearts

How many minutes or seconds old are you ?

Recommended online games
iSketch   • AcroChallenge  
Switchword   • Scrabulous  
Euler's Day OffDaily Set Puzzle

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Is this book title redundant, or what ?
   The Complete Idiot's Guide to Numerology

Sites where my comments occasionally appear
Andrew TobiasRisks Digest
Washington Post
Style Invitational
NPR's Weekend Edition
Sunday Puzzle