To your brain through your ears
I put in a guest appearance on Good Job, Brain!, a new trivia podcast a few friends have started. Not surprisingly, the topic is words, and there's some good puzzle-related chatter in here. I had a lot...
View ArticleIn which I become a viral video sensation
Here is a thing I did along with Alex Boisvert (of Crossword Nexus) using a puzzle from Brendan Emmett Quigley and the XWord software. I think it's cool and will get cooler as we do more episodes. You...
View ArticleWide open spaces
The next episode of CROSSWORD RACE is out! In this thrilling installment, Alex withholds the grid pattern, so I have to figure it out myself. Will it put me in too big a hole? Watch and see! Also,...
View ArticleRewired
It's been a while; you'd be correct in thinking that I've been busy. Two quick things to share with you on this Friday. Two more episodes of CROSSWORD RACE have gone online; here's the third and the...
View ArticleWe’re poets and we’re quite aware of it
Quick post today... first off, Crossword Race Episode 5 is posted. This time, I have to solve with lots of clue words replaced by rhymes. This one's a real nailbiter, folks, so dive in. Also, the...
View ArticleInstitutionalized
Some time ago, on Wired's Decode blog, I wrote about an immersive and, frankly, very weird alternate reality game in San Francisco called Games of Nonchalance. The game drew to a close more than two...
View ArticleMissed opportunity
Good luck to everyone participating in the US Puzzle Championship on Saturday. I'm taking a weekend trip and will be unable to do it this year. That's extremely annoying, but it's not like I'd have a...
View ArticleCooling down
I'm back in the Bay Area, which you may know as the only part of the country that isn't blazing hot right now. Yes, I'm bragging. I always suffer a bit of a hangover after the National Puzzlers' League...
View ArticleShining moment
Last weekend was a very successful puzzle-hunting one! The biggest thrill came on Saturday, when the League of Extraordinary Puzzlemen achieved an unlikely victory in the Berkeley Mystery Hunt! We were...
View ArticleSomething has happened
The mysterious YouTube channel Pronunciation Book has reached the end of its 77-day countdown, about which I wrote briefly. When I awoke on Tuesday morning, the final day, I didn't know what to expect;...
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