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Also: Is Diaryland the new old Tumblr? I revisited it last night for the first time in forever and was charmed all over again.
Can we start a new tag: “Shut up, tech weenies”? Please? (via
katiebakes)
katiebakes:
If you wish to attempt a Sudoku puzzle during the flight, you must demonstrate to my satisfaction that you realize that the nine spaces in every row and column must each contain a unique digit, and that the nine squares that make up the over-all Sudoku square cannot be completed without consideration for how they fit into the entire puzzle. Do you understand this? No? Fifty dollars.
I’m just reblogging this to say that i hate sudoku. HATE. Not only is it dumb and artless, it’s killing the crossword puzzle. Although I do like the puzzle that was rebranded as “Paint-Doku” for the purposes of confusing Sudoku fans into buying it. (It goes by the name “Paint By Numbers” in Games.) Don’t believe me? From that linked American Prospect piece:
But Sudoku may not be ready to play second fiddle yet; if anything, in fact, the game’s popularity seems to still be rising. This has led to a somewhat comical scramble in the puzzle biz to identify the next big thing in an expected post-Sudoku wave of Japanese logic puzzles. A Sudoku cousin called Kakuro seems the most likely candidate: “Hooked on Sudoku? Discover the Newest Puzzle Craze!” shouts the cover of a recent Kakuro book.
A personal story about this marketing mania: Earlier this year, my publisher said he wanted me to write a book of a well-known Sudoku/crossword hybrid puzzle. This specific variety of puzzle has been known for decades in the United States as “Alphacodes” or “Coded Crosswords.” They’ve been a favorite of mine since I was a kid, so I eagerly agreed to do the book.
“But we need a Japanese name,” the publisher told me.
It’s a language-specific puzzle that’s never been seen in Japan, I replied. It doesn’t have a Japanese name.
“Then come up with one,” he shot back. “Marketing wants a Japanese name. Can you have it to me by Tuesday?”
jessicagoldharalson:
This list is hilarious because Lifehacker readers have such awful taste in literature. The Bible? Ayn Rand? Seriously?
Welcome to our new geek-driven future.
