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Exercise for the Mind: Free Daily Crossword Puzzles

Posted on March 7th, 2007 by Merlin.
Categories: Analog, Communication, Free, Freeware, Game, Hack, Health.

I enjoy trying to exercise my mind and one of my favorite past times is working on crossword puzzles.

Recently I was shown the puzzles at Puzzlers Cave there are hundreds of puzzles available to play and solve - and the best part is there is nothing to join or pay for. Being free is even better then learning a new word or concept from a well devised puzzle. The Cruciverbalist (Someone that makes a crossword puzzle) come up with some of the most interesting puzzles.

The only problem is that you can not take them with you. So, if you need a puzzle or two to take with you on the bus or to pretend to look smart the next time you head out for a cup of joe at the local coffee shop feel free to visit the puzzle archive at the CapCod Times Website.

And if you need to some help on crossword puzzles check out my previous article on crossword puzzles and solvers.

Technorati Tags: crossword, puzzle, crossword+puzzle, cruciverbalist, printable, freeware, free, mind+exercise, exercise, exercise+for+the+mind

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Mr Picasso Head - Make your own portrait

Posted on January 19th, 2007 by Merlin.
Categories: Art, Craft, Drawing, Free, Game, Hack, Web Service.

Now with Mr Picasso Head Anyone (Yes ANYONE) can be an artist. With this very artistic webpage you can be your own artist.  First you get to pick your head, eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, abstract shapes, and you get to rotate them, resize them, place them anyway you want on the digital canvas and don't forget to sign your masterpiece. Have a Fun Picasso Friday!

 
Here is My Portrait.

Technorati Tags: Flash, SWF, Merlin, Picasso, Picasso, Head, PicassoHead, Toy, Story, ToyStory, Portrait, Digital, Art, Digital+Art, DigitalArt, Viritual, Canvas, Painting

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Free Crossword Help!

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Merlin.
Categories: Analog, Free, Freeware, Game, Hack, Web Service.

I enjoy working on crossword puzzles - But honestly I am not always that good But I still don't resort to the answer key and would like to have some suggestions or hints. I just stumbled upon was "One Across - Search for Crossword Puzzle Answers"

Very Useful when you have a clue but honestly have no clue.

In their search engine you type in the clue given and then type in how many letters it is if the word is blank  or you can type in  ???ed?? for a 7 letter word with ED in the 4th and 5th locations.

Example: Clue is "Round"  and Pattern is "O????"  and the first letter starts with O

The Answer it gives back is

	ORBIT	similar to known clue (round)
	OVATE	similar to known clue (round)
	OXEYE	similar to known clue (round)

Technorati Tags: Crossword, Puzzle, Crossword+Puzzle, Search, Engine, Search+Engine, Help, Hints, Clue, Guide

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KDice - FREE Multiplayer Stragegy Game

Posted on January 5th, 2007 by Merlin.
Categories: Free, Freeware, Game, Weird Stuff.

Yes, Even with a busy schedule you need to set some time aside to have some fun. Well, Today I was introduced to a very addictive AJAX Web 2.0 Game that has it all - Strategy, Easy to Learn Rules, Luck, Probability, Interactive, Multiplayer, and FUN!!! I am talking about KDICE - a very simple game to play - Object take over the map and conquer the world. This game is a combination RISK and Dice Game. Below is an excerpt from JayIsGames.com Talking about the rules, and strategy.

the game is so simple you can hop right in and play. Each of the seven players has a color and corresponding territory. Stacked on each territory are a number of dice. When your turn comes up, attack another player by clicking one of your territories followed by an adjacent piece of land. The game rolls the dice and the higher number wins. The goal is to take over and continue to occupy as much of the map as you can. At the end of your turn you get a set number of dice added to your stacks (at random) based on the largest number of contiguous territories that you control. The more areas you control, the bigger your dice army, but remember not to spread yourself too thin.

Yes that sums up the game - my only words of wisdom on this it to just try a few games out to get the hang of it and if you want to add me to your buddy list (DigitalAlan) on the game who knows we may end up playing against each other sometimes.

Official Rules and Strategy Guide: KDice on Wikipedia

Technorati Tags: Kdice, Multiplayer, Online, Free, Strategy, Game, AJAX, Web+2.0, Web, Flash, Time, Waster, Adult+Entertainment, Adult, Entertainment

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How Well do you Know your Google Search

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Adult, Anything Else, Free, Game, Web Service, Weird Stuff.

I like to use Google for most of my searches and I think I am pretty good at preforming a good search. But how well do you know from a group of 20 photos what term was searched for on Google - That is where Guess the Google comes in to play. I played today and got into the Top 10 Top Scorers. What really makes this game hard is you have a time limit and get better scores the faster you can type in the word. Each round there was at least one that I could not identify.  

So what is your best score - Post it here for all to see.

Merlin

TAGS: Google game search top score adult

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My Love of Sudoku

Posted on November 15th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Firefox, Free, Freeware, Game, Web Service.

I love the number logic game Sudoku - you know that game that you see in all the newspapers and see books of these little addicting puzzles at the grocery store checkout. If you don't know what I am talking about check out the WikiPedia Page on Sudoku.

A basic definition is this: known as Number Place or Nanpure, is a logic-based placement puzzle. The object is to fill the grid so that every column, every row and every 3×3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid so that there is only one solution.

Now that you know what Sudoku is I am adicted to playing Sudoku on this wonderful free site called Sudoku Slam. It is using an Ajax interface making playing Sudoku easy and extreemly fun.

Here is what Sudoku Slam says about them selfs:Sudoku Slam makes solving Sudokus on your computer more fun than solving them on a piece of paper. For once. There are two basic solver modes. Traditional mode resembles other Sudoku websites (albeit with snazzy features lurking in the background). Sumo mode is the mode of choice: it unleashes the full power of Sudoku Slam and makes solving harder puzzles more fun.

Sorry if I get you hooked on this but I know I am. 

Well  I am off to another round of Sudoku Slam in Sumo Mode.

TAGS: Sudoku Slam game logic number puzzle ajax

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Arcade on a keychain - Real Atari 2600 Games and Playable

Posted on September 6th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Anything Else, Gadgets, Game, Hack, Toy, Weird Stuff.

The Atari 2600 Keychain Arcade

Yes, as you all know I love analog devices - But I am a bit of a techie as well (Hey I have a blog and design websites for a living)

Now you can have a real arcade on your keychain. As ThinkGeek Mentions - These games were visually simple, but still retain their hold as some of the most challenging and fun games ever created.

But you all know it is way to hard to carry a Atari System around with you with cartridges and controllers. Well, Until now. (Addtional Atari 2600 info)

Each keychain has a secret - They really do contain real games. All you have to do it plug in the iincluded 6 foot cable (on a batter powered reel) into the keychain and into your TV set and you can start playing some of the olde favorites

There are three keychains available:
Joystick 1 - Asteroids and Millipede
Joystick 2 - Centipede and Yar's Revenge
Paddle - Pong, Breakout and Warlords

Unfortunatly - These are single player only games. - But you can compete using high scores.

Each keychain does require 3 AAA batteries that goes into a pocket sized reel that hold the six feet of cord and the RCA jacks.

I can't wait to get my hands on one of these units. Way Cool

Technorati Tags: Atari, 2600, Atari 2600, Arcade, Emulator, MAME, Asteroids, Millipede, Centipede, Yar Revenge, Pong, Breakout, Warlords, Keychain, EDC

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