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Archive for 2011

Sudoku Troubleshooter #1 – Row/Column/Block

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Occasionally, I get mail from fans of the site who need help with a puzzle. I’ve decided to devote the next few blog entries to puzzle solving techniques. If you want help with a particular Krazydad puzzle (especially puzzles that are easier than “Super Tough”), drop me a note, and I’ll troubleshoot your problem too! […]

Moonwalking with Einstein

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

I know from your correspondence that many of you download my puzzles to keep your brains active and sharp. If this describes you, I think you’ll like the new book by Joshua Foer called Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything [ Self disclosure: I should mention that I once lunched with […]

Rhombille Slitherlinks

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Fans of my variety slitherlinks will enjoy these two new sets of puzzles, based on two different Rhombille tilings supplied by reader Lars Huttar. The first set (shown here) is a basic rhombille tiling with intersections containing 3 and 6 vertices. The second set contains intersections of 3, 4 and 5 vertices. Rhombille Set #1 […]

A new crossfigure puzzle

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Here’s another crossfigure puzzle from one of our readers. This puzzle is by Paul-Olivier Dehaye, of the mathematics department at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Thanks Paul! Download the PDF Do you have another good original puzzle to share? Let’s see it!