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- What Is Bimbo Break?
I was trying to solve a puzzle in the latest issue of The Enigma, the monthly publication of The National Puzzlers’ League, and I decided the answer might be one of the Coca-Cola brands. I haven’t memorized them, of course, so I looked them...
- Owf Naptime: We Go To The Land Down Under
Unread books. Unplayed video games. Unwritten articles and essays. Unheard podcasts. A brand-new GAMES magazine. My carry-on luggage holds enough entertainment to survive an apocalypse, but it may not be enough for my plane flights in the next two weeks. Melissa...
- Food Puzzles: Dovetail Bar
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Many of you know that I collect and design mechanical puzzles—think Rubik's Cube and wire puzzles instead of jigsaws. It may shock you to learn I own about 700 puzzles, but my collection is tiny. The largest United...
- Writer. Programmer. Puzzle Designer.
Photo by Melissa Schneider. My first sale to Wine Enthusiast didn't go the way I planned. I pitched an idea for the magazine's back page, a harbor for short features and essays. The managing editor decided not to go with my concept, but...
- Shopmates, Part 1
Melissa has a business which connects her jewelry and woodworking skills. The jewelry component is easy to do at home but the woodworking requires a bit more space, and so she shares a shop with a number of people. She's become friendly with some...
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A Rare Convergence of Hobbies
Some of you know that alongside my passion for food and wine, I have a deep-seated love for puzzles of all shapes and sizes. So you can imagine my excitement when I learned that Hanayama, one of Japan's best commercial puzzle producers, has partnered with the chocolate company Meiji Seika to produce chocolate polyonimo puzzles. (The fact that I can also enthuse about several Japanese artisanal puzzle makers should tell you something about my other hobby.) I have a plastic polyonimo "chocolate bar" puzzle somewhere in my collection of mechanical puzzles, but not one with a famous Japanese chocolate maker's name on the label.
via Josh
- What Is Bimbo Break?
I was trying to solve a puzzle in the latest issue of The Enigma, the monthly publication of The National Puzzlers’ League, and I decided the answer might be one of the Coca-Cola brands. I haven’t memorized them, of course, so I looked them...
- Owf Naptime: We Go To The Land Down Under
Unread books. Unplayed video games. Unwritten articles and essays. Unheard podcasts. A brand-new GAMES magazine. My carry-on luggage holds enough entertainment to survive an apocalypse, but it may not be enough for my plane flights in the next two weeks. Melissa...
- Food Puzzles: Dovetail Bar
Photo by Melissa Schneider. Many of you know that I collect and design mechanical puzzles—think Rubik's Cube and wire puzzles instead of jigsaws. It may shock you to learn I own about 700 puzzles, but my collection is tiny. The largest United...
- Writer. Programmer. Puzzle Designer.
Photo by Melissa Schneider. My first sale to Wine Enthusiast didn't go the way I planned. I pitched an idea for the magazine's back page, a harbor for short features and essays. The managing editor decided not to go with my concept, but...
- Shopmates, Part 1
Melissa has a business which connects her jewelry and woodworking skills. The jewelry component is easy to do at home but the woodworking requires a bit more space, and so she shares a shop with a number of people. She's become friendly with some...