Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Sudoku
There's new fun in town - Sudoku - the word means 'single number' in Japanese - that's all the rage among those of us who like these things. It's a 9x9 grid with some numbers already there. Each 1x9 row, 1x9 column and 3x3 box must be filled in with "1" through "9" with no repeats in a row, column or box. Logic and reasoning required but the numbers are irrelevant (colors or letters or symbols would work too). (Filled-in example, on the right.) Easier puzzles start with more numbers already filled in, harder sometimes with entire rows or columns empty. Two puzzles run each day in the London Daily Telegraph and the NY Post - easier for learning and/or warm-up and harder for more challenge. There's also a website where you can subscribe for puzzles. It's more exercise and fun than you'd expect.

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Anonymous Anonymous — at 2:04 PM, July 28, 2005:
hmm...seems like something I would have to be "in the mood" for...too much thinking involved to try it right now :)
 

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Blogger jau — at 5:18 PM, August 23, 2005:
Given the things you've knitted (!) and your handling of the medical things in your life, no wonder!! On the other hand, it would take your mind entirely off everything else for a few minutes.
 

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