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Puzzle Solution

By codemonkey uk (Tue Jun 10, 2008 at 09:18:13 AM EST) (all tags)

A short follow up to the puzzle I posted last week.

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Puzzle Time

By codemonkey uk (Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:15:12 AM EST) (all tags)

**NINE** x2 = EIGHTEEN

Given that each letter represents a number (0-9), and the star (*) symbol is wild, what integer values do the numbers "**NINE**" and "EIGHTEEN" need to be to make the above statement true?

This puzzle appears in this weeks New Scientist magazine.

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Angry Young Men

By codemonkey uk (Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:21:48 AM EST) (all tags)

Well, not so young really. Some guy I work with is in a pretty tight 3-piece hard rock/metal band, and they just put their first video up on the intertube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYFdr8QPctA

Just doin' my bit for ye old viral marketing campaign. Check them out if you like your music loud and raw.

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Fraud

By codemonkey uk (Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:23:26 AM EST) (all tags)

In which my bank card details got ripped off.

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Flowers in May

By codemonkey uk (Wed May 14, 2008 at 06:53:46 AM EST) (all tags)

Last weekend, and the weekend before, we had some lovely sunny weather, and it gave me a chance to get out and take some pictures of the flowers in the garden, and in my mum's garden.

Photos on Facebook.

Poll Inside: Boy's Names.

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Insighful

By codemonkey uk (Tue May 13, 2008 at 05:02:36 AM EST) (all tags)

“You’re aware of why you’re doing this, right?” Amy waves at the screen. “Working, throwing it all out there, panting over every inbound link? It’s such a transparent cry for affection–”

From Ommatidia where a guy called Brendan Adkins writes short stories, each one exactly 101 words long (no, I didn't check that, I just trusted the claim).

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The very definition of frustration

By codemonkey uk (Thu May 01, 2008 at 07:36:33 AM EST) (all tags)

A tale of "programming" woe.

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Recommended Reading

By codemonkey uk (Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 12:17:51 PM EST) (all tags)

Collapse by Jared Diamond. "How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive"

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April Fools Roundup

By codemonkey uk (Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 01:38:43 PM EST) April, Fools (all tags)

Fun is fun.

Is April 1st fun? The good stuff is, the bad stuff grates. Here's my rundown of today's gags.

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This Is Easter

By codemonkey uk (Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 07:11:58 PM EST) (all tags)

Photos here.

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-	Tea... with treacle. And limes! Always limes!	7%
-	There's that thing you do with your eyebrow that makes all the children's bellies glow, could you do that round 4:30 or so? I got a girl coming by.	0%
-	The fearsome aqueous plants know who you are and what you've done. I suggest you start running. Tonight, son.	50%
-	"Erratically," they said, as though there were some other way to say it, "we cannot believe we're speaking in unison!"	21%
-	Two spoonfuls please.. right on my bum.	21%

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