American Scientific has a nice history of sudoku which I found through the LJ sudoku community. The math is a little fishy, but it’s still worth the read.
And for my fellow nonomino addicts: check out the stairstep sudokus in the sudoku place archives.
I’m thinking of expanding my Sudoku addiction to include nonomino sudoku, which has random shapes for the sub-grids instead of squares. There are zillions of free nonomino puzzles in PDF format at Hans Boldt’s web site.
Mac of the Day: The Little Mac That Could
Here’s a real-life fairy story: Fairies stop developers’ bulldozers in their tracks.
I had no idea there were Sudoku Dashboard Widgets out there. It’s the perfect NaNo break…
Optical illusion of the day: Depth Illusion in a Natural Scene
Settling the Moon for your NaNo novel? Check out the state of property rights on the Moon.
For Seema, who broke #2 and reminded me about #6:
Veronica found a new demotivational poster at despair.com: Wishes. It’s a classic!
I was introduced to the Sudoku fad through the ever-disposable Metro, the newspaper of choice for Boston commuters. But you can also play on the web.
Kitty is doing fine. Here’s a fun link: Google Moon (with an Easter egg if you can find it).
Quiz of the day: the Lüscher Color Test
Veronica has run off, and I’m left watching Kitty, the former evil attack cat, now chubby and retired. So far, he’s been good. I’m also caught up on BSG and I noticed it won’t be on this weekend. I’m going into withdrawal already.