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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Village People? - 5/31/12

I was expecting something different with today's New York puzzle:

MS6 Puzzler Series #3: Village People in B-Flat

Tomorrow we'll stick around in New York for another day.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bingo! - 5/30/12

It's been fun to see more of the kablooey-inspired monthly puzzle challenges popping up around the country.  Today's North Carolina puzzle was the inaugural puzzle of one in the Raleigh-Durham area:

Bingo!
Tomorrow we'll be back in New York.

P.S.  If you had trouble accessing yesterday's puzzle, please go back and try it  again.  The problem has been resolved for us by the CO.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Seeing Spots - 5/29/12

Today's central New York puzzle was of a kind I hadn't seen before.  It had me seeing spots:

Seeing Spots #06: A Royal Bugger   (note: problem solved. CO has made the puzzle accessible again )

Tomorrow we'll head to North Carolina.

Monday, May 28, 2012

A Memorial Puzzle - 5/28/12

Today we observe Memorial Day with a Memorial puzzle from Hawaii:

ALOHA from O'ahu - USS Arizona Memorial

Tomorrow we'll return to central New York.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

String Theory - 5/27/12

Today's puzzle cache is from Hawaii.  If I ever get to visit those beautiful islands I doubt I will spend much time contemplating:

String Theory

Tomorrow we'll observe Memorial Day with another Hawaiian puzzle.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Ignite! - 5/26/12

Be careful solving today's puzzle from Canada's Alberta province, it might spontaneously:

Ignite!

Tomorrow we'll travel to Hawaii.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Me Oh My - 5/25/12

Today's Ohio Puzzle will have you singing:

Me Oh My, I Love ...

Tomorrow we'll head to Canada's Alberta province.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Around the Block - 5/24/12

Yesterday I mentioned author Lawrence Block, so I thought I'd continue the "block" theme with today's puzzle from western New York.  I wonder if this CO has been:

Around the Block

Tomorrow we'll head back to Ohio.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Czech It Out - 5/23/12

I'm always up for a good pun, and today's puzzle brought me in mind of a mystery from Lawrence Block's Evan Tanner series called the "Cancelled Czech."  Czech out the Colorado puzzle series which starts here:

Check in Czech #1

Tomorrow we'll be in western New York.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

SCIHNF - 5/22/12

Many folks have heard of the "Fizzy Challenge," which involves completing the 81 spots on the D/T grid, but you may not realize that the first one of those was created to honor the CO of today's California puzzle.  Have some fun with fizzymagic's:

SCIHNF

Tomorrow we'll be in Colorado.

Monday, May 21, 2012

That's Not a Typo - 5/21/12

Today's cache from Wisconsin taught me about something I've never heard of before.  It's not a typo in:

GeoHashing 101

Tomorrow we'll be back in California.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Brain Control - 5/20/12

The CO of today's puzzle from Michigan seems to be exercising:

Brain Control  (link fixed)

Tomorrow we'll head to Wisconsin.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

EBCDIC - 5/19/12

Today we travel all the way to Japan for a puzzle using:

EBCDIC

Tomorrow we'll head to Michigan.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Hey! Awake! - 5/18/12

I love the name of the variety of Japanese logic puzzle featured in today's puzzle from Ireland (as a kid I remember being similarly tickled by "Yugoslavia").  I had to call in a more logical member of the family to help me work my way through:

Japanese puzzles #7 - HEYAWAKE

Tomorrow we'll make our way to Japan.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Another one that's Easy as 1-2-3 - 5/17/12

Today's puzzle from North Carolina is another one that has been advertised as:

Easy as 1-2-3

Tomorrow we'll head back to Ireland.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Yes, it's Snoopy! - 5/16/12

Back in December I posted an entry titled "Snoopy?" with a puzzle that was part of some geo-art in New Hampshire forming what I thought looked like Snoopy's head.   I recently found out that the artwork has been completed, and wanted to share with you the final puzzle, which includes a great map.  You'll see now that it's definitely Snoopy!

SNOOPY THE FINAL STORY

Tomorrow we'll head to North Carolina.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Cheese! - 5/15/12

For today's puzzle from Ohio you need to:

Say cheese :)

Tomorrow we'll be in New Hampshire.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Why would we do that? - 5/14/12

I'm afraid I won't be able to go along with the request of today's Vermont puzzle to:

Help Stamp out Puzzle Caches

Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

A Few of Her Favorite Things - 5/13/12

Today's puzzle from central New York was written in honor of the CO's mother, so I thought it would be a nice one to celebrate Mother's Day.  As you do this puzzle, perhaps you will think of your own mother and:

A Few of Her Favorite Things

Tomorrow we'll return to Vermont.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Big Sky Country - 5/12/12

Today's puzzle was created in honor of National Limerick Day, which just happens to be today.  It may be in California, but it's called:

Big Sky Country

Tomorrow we'll celebrate Mother's Day with a puzzle in central New York.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Greater Than - 5/11/12

Today's New York puzzle has a twist I'd never seen before.  Take a swing at:

MS6 Puzzler Series #4: Great Big Evergreen 

Tomorrow we'll travel back to California.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Windtalkers - 5/10/12

To solve today's Texas puzzle you'll need to listen to the:

Windtalkers

Tomorrow we'll be in Ohio.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

General Knowledge - 5/9/12

Today's California requires only a little:

General Knowledge

Tomorrow we'll be in Texas.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

An Inside Job - 5/8/12

Today's California puzzle looks to be:

An Inside Job

Tomorrow we'll hang around in California another day.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Fun with Numbers - 5/7/12

Today's North Carolina puzzle allows you to have some:

Fun with Numbers

Tomorrow we'll be in California.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Second Puzzle - 5/6/12

Today's puzzle from Minnesota was only the CO's:

Second Puzzle

Tomorrow we'll be in North Carolina.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Hitori - 5/5/12

Today's puzzle from Sweden involves a Japanese logic puzzle.  Don't get lost in translation with:

Sollentuna Hitori

Tomorrow we'll head to Minnesota.

Friday, May 4, 2012

R2-D2 - 5/4/12

Today's puzzle from Ireland was passed along to me here in New York by a reader from Australia.  What a small world we live in! Have some fun with:

R2-D2

Tomorrow we'll continue the small world theme with a Japanese puzzle in Sweden.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Mumbo Jumbo - 5/3/12

Today's puzzle from New York consists of:

Mumbo Jumbo

Tomorrow we'll head over to Ireland.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Poet's Typewriter - 5/2/12

Today's California puzzle involves:

The Poet's Typewriter

Tomorrow we'll come back to New York.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Ridiculously Foolish Cache - 5/1/12

Today's puzzle from Minnesota is a:

Ridiculously Foolish Cache

Tomorrow we'll go back to California.