Fun, Puzzles, TravelThe following are a number of puzzles presented for your entertainment. Feel free to submit any puzzles that you think are interesting, my email address can be found here. If appropriate I will include them here. The main requirement for any puzzles listed here is they should not require any advanced mathematical skills. If you find yourself writing equations for any of the puzzles you are probably approaching it the wrong way. (There are only a couple of exceptions below) The puzzles below are approximately in order of increased difficulty although it is only my own personal impression. To answer your next question, no, answers are not provided to most of the problems. The whole point of a good puzzle is for it to prey on your mind until you solve it. If you are REALLY desperate I will reveal answers if you beg or for a small inducement (eg: beer, chocolates, postcard).
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas, I'm frightened of the old ones". John Cage
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see. Astro-photography Syzygy: Transit of Venus, 8 June 2004 Solar eclipse, 4 Dec 2002 Total Lunar Eclipse, 16 July 2000 Leonid meteor shower 18 November 2001
A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby!" Geometric The pavement art of "Astral Nadir".
Slicing a torus. How many ways can a torus be cut (with a single plane) so that the resulting cross sections are perfect circles? The ribbed sphere. Do plans and elevations describe unique geometry? Common misconception regarding a cube. Most people are poor at visualising even the simplest geometry. Designing the golf ball pyramid puzzle
For your penance, say five Hail Marys and one loud BLAH! Spike Milligan Limeric Math
"And still they gazed and the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he (she) knew." Oliver Goldsmith Travel related Old mosques and tombs in New Delhi, December 2023 Happy snaps from St Petersburg, Russia, July 2019 Happy snaps from Thailand, July 2019 India: Happy snaps, November-December 2018. Manipal and surrounding areas. Bangalore. Seoul in half a day, South Korea. Venice, Italy. Istanbul and Cappadocia, Turkey.
Malaysia: Kuching (Sarawak). Kota Kinabalu (Saba). Terengganu. Mah Meri photos. Two headed turtle. Found in the turtle zoo, Chinese Garden, Singapore, June 2007 China: Shanghai. Shenzhen. Xi'an. Beijing (Bi/Tri)-Cycle Gallery. Dragon Gardens, and Apartments, 6pm and 8pm in Hong Kong.
Australia: Ballarat Architecture, Victoria, Australia. Pink Lakes, Victoria, Australia. Beacon Island, Western Australia. Pinnacles, Western Australia. West Angeles, Western Australia. Rock shelters, Western Australia. Pigeon Island, Western Australia. Caversham motoring museum, featuring the 1989 Star, Western Australia. Human Cortex in the Western Australian outback. Diamantina River. Weld Range rock shelter, Western Australia. Examples of digital assets collected at Wanmanna 2014 Western Australia. LadyBug-3 filming on the Endeavour, Perth, Western Australia. 2.5km under water, Western Australia. Site of the ASKAP, Western Australia. Images relating to the Ngintaka story, Central Australia. Cave Hill, South Australia. Wall art, murals, street painting, graffiti in Sydney, Australia. Street art and graffiti from Perth, Australia. 3D models from Perth, Australia. A giant rocking horse. The silliest thing I saw during my 1996/97 Xmas break. Birds in Denmark, WA.
Rotomahana, New Zealand. Auckland (Harrah Casino) Skytower. A photo gallery during the construction of the Skytower in Auckland built during 1996. Contains images from the top during and after the construction as well as the 101 uses for the Skytower. Auckland Albert Park Air Raid Shelters. These pages illustrate an interesting feature of Auckland history, unknown to many Aucklanders there is a maze of tunnels under a central city park, namely Albert Park. The original maps of the tunnels (1942) are presented at user selectable scales and with links to contemporary features.
Politicians are like nappies. They should be changed regularly and for the same reason. Patrick Murray Other Try to guess what these objects are.
SfM fun. Weird results one can get with photogrammetry (Structure from Motion) software. Does AppleCare ..?. Excessive and non-environmentally friendly packaging by Apple. Holographic display anyone? (QuickTime Movie) Fun calculus. How's your high school calculus? A bucket that holds paint but can't be painted! Heaven is hotter than hell. Basic thermodynamics and the bible. Make Waves not Water. If you are female and don't have a sense of humour then perhaps you shouldn't read this. I guess you're sure to read it now! Birth assistance patent. Believe it or not, this patent is for real!
UWA @ SecondLife. A photographic gallery of the University of Western Australia's venture into SecondLife. Why English is so hard to learn.
Art, like morality, consists of drawing lines somewhere. G.K. Chesterton
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