Crossword Puzzle Tournament-Photography

Tolle Fotos vom 2013er American Crossword Puzzle Tournament von Rufus Mangrove.
Every year since 1978, crossword puzzlers from all walks of life have come together to compete in the world’s largest crossword puzzle tournament, the ACPT, founded and directed by the one and only Will Shortz. This year, nearly 600 contestants squeezed themselves into a banquet hall at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott and over the course of three days, lived, breathed, worshipped, and on occasion, swore at the mighty crossword.
History of AOL thru NYTimes Crosswords
Da hat einer die Geschichte von AOL nacherzählt, in dem er sämtliche Erwähnungen der Firma im Kreuzworträtsel der New York Times rausgesucht hat. Dürfte eine der skurril-nerdigsten Sachen sein, die ich jemals gepostet hab’, und ich liebe die Ansage: „Part of many e-mail addresses [sic!]“ Awesome!
1997
Jan. 14, 1997: Prodigy competitor, for short
Oct. 4, 1997: Cyberspace abbr. […]2001
Jan. 16, 2001: Part of many e-mail addresses
Apr. 5, 2001: Company in a 2000 merger
Aug. 31, 2001: Chatroom offerer
Sept. 2, 2001: Netscape purchaser […]2009
Feb. 8, 2009: Co. with a triangular logo
Feb. 12, 2009: Comcast alternative
May 20, 2009: Netscape acquirer
The history of AOL as told through New York Times crossword clues
Record Monsters: Laser Cut Vinyl Record Puzzles

Tolles Projekt, das grade Finanzierung per Kickstarter sucht: Record Monsters – Laser Cut Vinyl Record Puzzles: „We make 3d models out of old vinyl records. We have 20 designs, from Ants to Velociraptor to Pteranodon. We ship out a vinyl record, you get to pop out the pieces and assemble the model“. (via Notcot)
Hier die Projekt-Website, hier ein Flickr-Set mit den ersten Prototypen.
10.000$ USB-Stick als Brainfuck-Puzzle
Das hier ist ein 16Gig USB-Stick, der 10.000$ kostet. Umgeben ist der schwarze (hier nicht sichtbare) Stick von einem Puzzle aus 5 Silberstücken, die eins nach dem anderen nur in eine ganz bestimmte Richtung bewegt werden können und benannt ist das ganze nach einer griechichen Göttin.
Mnemosyne (Mνημοσύνη) is a goddess of ancient Greece, a daughter of Urano and Gaia who belonged to the Titan race as Cronos, Rea and Opion. She is the memory goddess, and her name actually means „memory“.
Just for this reason we decided to call our USB Flash Drice „Mnemosyne“, since it is the modern instrument that guards memory.
Every year since 1978, crossword puzzlers from all walks of life have come together to compete in the world’s largest crossword puzzle tournament, the ACPT, founded and directed by the one and only Will Shortz. This year, nearly 600 contestants squeezed themselves into a banquet hall at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott and over the course of three days, lived, breathed, worshipped, and on occasion, swore at the mighty crossword.

