Yesterday was Puzzle Safari: The Search for Stamps event -- my third such event. The Puzzle Safari format is officially my most favoritest puzzle event ever (see Safari 08 writeup and Safari 07 writeup). Unfortunately, despite hopes that we would crack the top 3 this year, our team didn't do so well. (Partially due to a team-wide error where we ( Read more... )

This weekend, Jeff and I and 10 other people played in Puzzle Hunt 12/13. We did extremely well, coming in second. In recent years, we've finished, but not placed, so this was really cool.
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Outside running distance: 14.94 miles
Actual area covered: 4 blocks
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Yesterday was the seventh annual Microsoft Puzzle Safari, and my first. Billed by a fellow contestant as "a puzzle biathlon", it's an odd mix of events -- part puzzle-solving, part foot race. Each team of four people starts with a set of puzzles. Solving the puzzles leads to answers that are locations on the Microsoft campus. To get credit for ( Read more... )