boingboing is reporting a story about a cryptogram contained in a note left after a murder/suicide. More on the story can be found at the site of Bruce Schneier who was contacted because of his expertise regarding cryptograms. It will be interesting to see if increased publicity for this puzzle will help it get solved.
The Bay City Times reports an actual Valentine’s Day puzzle that was delivered yesterday. In this case, it was a heart shaped jigsaw puzzle with a marriage proposal on it with the pieces arriving at different times during the day.
Not too hard of a puzzle, it seems. But it’s the thought that counts, right?
The Toledo Blade, like just about every other newspaper in the country, has started publishing a daily sudoku. In conjunction with this launch, one of their columnists, Homer Brickey, writes an article suggesting that doing sudokus can help you in the stock market. From the article
…it’s the discipline of the puzzle, the need for clear, straightforward methodology, and a respect for logical thinking and focus that will serve investors well as they contemplate buying stocks.
Of course, what Brickey says could apply to an puzzle (not just sudokus) and any occupation that requires analytical thinking. Still, he may be on to something.
So, puzzle aficionados, drop your pencils and make millions on the stock market.
According to a story in The Ann Arbor News, there is some precedent for sending Valentines with puzzles in them. From the story:
Other types of cards included a number of puzzle valentines that incorporated rebuses, acrostics or codes, says Rosin, and working out the puzzle would tell the name of the sender.
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