{"id":903,"date":"2009-11-22T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2009\/11\/22\/how-to-solve-any-puzzle-in-less-than-47-minutes\/"},"modified":"2009-11-22T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T07:22:00","slug":"how-to-solve-any-puzzle-in-less-than-47-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2009\/11\/22\/how-to-solve-any-puzzle-in-less-than-47-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Solve Any Puzzle in Less Than 47 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small><i>EDITED (10 Jan 2015) to fix broken video and photo embed links.<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<p>For those who couldn&#8217;t attend, here&#8217;s a recording of the puzzle hunt talk I gave at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igniteportland.com\/2009\/11\/open-thread-what-did-you-think-of-ignite-portland-7\/\">Ignite Portland 7<\/a> on November 19, 2009!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QGXzqc1v5hI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QGXzqc1v5hI\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/QGXzqc1v5hI<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>The talk includes a walk-through of one Clue from the MegaHard Game (2000), and I love that several people in the audience applauded for the &#8220;a-ha&#8221; moment and the solution at the end.  That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about, folks.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s difficult to see the complete slides in those videos, so if you want to solve the embedded puzzle, you should look at these still images:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:194px;\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" style=\"height:194px;background:url(https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/pwa\/s\/v\/lighthousefe_20141210.00_p1\/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116737692309729475506\/IgnitePortland7?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-tkN4wq6pmh0\/Swnbs-c0QuE\/AAAAAAAByBE\/xXUcMv0cC04\/s160-c\/IgnitePortland7.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin:1px 0 0 4px;\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116737692309729475506\/IgnitePortland7?authuser=0&amp;feat=embedwebsite\" style=\"color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;\">Ignite Portland 7<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116737692309729475506\/IgnitePortland7?authuser=0&amp;feat=directlink\">picasaweb.google.com\/116737692309729475506\/IgnitePortland7<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>As noted, tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/teamsnout\">@teamsnout<\/a> if you figure it out.  First person to post the correct solution wins verifiable, time-stamped bragging rights.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Thanks to all the Ignite Portland staff, volunteers, speakers, and attendees for contributing to a great event, and to Jeff Stribling of MegaHard GC for providing a copy of the Clue for me to photograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/snout.org\/HotSheet\/CKL.jpg\" alt=\"CKL\" title=\"CKL\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITED (10 Jan 2015) to fix broken video and photo embed links. 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