There are a lot of letterbox clues that have cryptograms you need to solve. A cryptogram is a substitution cipher, which means that a different letter or symbol is substituted for the regular alphabet letter. Like this: 3ls83# dl1i th3s (Don’t try to solve that, I just made it up). I don’t like to cheat in solving clues, but I have no problem using tools that take the busy work out of it. I found a neat online cryptogram helper….
I have to admit that I’m pretty new as using my Kindle. I just discovered something called Project Guttenberg that has a catalog of something like a million free books. But their webpage is a little convoluted. I finally waded through all the text to find directions on how to get the books on my Kindle. So here you go: This step you just have to do once. Open your Kindle web browser by doing the following: Press Home Press…
So from my very brief tour of YouTube speed cubing videos, I’ve decided to try to learn the Fridrich method. This seems to be what most speed cubers use, including Feliks Zemdegs, the current world record-holder. Her method is also known as CFOP which stands for Cross, First two Layers, Orientation, and Permutation. More on that in future posts. Let’s just say that the first thing she does is create a cross pattern on one side. Most people by convention…