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Re: Passing the time

#541 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:49 pm

It was quite good for me, I seem incapable of having the willpower to get up out of the chair to turn the telly on this week I'm so tired (work is ridiculous at present). Talk about one extreme to the other - Sunday, having fun with girlfriends in gay Paris, Monday back to work and a shedload of "merde"... :lol:
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Re: Passing the time

#542 Post by LAT » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:28 pm

Has anyone been playing the Google birthday game?
I'm not very good at it (surprise surprise! :roll: ) - my best score is 92
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Re: Passing the time

#543 Post by giraffe » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:10 pm

121 is my highest.

edit, make that 123. :mrgreen:
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Re: Passing the time

#544 Post by SparkOut » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:27 pm

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Re: Passing the time

#545 Post by Bunnylump » Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:46 pm

141, although I kept thinking it would do something more interesting if I continued. It didn't. :lol: I see we all have equally exciting social lives on a Friday evening... :lol: God, I wish I had a life...!
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Re: Passing the time

#546 Post by Scurra » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:50 am

Join the shapes with lines. That's all...
http://www.lynegame.com/play/
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Re: Passing the time

#547 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:48 am

I can't get that to do anything... :?
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Re: Passing the time

#548 Post by SparkOut » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:44 am

Because you may need to scroll down a bit to see the link for "unity web player install now!" which it needs to work.
I didn't bother. (Not that I think Unity game engine is a risk - I just didn't feel the need)
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Re: Passing the time

#549 Post by Wulfruna » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:20 am

I think it was worth doing as it is a very simple download for this lovely little game....Done the first two (practice) stages and find it relaxing and logical.
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Re: Passing the time

#550 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:07 pm

Just in case anyone happens to be in the vicinity of Watford this afternoon, Stanley Dee are playing at The Horns at 4 30.
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Re: Passing the time

#551 Post by giraffe » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:05 pm

Not sure where to post this, but I think they are great.

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/most-p ... otos-ever/
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Re: Passing the time

#552 Post by LAT » Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:26 am

Yes, some of them are brilliant. :D
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Re: Passing the time

#553 Post by Wulfruna » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:05 pm

and quite a few of them actually seem to be genuine! ;)
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Re: Passing the time

#554 Post by Scurra » Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:21 pm

How about this amazing optical illusion.
The two blocks are the same shade of grey.

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Hold your finger (or something similar) over the "seam" and you'll see...
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Re: Passing the time

#555 Post by Wulfruna » Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:30 pm

weird......
You have to cover the entire in-between area to get the effect.
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Re: Passing the time

#556 Post by Scurra » Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:17 pm

This is very clever and thought-provoking.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/399 ... S_1_2.html

Warning: it uses the Unity plugin, which some people have had trouble with before.
And secondly, there is some swearing (although only in text.) It only happens once, and it does seem to be "artistically justified" but it also seems fair to warn people about it.
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Re: Passing the time

#557 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:16 pm

My favourite kind of puzzle is an Outsider Puzzle. I've just found an archive of them which you can print out for free. :D So, just in case anyone else likes them too...

http://www.outsiderpuzzle.co.uk/puzzle_archive_13.html
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Re: Passing the time

#558 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:41 pm

This really isn't passing the time but it's certainly interesting (well, I thought so, anyway!) Click on the icon at the top which says "Click to Spritz."
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Re: Passing the time

#559 Post by Wulfruna » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:57 pm

What icon?
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Re: Passing the time

#560 Post by Bunnylump » Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:19 am

Oops, it probably would have helped if I'd put the link in, wouldn't it? :lol:
http://www.spritzinc.com/about/#
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