Two extra days with no hints, and I doubt I'll write much on robservatory during that time ... so what to do, what to do!? To make up for the lack of hints and new writing from yours truly between now and Monday, here are some ways to amuse yourselves...
- Toss and catch some eggs (personal best:
11611471, with all 12 eggs left -- I retire!). - Make your brain hurt -- I found this one borderline impossible.
- Make your brain hurt a lot more! This one looks so hard, I'm not brave enough to start.
- Play some mini-putt golf (18 is theoretically possible as a low score).
- Measure some walking routes via Google.
- Experience Steven Wright, perhaps my fave stand-up comedian of all time. He's an acquired taste, as you can see (and hear) for yourself (RealPlayer required).
- Be amazed at what's possible using CSS -- there are some very talented designers and coders out there!
Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone!
-rob.
I had a great time solving Hapland; it took me an hour or so to finish it. I think that you should probably use the author's website rather than a syndicated link, which is
http://www.foon.co.uk/farcade/hapland/
Thanks for the direct link; both Haplands now point at the author's site.
-rob.
Eggs: Didn't like much
Hapland: Didn't understand. Some help here would be nice.
Mini Golf: Excellent! Brings back memories of an old Classic game called Gopher Golf. It is now abondonware, so you can get it at The Macintosh Garden.
Google Pedometer: Thanks. This is the one feature from Google Earth that I miss on my mac.
Steven Wright: Whoa! You love him too. The guy is hilarious. Thx for the link.
CSS: First one looks best. You should implement something like this for your website.
Regarding Hapland, the objective is to get the man trapped down at the bottom free -- he'll go in the door on the right. It's complex, and Hapland2 makes the first one look like a cake walk -- I gave up after only a few minutes of frustration!
Here are the first few steps in Hapland -- and no, I didn't figure out most of these myself!
1) Click the gray box just above the up-pointing yellow arrow.
2) Click the yellow arrow. Dude pops out, walks to cannon.
3) Fire cannon in its current orientation -- knocks log down.
4) Click the window on the leftmost edge of the screen to open it.
5) Aim cannon up now, and fire again, striking the bell. Door to house opens.
You may think you're almost done, but really, that's just the beginning...
-rob.
Go to http://orisinal.com for many more games similar to the egg game. One particularly frustrating one is called "Cats"
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