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Ok Enigma this week – used the computer as a calculator. I’m away all next week in Guildford at the BVMA/EPSRC Computer Vision Summer School. Should be good. European Grand Prix this weekend too.

Great Enigma (1139: A Simple Addition) this week – took me probably about 3 hours in the end, but it’s the type I enjoy most.

Wow – not written anything for a while – been busy + had a week off last week. After two weeks of naff enigma’s (1136, 1137) last week’s was good (1138: Pedal Power), although I have little confidence in the answer I eventually got! This week’s is my favourite type (letters for numbers). Oh yes, […]

What a nice weekend. My mum and step-dad came to stay, plus I had Monday and Tuesday off, watched a grand prix, and got to play loads of Tomb Raider IV. Lots of new words too: stripling \STRIP-ling\: A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood. inveterate \in-VEH-tuh-rut\: Firmly […]

H’mm – two tricky Enigma’s on the trot -both a bits too mathsy for my liking. I did get 1130 right tho. 🙂 New Word: victoria \vik-TOUR-ee-ah\ A low, light four-wheeled carriage for two with a folding top and an elevated driver’s seat in front.

New(ish) Word: propitiate \pro-PISH-ee-ayt\ To render favorably inclined; to appease.

Hah – got Enigma 1129 (Minimal Change) right. Also Monaco GP this weekend. Qual 11.30 – 13.15 Saturday, race 12.30-15.20 Sunday, on ITV. New Word: bibelot \BEE-buh-loh\ A small decorative object without practical utility; a trinket.

Fun enigma this week (1134 Luck be a lady) – took about 20 minutes. I sadly got 1128 (Daffodils) wrong, which I thought I might. I reckon I might have got 1129 wrong as well. New word: marplot \MAHR-plaht\: one who frustrates or ruins a plan or undertaking by meddling.

Don’t forget – Austrian Grand Prix this weekend. Qualifying 11.55-13.10 on Saturday, race 12.30-15.10 on Sunday (on ITV).