Microcross #43
T. Campbell runs a really enjoyable weekly-series of 3x3 Microcross Puzzles.
I contributed Microcross #43, which went online October 30, 2024.
Try it below! You'll love the solution.
Goof-Offs
Goof-offs is my first original puzzle collection!
A Goof-Off is a linear crossword puzzle where certain clues corespond to words formed by taking every other letter of other answers.
To get a feel for how this looks, just think about the phrase "Goof-Off": When you take every other letter, you get "Goof-Off." Cool right?
Goof-Off Example
M. Abate,"Goof-Offs," The Journal of Wordplay, Issue #7, pp. 7 - 9, 25 Nov., 2024.
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Puzzle Poetry
“My punishment? I'm glad you asked...”
Thus begins Matthew Abate's remarkable work... Designed around the work week and weekend, Abate's poem is a new way to experience the endless cycles of time.
M. Abate,"Puzzle Poetry," The Journal of Wordplay, Issue #5, pp. 32 - 34, 20 May, 2024.
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SIGBOVIK 2024
SIGBOVIC is an annual conference at CMU, known for featuring bizarre academic-style research. My group (which was rather large) contributed an article studying card shuffling algorithms.
My main addition was a study on how shuffling affects the distribution of the letter E in a deck, when written out as a string. See what I mean... bizarre research.
Several interesting distributions and decks are presented.
P. Mallory et al.,"We Found the Best Shuffled Deck," Proceedings of SIGBOVIK 2024, pp. 70 - 82, 5 Apr., 2024.
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Supporting code on GitHub
Jane Street Puzzles
Jane Street posts a new puzzle monthly. Participants may submit one solution before the end of the month to have their names featured.
July 2024, Many Happy Returns. My solution in Google Sheets.
June 2024, Altered States 2. My solution on GitHub.
May 2024, Number Cross 4. My solution on GitHub.
May 2024 Special, Bug Byte. My solution pdf.
April 2024, Robot Capture-the-Flag. Sixth Solver. My solution pdf.
March 2024, Hooks 10. My solution on GitHub.
Autograms
AnAutogramis a self-referential statement, that lists the frequencies of its own letters and symbols. Here are two examples:
This Autogram contains fifty-three spaces, twenty-four commas, five hyphens, seven As, four Cs, three Ds, thirty-seven Es, fifteen Fs, four Gs, twelve Hs, sixteen Is, two Ls, four Ms, seventeen Ns, thirteen Os, four Ps, fifteen Rs, thirty-four Ss, twenty-six Ts, eight Us, eight Vs, five Ws, three Xs, seven Ys, and one period.
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Whenever possible, I try to avoid the third, seventh, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth, seventeenth, twenty-first, and twenty-sixth letters of the alphabet.
Check out my article for some autograms and autogram puzzles.
My composite autogram chain made it onto autograms.net!
M. Abate,"Autograms," The Journal of Wordplay, Issue #4, pp. 54 - 59, 19 Feb., 2024.
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Matt's Movie List
Over the last few years, I have been writing short reviews for the movies I watch, and rating them against one another.
I am excited to share them with you here!
BeamerGen
Latex editor with an AI agent that knows your papers.
April - May 2023. Project no longer active.
Watch the demo here!