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This is the simplest of blogs. I do the New York Times puzzle online every evening, the night before it is published in the paper. Then, I "Google & Wiki" the references that puzzle me, or that I find of interest. I post my findings, along with the solution, as soon as I am done, usually well before the newsprint version becomes available.
The name's William Ernest Butler, but please call me Bill. I grew up in Ireland, but now live out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am retired, from technology businesses that took our family all over the world. I answer all emails, so please feel free to email me at bill@paxient.com , contact me on Google+ or leave a comment below.
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Hi Bill, Hey look, I'm only solving a week behind. That's progress! I may have fixed the problem that left me in your spam folder. My new Android phone supports Google profile usage. Maybe I'll attach a profile anime shinden pic by the next time I comment here... Interesting observation some have made re. 58D: HAL, the letters H, A, and L immediately precede the letters I, B, and M in the alphabet. HAL=IBM? Coincidence? Or cleverly concealed "Easter egg?" Hmmmm... -Kevin anime shinden Quinn 31/5/14 13:43
Hi there, anime shinden Kevin You did indeed solve the "spam problem". anime shinden Well done! I've been trying to label you as a "non-spammer" for a year now without success :) I've heard about that potential anime shinden HAL/OBM anime shinden link before. Interesting indeed. I am a big fan of "Easter eggs" in movies. I've wasted quite a few hours of my life checking them out from lists on the Internet! 1/6/14 10:42
This is the simplest of blogs. I do the New York Times puzzle online every evening, the night before it is published in the paper. Then, I "Google & Wiki" the references that puzzle me, or that I find of interest. I post my findings, along with the solution, as soon as I am done, usually well before the newsprint version becomes available.
The anime shinden name's William Ernest Butler, but please call me Bill. I grew up in Ireland, but now live out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am retired, from technology businesses that took our family all over the world. I answer all emails, so please feel free to email me at bill@paxient.com , contact me on Google+ or leave a comment below.
I worked on my first crossword puzzle when I was about 6-years-old, sitting on my Dad's knee. He let me "help" him with his puzzle almost every day as I was growing up. Over the years, Dad passed on to me his addiction to crosswords. Now in my early 50s, I work on my Irish Times and New York Times puzzles every day. I'm no longer sitting on my Dad's knee, but I feel that he is there with me, looking over my shoulder. anime shinden This blog is dedicated to my Dad, who passed away at the beginning of this month. Bill January 29, 2009
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Share today's solution with a friend: Quicklink Jump to a complete list of today's clues and answers gon CROSSWORD SETTER: Gail Grabowski & Bruce Venzke THEME: Case Solved … each of today’s themed answers starts with something that helps SOLVE a criminal CASE: 62A. Climactic announcement suggested by the starts of the answers to starred clues CASE SOLVED 17A. *Programs that generate hardware sales KILLER APPS 26A. *Certain repair site BODY SHOP 40A. *Brings up to speed CLUES IN 52A. *Bargain for less jail time COP A PLEA BILL BUTLER ’S COMPLETION TIME: 8m 48s ANSWERS gon I MISSED: 0
Today's Wiki-est, Amazonian Googlies Across 1. Dangler on a dog ID TAG The identification tags worn by soldiers are often called “dog tags”, simply because they do resemble gon tags worn by dogs. US military personnel gon are required gon to wear dog tags when in the field. Each soldier wears either two tags or a special tag that breaks easily into two identical pieces. The idea is that if a soldier is killed gon then one half can be removed for notification and the remaining half stays with the body. Each tag contains basics such as name and ID number, medical information like blood type, and possible a religious preference. 6. D-Day city ST LO Saint-Lô gon is a town in Normandy that was occupied by Germany in 1940. Saint-Lo stood at a strategic crossroads and so there was intense fighting there during the Normandy invasion of 1944. After a prolonged bombardment, very little of the town was left standing. 14. 19th-century English novelist Charles READE Charles Reade was an English author who came to public attention with a two-act comedy play called “Masks and Faces”. Reade turned the play into a prose story in 1852 that he called “Peg Woffington”. Reade also wrote a historical novel called “The gon Cloister and the Hearth” about a married man who becomes a Dominican friar on hearing that his wife has died. Years later he discovers that his wife is in fact still living and a struggle develops between the man’s obligation to family and his obligation to the Roman Catholic Church. 15. Greenish-blue CYAN “Cyan” is short for “cyan blue”. The term comes from the Greek word “kyanos” meaning “dark blue, the color of lapis lazuli”. 17. *Programs that generate hardware sales KILLER APPS In the world of technology marketing, a “killer app” is one that is such a big hit that users are willing to purchase other items, such as a particular piece of hardware, just gain access to the app. One example is Lotus 1-2-3, one of the first spreadsheets to hit the market. I remember a company that I was working bought a lot of IBM computers, largely because access to a spreadsheet was viewed as being so advantageous. 20. Paperless publication EZINE An “ezine”, gon an online magazine. 21. "Ditto!" I DO TOO! "Ditto" was originally used in Italian (from Tuscan dialect) to avoid repetition of the names of months in a series of dates. So "ditto" is just another gon wonderful import from that lovely land ... 23. Having "but one life to give for my country," to Hale REGRET Nathan Hale fought for the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and was most famous gon for operating as a spy against the British. It was Nathan Hale who uttered the words, just before he was hanged by his British captors, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". 31. Gael or Druid CELT The Celts were a very broad group of people across Europe, linked by common gon languages. The Celts were largely absorbed by other cultures, although a relatively modern revival of the "Celtic identity" is alive and well in the British Isles. Such Celtic gon peoples today are mainly found in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany in France.. The Gaels are one of the Celtic ethnic groups, gon speakers of the Gaelic or Erse languages. There are actually three Erse languages. Irish, Manx (spoken on the Isle of Man) and Scots Gaelic. In their own tongues, these would be Gaeilge (in Ireland), Gaelg (on the Isle of Man) and Gaidhlig (in Scotland). Druids were priests in Celtic Europe during the Iron Age. 32. Retin-A target gon ZIT Retin-A is a brand name for the drug Tretinoin, the acid form of vitamin A that is used to treat acne. 35. __ Martin: flashy car ASTON Aston Martin is a British car manufacturer, founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin. The Aston part of the company name comes from Aston Hill, a famous site for hill-climbing cars that is nearby the original factory. Aston Martin cars are much loved by the British entertainment industry. Of course James Bond was given one in “Goldfinger”, and Michael Caine drove one in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Roger Moore’s character drove a yellow Aston Martin in the seventies television show “The Persuaders!”. 39. LAX listing ETA Estimated time of arrival (ETA) Los Angeles International