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As featured in Web User magazine. There are lots more pictures of puzzles in my collection available by doing the mousey thing here. Contact me here.
Read more below....
A True Puzzle Story... Time, a greater maturity, and more experience of mechanical puzzles do not make the telling of the following story any easier. For me one of the big attractions of the 2000 International Puzzle Party in London was a visit to Edward Horden's house and large puzzle collection near Reading in Berkshire. At the time I didn't know Edward well, but had previously been in touch with him by snail mail in my efforts to get hold of a copy of his classic book, Sliding Piece Puzzles. It was therefore a great privilege to finally meet him. While I took many photographs, bought several puzzles from him, and went away with many memories, the greatest of these is the misfortune which befell me in his bathroom! After entering the room, securing the door and going about my business, I then attempted to leave. Unfortunately the door handle came off in my hands! Despite years of puzzle experience, including secret opening boxes, I was unable to release myself from the bathroom. I had to resort to banging loudly on the door when I heard somebody passing out side. A lady, still unknown to me to this day, released me from my temporary prison. I mumbled my thanks, and returned to my tour of Edward’s puzzle collection.
Future Plans I have so many plans for new material for this site, but I have many other distractions. Things I have planned include an article on 3D folding puzzles, puzzles which are designed to look like other puzzles, and electronic puzzles. Over the years I have collected many hinged puzzles, like Rubik's Snake, various strings of polyhedra and other folding novelties. I have several puzzles which have been designed to look like something else, such as a puzzle which looks like a burr puzzle but assembles like a six-piece Rhombic Star. I also have electronic puzzles which purists may frown on, but I will leave that for you to decide. I consider them to be puzzles, rather than computer games. Please keep returning, and hopefully there will be much new material. I also hope to add the Modular or Geometric Origami page. Always I want to add more photographs. And also I want to update the mailbag page with some of the many nice emails I get from all over the world. Please keep them coming! Somewhere I want to add an article about creating your own website, as I get so much praise for this site, and really it is not that hard to do. It doesn't cost much, I use free software and I just want to help others achieve the same. Finally I hope to regularly update the Puzzle of the Month pages.
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