Culture Buzz Ayumu the chimp can remember both the location and order of a set of numbers in less time than it takes for most people to even process what we're seeing.
Culture Buzz Count each F once in the passage below…
Artist Jason Freeny’s latest creation is a fully functioning Rubik’s cube embedded in a customized brain. Good luck solving this one.
Math nerds! Help!!! This is really hard and fun. Make yourself useful for once! (Spiked Math, via TDW Geeks)
Garden Mind presents the World's First Interactive YouTube Brain Game. Answering each brain teaser challenge leads you to the next question. Can you score 5 out of 5?
Because I am such a gifted Symbologist, I'll give you a hint: When read upside-down, “Art & Science” becomes “Philosophy”. No doubt a sinister Illuminati plot. Take my advice, avoid those college majors at all costs.
This is so incredible, though I would have left the colors on anyway. (Via Turtlefeed.) [Ed Note: Nice to know that blind people can finally share in the collective frustration and anguish suffered by anyone who has ever tried to solve one of these Godforsaken things.]
http://www.empireonline.com/crypticcanvas/
The titles of 50 recent films are hidden in this painting Empire Magazine is calling “Cryptic Canvas.” All the movies are from the past 20 years, if that helps. I can already tell this is going to torment me all weekend.
Tech Buzz Since I know Buzzfeed readers are into the ultimate time-wasting games, I thought I'd add this gem to the pool — which wasted a significant amount of my evening.
Tech Buzz Unfortunately for Scott, I have definitely found the best game for today's game battle. Use your bombs to destroy all the blocks around the golden idol so it lands safely on the black landing block. Please also validate me by giving this post a heart. I urgently need hearts a) to win this game battle, and b) to feel better about myself as a person. Then take a minute to check out Scott's game and let him know you hate it (this is also for his own good). Now let's destroy some totems…
Science Buzz A little puzzle toy made out of 216 powerful tiny magnets that can be rearranged into an infinite number of shapes. These magnets look pretty powerful, so be careful!
Tech Buzz Once you're bored playing Open Doors (i.e., five seconds from now), try on this lil' stacking puzzler for size.
This is the future, we don't “solve” puzzles. [Editor's Note: BuzzFeed reader Jeff found one solution to a maze that everyone thought was impossible. See if you can come up with your own solution.]
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/knockedup/archive/2008/11/...
A mom swears that her kid's jigsaw puzzle is haunted. And this is why I am A-OK with being “the fun uncle” for a few more years.
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=halloween+word+s...
Everyone’s looking for Halloween-themed word searches, coloring books, and crossword puzzles this morning. We’re here to make your life easier: here’s a couple links for you.