Comments on: Colorful push and pull

By: Eszter

Eszter — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:23:50 +0000

Two days later I finally figured out level 26. The rest wasn’t that hard. Finally! By the way, I don’t think the levels are by difficulty at all.

By: bill

bill — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:03:23 +0000

Whew! 30 was pretty! (What! Whaddya mean it’s a test of how well you prioritize time?)

By: KMason

KMason — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:24:20 +0000

Your well-wishing is much appreciated. It’s hard to imagine not having this lodestone around my neck, and I’m just hoping my advisor is happy enough to sign.

By: rilkefan

rilkefan — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 05:40:18 +0000

Thank god there is a finite number of levels.

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 05:23:29 +0000

Chris, I wasn't counting steps. I went back and redid it.:) (You can find the passwords to the different levels on various sites so it's possible to go back and try them again.)

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 04:49:31 +0000

Thanks, but I cracked it, and then got stuck at 18 and 22 again. Now all done. (But I’m not systematic enough to count steps.)

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 03:01:30 +0000

Let me know if you continue having trouble with 13, I do remember how to do that, in about 24 steps.

By: Chris W.

Chris W. — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:50:06 +0000

No problem with three, but level eleven took me a while and I’m stuck at thirteen now. Damn you, Eszter…

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 02:33:28 +0000

KMason – I had meant to say: good luck with the dissertation!

Luci – I went throught 11 pretty quickly, but now that I look at it I’m no longer sure how I did it.:(

By: luci phyrr

luci phyrr — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:50:24 +0000

Got to 11 no problems. Now, stuck!

By: Eszter

Eszter — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:42:37 +0000

Congrats! So you’re taking a break from the break?:)

I’m stuck on 26 (three red vertical dots in the middle) and will probably have to leave it at that for today. No, I don’t think 23 was the one with three dots, several diamond shaped ones have posed a challenge (if I remember correctly).

By: kmason

kmason — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:03:12 +0000

30 levels, and done. That justifies an actual, non-internet break for me.

By: kmason

kmason — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:45:01 +0000

A little of both. My dissertation is due in 8 days (and 20 minutes), so I’m frantically looking for other things to be doing.

I’m sure your writing is fine, as you need both “on” and “off” time to write well (at least I do). I find these sorts of things as good little rewards for doing a chunk of work. The problem is in trying to hold myself to only doing 1 (or 2) levels per break.

I think 23 was a hard one (is that the 4 red blocks?).

By: J. Otto Pohl

J. Otto Pohl — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:42:23 +0000

I got through number five now. Eleven seems impossible, however.

By: Eszter

Eszter — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:28:59 +0000

I restarted level 22 and then got through it fine. Now I'm stuck on 23. (You must be wondering about the quality of writing I'm getting done in between.:) KMason - Good question, I should've acknowledged the source in the post. Let me see if I can backtrack my movements earlier today and find it. [..] I found it at DownloadSquad, which merits its own Time Sink label. Were you asking, because you think my browsing habits are nuts (legit thought) or because you just want to learn how to find time wasters on your own?:)