Can You Solve This?

**Updated 1.30.08 - see link to solution below!

Supposedly, this is an IQ Test given in Japan for employment in the IT industry. I don't know how valid that is, but this is interesting anyway. Apparently, the average person takes 15 minutes to figure it out. Yeah...good luck with that!

Before you try it, you will need to know the following info. The objective is to get all the people across the river.

I suggest you open the link in a new tab or window so you can refer back to these rules:

• Only 2 people on the raft at a time
• The father cannot stay with any of his daughters without their mother's presence
• The mother cannot stay with any of her sons without their father's presence
• The thief (striped shirt) cannot stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there
• Only the Father, the Mother, and the Policeman may operate the raft
• To move the people click on them. To move the raft, click on the red pole on the opposite side of the river.

Okay, go here for the test. (This IS work safe!) Click the blue circle to begin!

Leave me a comment if you would like the solution sent to you.....otherwise, I'll post it in a few days!! (And I promise you that there is a solution, because I've done it!)

*So as not to spoil this for anyone who hasn't done it yet...I've put the answer in a separate link. Click for the solution!

"She's A Sudoku Maniac"

Have you ever seen that Comcast commercial with the turtles named The Slowskies, where the male turtle says 'She's a Sudoku maniac' referring to the female? Yeah, well, they might as well be talking about me. I am addicted to Sudoku. Well, okay...not addicted in a bad way. I just like it a lot.

I've always been more drawn to the logic-type puzzles...you know, the ones where you have to make inferences and use deductive reasoning to figure out the answer. I guess that's why I like Sudoku.

Here's a quick run-down of the objective in case you are not familiar with the game:

• The object is to fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid. Your job is to figure out the missing digits.

Wanna play? Go ahead...give it a try. Just click in the boxes and type your numbers! Click the check mark below the puzzle to "check" your answers.