An Obsessive Journey

On my 24th birthday my flatmate gave me a puzzle. It wasn't just any puzzle, it was 'One Tough Puzzle', both in name and in practise. At first glance, the notion that there are 300,000 ways not to solve this puzzle and only one way to complete it, seems rather excessive. There are after all, only nine pieces. Yet, after a few tries, I started to realise just how tough this puzzle really was, and I found myself on a quest to solve it.

I have created this blog, by way of documenting my mistakes and formulating a strategy. I am, though, scared at every moment that someone might come along, ask to have a go and solve it instantly. Something tells me there cannot be a method, and only pure dumb luck in solving this bastard.

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Getting Started


And so it begins, this is all I have to go on, 300,000 wrong combinations, and one tiny clue: From what I can understand, I am to create a square where 6 pieces have a shape pointing outwards, and 6 pieces have a shape pointing inwards. How hard can it be?
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