Monday, May 6, 2024
Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” This neatly expresses the first and most important tip for solving mazes: no matter what, perseverance will always solve a maze. The time spent running into dead ends is still time spent working […]
Theseus crept through dark woven passageways, trying to find the beast. People did not usually look for the monster, but then, most people did not have Theseus’s skills. The princess Ariadne, after instantly falling in love with him, had disobediently supplied a long thread and a sword, the first so […]
Many people first discover mazes as children. The mazes appear in some of the puzzle books given to kids to occupy them during long waits, like at a restaurant table. Similar activities, often including mazes, appear on the backs of cereal boxes. Not all mazes, thankfully, have such low quality […]