The author recounts their journey of drinking all 102 IBA official cocktails, detailing the challenges and experiences encountered along the way. They reflect on the origins of the IBA cocktail list, their personal motivations for...
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0Square Theory
2025-05-27 • novel writing brands word game crossword puzzles jokes
The text discusses the concept of 'square theory' and its application in various contexts, including crosswords, jokes, brand names, and Scrabble. It explores the idea of completing the square and how it creates a sense of satisfa...
0Crossword Calendar
2024-11-19 •
The text discusses the creation of a 2025 Crossword Calendar, detailing the process of coming up with the idea, designing the calendar, and the challenges faced in getting it published. The author explains the concept of the calen...
0Sidle
2024-06-20 •
The text discusses the development of a game called Sidle, which was inspired by the Wordle emoji grid. The author shares the process of conceptualizing and creating the game, including technical details and challenges faced durin...
0Nothing Starts With N
2023-12-29 •
The text discusses the rarity of words starting with the letter N in various categories, and analyzes the frequency of letters in the English language. It explores possible reasons for the scarcity of words starting with N, includ...
0What’s the Name of This University?
2023-04-10 •
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a complex history behind its name, involving a bidding war, the addition of new programs, and a debate between the cities of Urbana and Champaign. The university's name has evolved o...
0New Year Zone
2022-12-30 •
Adam Aaronson and his dad Larry created New Year Zone, a website that counts down to the New Year in every time zone, allowing people to celebrate every hour like his dad did in the '80s. The site was developed in TypeScript and R...
0Full Moon Albums
2022-12-12 •
The author discusses his experience of listening to over 950 albums on his AirPods Pro and rating them using a moon phase emoji system. He has listened to over 950 albums and given 76 the coveted Full Moon rating. He plans on upda...
0Animals to Play H‑O‑R‑S‑E With
2022-11-28 •
The text discusses the game H-O-R-S-E, a basketball minigame where players take turns taking trickshots. The author poses the question of what is the longest animal name that's an isogram and goes through the process of finding th...
0Twenty Questions
2022-11-07 •
The text discusses the game Twenty Questions and how it can be used to deduce any number from 1 to a million in at most twenty guesses. It explains the strategy behind the game, the role of the answerer, and the types of questions...