Thursday, 10 February 2011

Getting some exercise...

I have quite a lot of "computer work" to do this month: a number of projects to be translated from French to English for KKI, staff and delegate handbooks to be prepared for LDC, some powerpoint presentations to be created for teachings in English and in Spanish.... It's easy to get stiff when you're sitting for a few hours at the computer and, when you're dealing with multiple languages, sometimes your brain gets a little "stiff" too. A friend told me that he takes a break every couple of hours and plays a computer game to give his brain a different kind of workout. However, I've never been a fan of those computer games where you're shooting down aliens, and I find those "solitaire" card games a bit boring and mindless. But I liked the idea of giving my brain some "exercise" and a different kind of problem-solving now and then, so I decided to try out a couple of Flash puzzle games that I hadn't done before and that could be completed in a quick coffee break. Here are my recommendations for "puzzle of the week." From left to right they are: Threesome, Pushori and Traction.