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@theacemagpie.bsky.social

Queer neurodivergent disabled collector of hobbies. Occasional puzzle designer https://theacemagpie.com/

34 Followers  |  69 Following  |  133 Posts  |  Joined: 18.11.2024
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2025

@hankgreen.bsky.social have you been recommended this in browser game yet thomaswc.com/2025.html

25.02.2026 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dad showing me he no longer needed the floppy disk with the train time table

17.02.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EnigMarch Academy: Creating a Drop Quote Puzzle For EnigMarch 2026, we asked puzzle designers to walk us through the creation of a puzzle of their choice. Read on for a tutorial by EnigMarch organizer Sarah Willson on how to create a drop quote …

It's week 3 of EnigMarch Academy, and today we have a tutorial by EnigMarch organizer Sarah Willson about how to build a drop quote puzzle in a spreadsheet. Check out the writeup here: enigmarch.com/resources/en...

16.02.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The other day I ordered some everything but the bagel seasoning and didn't look closely at the amount it would be

02.02.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll have to look into that!

31.01.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a nice office chair for sewing, but I have no space near my table for my ironing board (working with limited space and many hobbies)

31.01.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't mind the ironing itself so much but even with my anti fatigue mat my back starts hurting pretty quickly, so I can only do it in short intervals

31.01.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I always forget how much time of quilting is actually ironing

30.01.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Text reads: 
Every week in February
EnigMarch Academy
Learn how to make puzzles

Text reads: Every week in February EnigMarch Academy Learn how to make puzzles

#EnigMarch is right around the corner, and this year we’re introducing EnigMarch Academy, a series of how-tos on puzzle design. Every week in February, we’ll share a tutorial from a different puzzle maker to provide inspiration for the big event. Look for the first one this weekend!

27.01.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember, it's not stupid if it works

21.01.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg! It's steve! Whoa!

20.01.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to de-chrome my computer again now mystery hunt is over

20.01.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mystery hunt starting today!

16.01.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's thinky daily nearly got to me. I needed to transpose it to numbers and use a sudoku app that let me write in notes and even then it took me another 15 minutes.

But I got it

16.01.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I haven't painted in a while but next time I do, I'll keep it in mind

13.01.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I completely forgot to post it here, but since my holiday card arrived everywhere I can post it. For a bigger version and hints go to:
theacemagpie.com/card-2025/

13.01.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love your art!

13.01.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I had a bunch of fun creating it.

13.01.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That haircut screams 'I'm a detective' (complimentary)

05.01.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That looks tasty!

01.01.2026 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oo focaccia is an excellent idea. I may give that a go too

01.01.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can see the story already. Time cop chasing time bandit that always just does silly stuff like this. The cop is the joke of the unit. Until the time bandit stumbles against darker plans and the enemies have to put their differences aside to fight the real danger

30.12.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read your own punch cards Ever wonder how punch cards worked? Before the advent of programs that could just be edited on a machine, programmers had to deal with punch cards. Doesn’t seem like a big deal to us. But wha…

This article might be helpful: craftofcoding.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/r...

26.12.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Each column is a letter. The way the holes are punched indicate which letter. This was so early computers could read it

26.12.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The top one in the pic says where his present is, but unlike normal punch cards it's not written at the top. The bottom one is sort of the cipher key, the alphabet in order with the letters at the top, so he could solve it without having to remember how to read punch cards

26.12.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two ibm punch cards. The bottom one had the alphabet and the top one doesn't have the text at the top

Two ibm punch cards. The bottom one had the alphabet and the top one doesn't have the text at the top

Dad and I make each other puzzles (and mum gets one from both of us). We, no joke, had to set a limit on the amount. Last year I recreated punch cards and this year (pictured) and this year I've been learning arduino so I went all out with an escape room box

25.12.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy christmas eve and the last day of #sudoku #advent. I hope you've been paying attention to the rules of past advent sudokus because you'll need it for today's
sudokupad.app/rvacoaen60

24.12.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nearly christmas! Got the request of an anti king for today. Still taking suggestions for tomorrow's
sudokupad.app/043v8zyo79

23.12.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not many left now! For tomorrow and the day after I'm taking suggestions on which variant rules to do (from what I've used for advent before)
sudokupad.app/8i47y4egoy

23.12.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Sudoku advent part 1 – The Ace Magpie

Need a reminder what I used so far? theacemagpie.com/puzzles/sudo...

23.12.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0