Can an Idiot Solve...?

 Innovation is one of the most exciting things there is, right? Something new, something we haven't seen before, keeps hobbies and life in general fresh and alive. It doesn't need to be a big innovation, just some new little twist or a tweak can open up new areas for discovery. What happens, for instance, if you turn one of your TIC pieces cylindrical?  Alan Lunsford wondered that, and then he found out, and then he gave the answer to us. What happens? Good things.  He chucked out these designs onto his Printables pagr like they were throwaways, frivolous trifles undeserving of fanfare, but I think they're worth a little hype. Nothing wrong with a little hype once in a while.  Can an idiot solve Cobra & Hydra?  Yes, and yes I'm a little under the weather this week so my usually limited brain power is dimished even further, but I had great fun with these. Neither are profoundly difficult, I think combined they took me about 40mins, but I don't like difficult ...

 It has recently come to my attention that my wife thinks she is the titular idiot of this blog. She doesn't read it because she's a big poopy-head, (except if she ever does, then she's a beautiful, delightful princess)  Occasionally, I will hand her a puzzle just to show it off. Usually it's new, usually it's a Karakuri because they're the only one's she thinks are pretty. Sometimes it's something I designed, usually she breaks it. Apparently, she's got it into her head that this is me testing whether or not 'an idiot' can solve the puzzle. This is wrong.  Now, it's plainly and obviously true that my darling wife is, in fact, an idiot. She married me. Other than that sizeable misstep however, she's usually pretty smart. She was smart enough to be a straight-A student. Smart enough for a Big Important Career and then she was smart enough to walk away from it and get a job hugging dogs all day. Smart enough to realise what's import...