[TriPython] Possible talk (not February)

[Rex Dwyer]

Some of you may know that I design and make wooden geometric puzzles as a
hobby. I’m not writing to sell puzzles, but I’m really excited that I
“sold” my first design to a great craftsman, Brian Menold, and he has a
nice picture on his website woodwondersonline.
Anyway, I noticed in December that 2018-1958 = 60. 1958 is the year Dana
Scott became the first person to solve a combinatorial puzzle with a
computer. Programming on the MANIAC, he solved one of the Pentomino
puzzles, which continue to be popular among  puzzlers.
Worth noting is the Dana went on to win a Turing Award. I contacted him
recently, and he can still get very excited about pentominos!
So this is a long and possibly gassy way to say that I’ve been designing
new pentomino puzzles using python, and I’d be happy to give a talk on it
later in the year (not February) if anyone is interested. It would be long
on puzzles and algorithms, and very short on cool python packages, so it’s
not going to make you more productive at work. But I can offer door prizes🤗
Incidentally, 2018-1958 = 5x12, and the pentominos consist of a set of 12
puzzle pieces, each made of 5 cubes.  And, they can be arranged into a 5x12
rectangle!  Numerology is so cool.



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Rex A. Dwyer
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   Some of you may know that I design and make wooden geometric puzzles as a
   hobby. I***m not writing to sell puzzles, but I***m really excited that I
   ***sold*** my first design to a great craftsman, Brian Menold, and he has
   a nice picture on his website woodwondersonline.**
   Anyway, I noticed in December that 2018-1958 = 60. 1958 is the year Dana
   Scott became the first person to solve a combinatorial puzzle with a
   computer. Programming on the MANIAC, he solved one of the Pentomino
   puzzles, which continue to be popular among **puzzlers.
   Worth noting is the Dana went on to win a Turing Award. I contacted him
   recently, and he can still get very excited about pentominos!
   So this is a long and possibly gassy way to say that I***ve been designing
   new pentomino puzzles using python, and I***d be happy to give a talk on
   it later in the year (not February) if anyone is interested. It would be
   long on puzzles and algorithms, and very short on cool python packages, so
   it***s not going to make you more productive at work. But I can offer door
   prizes****
   Incidentally, 2018-1958 = 5x12, and the pentominos consist of a set of 12
   puzzle pieces, each made of 5 cubes.** And, they can be arranged into a
   5x12 rectangle!** Numerology is so cool.
   --
   Rex A. Dwyer