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Four Metres of Accuracy Around a Film Canister

The GPS insisted I was standing on top of it. I'd been staring at decorative boulders for twenty minutes.

Five Flies Lost Before the Loop Unrolled Right

You cast the line, not the fly—the fly is just cargo. Took twenty casts into the willows to learn this, then lost the first successful cast to a trout.

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What My Fingers Knew Before I Did

Lockpicking

Forty-three seconds to open a lock that took twenty-seven days to learn. My fingers figured it out without telling me.

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The Box That Learned to Say No Seven Different Ways

Puzzle Box Mechanism Design

Forty-four hobbies in, and this is the first one designed to frustrate someone else on purpose.

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Five Pins, Zero Opens, and One Bent Hook

Lockpicking

The pick bent on the third pin. The lock remains locked. Day 1 goes to the padlock.

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Writing Games in Light on a Quiet Board

Chess Move Lighttrail Journaling

On move 23, I hesitated. The scoresheet forgave me. The photograph didn't.

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The Knight That Learned to Leap in Solfège

Knight's Tour Choral Canons

Sixty lines of Python generated a melody full of tritones. Now I have to convince my voice it's singable.

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Teaching a Knight to File a Flight Plan

VFR Knight's Tour Grid Flights

The script found a perfect 41-square tour. Then I checked for restricted airspace.

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The Bishop Finally Admitted It Had a Back Lobe

Antenna Pattern Chess Set

The rook has a back lobe. When I pick up the bishop, I can feel the null. That sounds absurd. It is. I don't care.

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Every Position Hums If You Let It

Zugzwang Cadence Etudes

Move 23 cost me the game. I know because I turned it into a guitar piece that refuses to resolve.

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A Knight's Walk Across a Programmable Night

Knight’s Tour Starfield Mosaic

Sixty-four tiles, one knight's tour, and a sky that cooperated like it had read the algorithm.

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The Signal Sends a Fork and I Answer

Morse Chess Tactics Beacon

Keyed a knight fork into the ether. Decoded it by ear. Solved it wrong. At least the transmission was clean.

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