Puzzles!

I think I started here by a link from izzycat...

http://puzzle.arpatubes.net/

Every week a new puzzle. The first few were mathematical, this week is a classic cipher puzzle. If you've got a few hours to kill, it's a neat way to spend some time. I'm working on it now. Getting it into a useful form will be fun...

In other news, happy winter solstice. For me, today is important because it is the shortest day, and I am looking forward to the longer days! YAY!

[Update: I just finsihed it. Fun dress code. That was very satisfying when I finished :)]

Geekiness: Super Metroid

So, Super Metroid is one of my favourite games, and possibly my favourite of the 16-bit era.

It was released on Virtual Console recently, so I'd been playing it recently and beat it yesterday, with a time of 10 hours 7 minutes, with an 83% completion rate.

Now, you get the best ending if you do it under 3 hours, so I tried again today, and did it in 3 hours 34 minutes (69%). Hmm. That'll give me the second best ending. But I'll need to tighten it up a bit more to get the best one. So close!

Can I do it fast enough if I just try again, and try to do it quicker, or will I need to actually go through, write down everywhere I need to go, and then try to do it? Hmm.