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Google Treasure Hunt

Seb — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:59:49 +0000

The Google-AU blog reports that Google is going to be holding another one of it’s brain busting adventures soon. The post is ended with the following text/clue:

Arrrrrrrr you ready? Onward to the first puzzle, matey! And good luck!

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Soon . 1210550400

Warning: links below contain spoilers.

Shouldn’t take long to figure out. The 10 digits of the final number is a dead giveaway that it’s a unix timestamp, and maps to a particular time. That’s soon.

The seemingly random string is a base64 encoding of a particular website.

How pumped is your music muscle?

Seb — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:47:44 +0000

So before I tell you that I have the answers for the quiz I posted yesterday, let me warn you that I had to do it myself. I think I have all of them, with help of others, so let me know if you think I have missed on or got some wrong. I realise that there are some answers which could conflict, but it is all a matter of perception.

For those of you that are curious, the answers to the quiz are here.

Test Your Music Knowledge

Seb — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:48:21 +0000

Here is a great “Where’s Wally” game but for music enthusiasts! This picture contains lots of scenes depicting bands and their members. See how many you can get!! For example, the bottles of roses with guns in them would represent the Guns n’ Roses.