Swans on Tea

The other morning I made sure to tell a colleague about Whiteboard Tower Defense, a potentially addictive flash game. The colleague is giving a talk next week and in the finest tradition of physics research, had barely started to assemble his powerpoint slides and was starting to stress a little. So a time-wasting diversion is just what he didn’t need, but was in retaliation for him sending me links about some cool new iPhone/iPod Touch apps he got. I don’t have an iPod Touch or an iPhone. He knows this.

Anyway, I’m going to the same conference, so posting will be a little light for the next week.

The eyeballing game

The game works by showing you a series of geometries that need to be adjusted a little bit to make them right. A square highlights the point that needs to be moved or adjusted. Use the mouse to drag the blue square or arrowhead where you feel it is ‘right’. Once you let go of the mouse, the computer evaluates your move, so don’t let up on the mouse button until you are sure. The ‘correct’ geometry is also shown in green. To avoid the need for extra mouse clicks, a mouse button up counts as the move being finished, so be careful.

You will be presented with each challenge three times. The table to the right shows how you did on each challenge each time.