Boxes and Booze 4/9/22 Boxes and Booze 4/9/22

Lift Off!

Spaceflight historians acknowledge the three “fathers” of rocketry who helped launch human beings into space.

Boxes and Booze 4/2/22 Boxes and Booze 4/2/22

Pirate’s Compass

“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.” — Mark Twain, ‘Life On The Mississippi’.

Boxes and Booze 3/26/22 Boxes and Booze 3/26/22

The Fisherman’s Wish

Japanese Karakuri Creation Group artist Yoh Kakuda weaves magical tales in wood. Each wonderful creation tells a story, but some are simply more magical.

Boxes and Booze 3/19/22 Boxes and Booze 3/19/22

Piston

Louis Sullivan was the pioneering American architect of the Chicago “Prairie School” style which embraced his famous tenet “form follows function”.

Boxes and Booze 3/12/22 Boxes and Booze 3/12/22

Angry Walter

“The Zeroth Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.” ― Isaac Asimov, I, Robot

Boxes and Booze 3/5/22 Boxes and Booze 3/5/22

Brass Monkey 5

What’s heavy and made of brass, has six pieces that fit together, looks the same as four other things and is totally different?

Boxes and Booze 2/26/22 Boxes and Booze 2/26/22

Tartan Box

"Brothers be ye constant. The yoke which with single mind ye have taken, bear ye to the end; and whatsoever ye have seen with me and heard, keep and fulfil." – St. David, c. 589 AD

Boxes and Booze 2/19/22 Boxes and Booze 2/19/22

Burr Bot

Burr Bot is a hybrid puzzle box and burr puzzle which also incorporates sequential discovery elements. For a non-burr puzzle enthusiast, it’s also an approachable and addictive introduction to the genre that manages to be both seriously challenging and incredibly fun.