NPR Sunday Puzzle: Nov. 6, 2011

Here's the solution to last week's NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct. 30):

Answer: PATTI LABELLE (singer) - P, I (first name) and L, E (last name) → AT&T (company) + A BELL(logo)

NPR Sunday Puzzle for Nov. 6:
Take 15 coins. Arrange them in an equilateral triangle with one coin at the top, two coins touching below, three coins below that, then four, then five. Remove the three coins at the corners so you're left with 12 coins. Using the centers of the 12 coins as points, how many equilateral triangles can you find by joining points with lines?

Submit your answer to NPR for a chance to be on next week's broadcast and be sure to visit Jenny's Noodle next Sunday to see the correct answer!

What to Do When the Internet is Down

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Also: Threaten to destroy evil Comcast Xfinity once and for all. Then realize you wouldn't have internet service without them. Sigh.

It's Palindrome Day (11022011)

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Happy Palindrome Day! !yaD emordnilaP yppaH

Today, Nov. 2, 2011 (or 11022011), is a special date—a palindrome.

A palindrome is a word, line, verse, number, sentence or series of symbols reading the same backward as forward. You know, phrases like "a man a plan a canal panama," or your friend "bob."

According to a university professor who studies the phenomena, "After 2011, there will be one more year in this (21st) century containing two palindrome dates. That will be 2021, with palindrome dates Jan. 20, 2021 (1202021) and Dec. 2, 2021 (12022021)."

The more you know.

(via LA Times)