How do you spell "political correctness"?

Everyone has to cross the river

The River IQ game is a nice implementation of a fiendish logic puzzle. As the text is in Japanese, here are the rules:

1. Everyone has to cross the river
2. Only 2 people are allowed on the raft at any one time
3. Only the Mother, Father and Policeman know how to operate the raft
4. The Father can not stay with any of the Daughters without their Mother's presence (damn dysfunctional Japanese families)
5. The Mother can not stay with any of the Sons without their Father's presence
6. The Thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there

Seems simple, I know, but you'll find it's more complex than appears at first.

Mechanics of the game:

• Click on the big blue circle bottom right to start the game
• Click on the people to move them on and off the raft
• Click on either red-topped pole to move the raft to the opposite side of the river

It is soluble, I promise! Let me know how many steps there are in your solution if you attempt it, please, as we're keen to see if there is a more efficient (or even just any other) solution than ours.

Too tight, darling?

Anyone in the BDSM community interested in this? The possibilities!

Rare quiz entry

Now this test gave an interesting result:

Your natural talent is interpersonal relations and dealing with people. You communicate well and are able to bring disparate groups together. Your calming presence helps everything go more smoothly. People crave your praise and complements.

What makes it so interesting is that it's the closest match to my personality out of the choices available.

Same thing happened with this test:

Structured and organized, you have a knack for thinking clearly. You are very logical - and you don't let your thoughts get polluted with emotions. And while your thoughts are pretty serious, they're anything from boring. It's minds like yours that have built the great cities of the world!

Now, obviously, all the results are complimentary, so I'd have been flattered regardless of which image I'd chosen, but it does make me ponder when my favourite image in each test elicits the best match to the way I see myself. I'd be intrigued to know if anyone else has the same experience...

Distractions

My blogging has been horribly sparse of late. I blame BlogLines. Having so much information delivered for my convenient consumption wreaks havoc on my free time. Oh, and FreeCycle. Mmm, free goo.

But I do have another reason. I have been playing with a new pet project, Readcycle. It's in its utter infancy at the moment, but I hope to rear it to at least toddler status this weekend, and seed my first handful of books in the new week. Advice and assistance eagerly welcome.