July, 2009
How does the brain work?
This is a great little clip from the Discovery Channel. It goes for around 4 minutes and tells us a lot about the way the brain works. Do you know which part of the brain looks after emotions? No? You will after you watch this.
Nintendo Brain Games
You might have been umming and ahhing about buying a Nintendo DS for your child. We say skip the kids and buy one for yourself.
You have probably seen the ads on TV with Olivia Newton-John doing her brain training on the DS. What you might not know is that there is a huge selection of [...]
Trivia Challenge
Have you noticed the Fun Trivia Challenge in the side column of this blog? Have you joined in yet?
Trivia Challenges are fun but they are also great for the brain because they are exercising part of it. You might be happy doing your crosswords and number puzzles regularly but that really isn’t enough to keep your [...]
Brain Training
Brain training is becoming increasingly popular lately and we are happy to encourage it. We have come across a site called Brain Training 101 which has all sorts of games on it. There are memory games, brain teasers and action games which will keep your mind active.
You might like to try some of the memory games. [...]
Cartoon – parts of the brain.
This is a little cartoon about the parts of the brain. It is amazing to see the many bits that make up a human brain. No wonder we are such complex creatures.
The Parts of The Brain from Jose Pereira on Vimeo.
Brendan Quigley – Crossword Man
I’d like to tell you a little about Brendan Quigley.
Brendan is a crossword constructor but he is at the top of his field. He creates crosswords for the New York Times and many other places. Remember our post on Will Shortz? Brendan’s creations are submitted to Will as editor. We think he is keeping Will [...]
Customer Feedback
We love it when we hear from you so imagine our surprise when we found some feedback over at Word of Mouth on the Web (WOMOW) We were so excited.
“I’ve been a member of Crosswords-for-Fun for several months now (maybe longer?) and I’ve got to say – I’m addicted! The crosswords themselves are great and [...]
Puzzles on hold?
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Does that sound familiar? How much time have you spent twiddling your thumbs while you wait [...]
Coffee and Crosswords for your Brain
Did you see recently in the newspaper and on TV that coffee can be good for your brain? Apparently coffee can help protect your mind against Alzheimer’s.
Researchers bred mice to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s and their experiments showed an amazing result. Barchester Health Care News says “When given the equivalent of five cups of coffee [...]
Crosswords : a great way to recycle your scrap paper!
A couple of weeks ago we featured a post on ‘green crosswords’ – crossword e-books vs hardcopy.
I don’t know about you, but if you are like me and run a computer and printer at home, the scrap paper does tend to accumulate.
There is only so much paper that can be cut up to be used [...]
