{"id":500,"date":"2014-11-15T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T00:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-11-17T07:41:49","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:41:49","slug":"tower-of-babel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/2014\/11\/tower-of-babel\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of Babel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingamajigsaw.com\">Thingamajigsaw&#8217;s<\/a> Andrea Farnham has done it again with an outstanding complex jigsaw and word puzzle\u00a0based on Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/psalm40.org\/toepfer\/\">Larry Elliott&#8217;s<\/a> work &#8220;Tower of Babel&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingamajigsaw.com\/traditional.html#elliott\">http:\/\/www.thingamajigsaw.com\/traditional.html#elliott<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4676.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-501\" src=\"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4676-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4676\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4676-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_4676-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you buy the puzzle you actually get two\u00a0wooden jigsaw puzzles, a five-language dictionary, and a guide to solving the word\u00a0puzzle once you&#8217;ve assembled the jigsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, once you solve the jigsaw, the figural pieces in the main puzzle have letters and numbers next to them, e.g. the octopus figural has a M6 next to it which on the small puzzle is in\u00a0Spain. Time to use the dictionary to find the\u00a0Spanish word for Octopus (pulpo).<\/p>\n<p>When you have all of the translated words, you will be guided through a process to remove the letters from the border of the main puzzle and reveal a secret word (good for a 1-time 10% discount at Thingamajigsaw).<\/p>\n<p>Fantastic work by Andrea and a very clever compliment to the Sherlock Holmes-themed puzzle she released last year also using Larry Elliot&#8217;s art. This\u00a0is a must buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thingamajigsaw&#8217;s Andrea Farnham has done it again with an outstanding complex jigsaw and word puzzle\u00a0based on Artist Larry Elliott&#8217;s work &#8220;Tower of Babel&#8221; (http:\/\/www.thingamajigsaw.com\/traditional.html#elliott) When you buy the puzzle you actually get two\u00a0wooden jigsaw puzzles, a five-language dictionary, and a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/2014\/11\/tower-of-babel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valdemar.net\/~erik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}