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Continuing on my previous post, the widespread use of mobile phones is also another reason for concern. But here it is more likely the diversity of information rather than the lack of it that makes things so difficult. It is very difficult for the layman to get a good opinion on how dangerous mobile radiation actually is, when there keeps popping out new and contradictory reports all the time.

- “Mobile phones cause cancer…”
- “..yes, but only in rats.”
- “Actually they are completely safe” (report incidentally sponsored by mobile phone company X - whoops!)

There’s no denying how practical devices mobile phones are - many people could almost not do without them today - but I think we need to know more about the long term effects of them.

It is not difficult to understand that the mobile phone companies will fight any attempt to ruin their business, including reports that would deem their products hazardous to our health.

However, I think it is time we (as a human race) stopped worshipping the God of economical growth above all else. Things with the environment for example, are already catching up with us and unless we start making some changes we are only setting ourselves up for a nasty fall.

Exercising your brain by playing Sudoku, solving crossword puzzles is generally believed to improve your memory and even prevent certain deceases such as Alzheimer. Other types of gentle exercise and fresh air are also considered great preventive measures.

It comes as no surprise that watching television would do very little to give you any kind of exercise (unless you are watching an exercise tape of course), but according to some studies watching too much television may actually cause Alzheimer.

According to professors at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, people tend to be in a mentally very inactive state when they watch television - and we all know what eventually happens to any body part that is too inactive…

What is not quite as well known however, is the various kinds of radiation emitted from your trusty old television set. According to a study conducted by Eugene Sobel in 1995, there may very well be a causal relationship between these types of radiation and developing Alzheimer disease.

I am not advocating anyone to throw out their tv-set, but it would certainly be interesting to know more about this subject. Is there any difference as to the type of television, for example…

Meanwhile though, I think it is relatively safe to keep Sudokuing

Tags: Sudoku, Alzheimer, Neuroscience, Health, tv, entertainment, news

Sudoku puzzles are literally everywhere these days. But how can the mastery of playing them be accomplished? This is the question Sudoku Hint’s new Sudoku Guide is trying to answer. Coming as a digitally downloadable ebook it is and ideal Christmas gift you can get with a few minutes notice and even send someone by email.

The Sudoku puzzle has been the most successful launch of a new puzzle game ever, and today it can be found in daily newspapers all over the world. It also comes in many digital formats for computers, cell phones or portable gaming systems.

There are also claims that support Sudoku solving as a very healthy activity, perhaps even with the power to prevent and/or slow down conditions such as Alzheimers disease. At the very least it is very good for stimulating logical thinking.

The long and the short of it is that Sudoku puzzles are a great and inexpensive form of educational entertainment for young and old alike - especially in our day an age of lazily watching tv in a state of mental standstill.

The rules of the game are very simple, but many people still give up before they fully get into “the groove” of solving Sudokus. Thus never getting any of the benefits from actually solving these puzzles.

Sudoku Hint’s new guide is an ideal place to start, covering both the basics of the game as well as more advanced strategies.

Most importantly however, this guide takes the reader by the hand and guides him or her from their first wavering steps of Sudoku solving towards complete understanding of the more advanced aspects of the game. So that, at the end of the book, the reader can try to tackle a full Sudoku puzzle of “diabolical” difficulty level.

The guide is illustrated with many puzzle examples, as well as a set of puzzles to be solved by the reader.

Sudoku Hint’s Sudoku Guide is a great choice for anyone interested in learning more about the game, and would be an ideal Christmas present for someone who would appreciate a challenging surprise.

The Sudoku Guide is available for immediate purchase and download at:
http://www.sudokuhints.info/sudoku-guide/

Tags: Sudoku Guide, Sudoku Book, Shopping, Christmas Present, Gift

My new Sudoku guide has been available for a little over a week now, and I have received some good feed back from the early buyers.

However, there seems to still be some bugs in the payment processing system, that has caused problems from some. To clarify, once payment has been completed in Paypal, you need to click the “return to merchant link” and that should send you to the correct page to download the complete Sudoku guide.

Now is a good time to purchase this 60 page guide to Sudoku, since it is available at a 25% discount until the last of Novemeber.

By Sudoku solver I mean a person that regularly plays Sudoku puzzles not to be confused with the Sudoku solving software you could use to solve the game.

Playing Sudoku can be a frustrating experience (to say the least) when you first start out. You just have to keep telling yourself that no one can be a master at anything they have only tried their hands on a few times only.

Once you get the hang of it you will be surprised how “easily” you are able to solve even rather difficult puzzles. Although I am not sure if it has been proven sientifically or not, I am willing to claim that regular Sudoku solving has a way of becoming part of your life - sort of like they say martial arts is a way of life.

The life of a Sudoku solver can thus, theoretically at least, be enhanced on the logical level by the very affordable and rewarding hobby of playing Sudoku.

If you happen upon this blog or site without any prior knowledge or experience about the game of Sudoku, you may be interested to get some basic instructions on how to play the game.

Well, luckily for you:

1) Getting started with playing Sudoku isn’t all that difficult and

2) You can find very basic instructions for playing Sudoku right here

When you think you have a basic understanding of the flow of the game, you can try your skill on Sudokupuzzles of varying difficulty here.

Good luck!

I am proud to announce a new partnership we have with Amazon.com, where you can shop for all kinds of Sudoku and Sudoku-related products right from the Sudokuhints.info web site.

Simply point your browser to the Sudoku shop, choose if you want to browse among books, software, video games, toys or any other category - there is something Sudoku-related of almost everything these days.

If you live in Europe you might want to have your products delivered from the UK based Sudoku shop instead. Just be aware that the selection might be a little bit different between the two shops.

Once you have all the products you want to order in your shopping basket, click “check out” and you will be able to finalize the order securely through amazon’s servers.

Happy Sudoku shopping!

Tags: Sudoku products, sudoku store, sudoku shopping, amazon, online store

Solving a Sudoku puzzle with the help of software, certainly must defeat the purpose of playing the game in the first place - right?

Well, not nessecarily.

In fact, a Sudoku solving piece of software can be used in order to enhance your Sudoku skills. But only if it is used in the right manner. The sudoku solving feature is offered on some websites and in certain downloadable applications for your PC.

Read more about the real benefits of automatic sudoku solvers here.

Tags: sudoku solver, software, puzzle, games

A good thing about Sudoku puzzles is that they are so extremely easy to get hold of. There are Sudokus in books, newspapers, magazines and on Internet websites.

On the web alone there should be enough puzzles to keep you playing every day for a lifetime. And then there are also various shareware games you can download and play on your computer as well as commercial and free games for handheld gaming devices such as the Sony PSP.

Although finding a lot of Sudoku is as easy as falling of a log, I have still dedicated a section of the site to this topic. When I find a good source for Sudoku puzzles, wether on- or offline, I will add it to the page where to find Sudoku puzzles.

If you have some suggestion that would fit into this category, let me know and I’ll have a look.

Tags: Sudoku, online sudoku, paper sudoku, sudoku book, find sudoku

Do you remember when there was only one type of sudoku puzzle? It was a simple (or sometimes not so simple) 3×3 grid using only the numbers 1 to 9. Now, as the sudoku craze is sweeping the world, new sudoku varieties are coming out of the woodwork. There are now so many variations on the original sudoku game, that newbies just dont know where to start. Here is a quick guide to some of the newer sudoku variations with basic rules.

Standard Sudoku: This is the original sudoku game (also called Number Place). It is also referred to as a 3×3 (3 mini-grids across, 3 mini-grids down). Each mini-grid, row, and column must contain the numbers 1 through 9. There can be no duplicates in any row, column, or min-grid.

Go here to read about more exciting Sudoku varieties.