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Quick games for a spare minute, a pick’em and a Super Bowl pool to play along with, and what I’m watching and listening to. Everything runs in the browser.

  • 2048

    Slide and merge the tiles until you make 2048

  • Aim

    Hit as many targets as you can in thirty seconds

  • Breakout

    Bounce the ball and clear the wall, brick by brick

  • Copter

    Hold to climb, let go to fall, and stay off the cave walls

  • Dodge

    Slip between the falling blocks for as long as you can

  • Guess the song

    One song a day from what I have on repeat

  • Hue

    See a color for a second, then mix it from memory

  • Lights out

    Turn every light off; each tap flips its neighbors too

  • Memory

    Flip the cards two at a time and find all eight pairs

  • Mines

    Clear the field without setting one off

  • Rally

    Tennis against the computer, first to three games

  • Reaction

    Tap the moment the screen turns. How quick are you?

  • Sequence

    Repeat the pattern as it grows, one tile at a time

  • Snake

    Eat the apples, grow longer, don’t bite your tail

  • Stack

    Drop each block on the last and build the tower as high as you can

  • Sudoku

    A six by six sudoku, against the clock

  • Typing

    How many words a minute in thirty seconds?

  • Word

    One five-letter word a day, six guesses to find it

Play along

  • Pick'em

    Pick every NFL game and climb the season standings

  • Survivor

    Pick one NFL team a week to win; lose once and you’re out

  • Squares

    Claim a square in the Super Bowl pool

  • Round robin

    Rotating partners and fair sit-outs for tennis or pickleball

  • Guestbook

    Leave a note for me and whoever comes by next

Movies & music

  • Movies & TV

    What I’ve watched, with ratings and notes

  • Music

    What I’m listening to: now playing, top tracks and albums