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| error: | Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm line 117. |
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/usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm:117 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm:89 /home/www/secure/ill/comps/illcal.mas:131 /home/www/secure/ill/ill.html:150 /home/www/secure/ill/index.html:4 /home/www/secure/ill/archive/dhandler:3 |
Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm line 117.
Trace begun at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Exceptions.pm line 125
HTML::Mason::Exceptions::rethrow_exception('Can\'t call method "prepare" on an undefined value at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm line 117.^J') called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm line 117
SJG::Configuration::DB::prepare('SJG::Configuration::DB=HASH(0x7fa8897f89c0)', 'RESERVED', 'select name from qdata where qname=? and upload_date=?') called at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/SJG/Configuration/DB.pm line 89
SJG::Configuration::DB::sql('SJG::Configuration::DB=HASH(0x7fa8897f89c0)', 'select name from qdata where qname=? and upload_date=?', 'illq', '2023-10-01') called at /home/www/secure/ill/comps/illcal.mas line 131
HTML::Mason::Commands::__ANON__('sqldate', '2023-10-29') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Component.pm line 135
HTML::Mason::Component::run('HTML::Mason::Component::FileBased=HASH(0x7fa889803308)', 'sqldate', '2023-10-29') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1302
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1292
HTML::Mason::Request::comp(undef, undef, 'sqldate', '2023-10-29') called at /home/www/secure/ill/ill.html line 150
HTML::Mason::Commands::__ANON__('sqldate', '2023-10-29', 'illuminator', '^J^I^I^I<h1>October 29, 2023: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!</h1>^J^I^I^I<p>^M^J^I<img align="right" alt="[Image]" height="96" hspace="8" src="https://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/CrowdfundingFocus34.gif" vspace="6" width="97" /></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IYou probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. Mathematician David Smith discovered a single shape – complex but strangely appealing – that could be repeated indefinitely to tile a surface without ever falling into a pattern. This is way cool and, as far as I know, has <i>no practical application at all</i>. Yet. (Okay, maybe bathroom floors, but there are other solutions to that problem.)</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IBut trust me, we all looked at it and said "Somebody is going to make a game out of this!"</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I<a href="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXED.png" title="InFUNity Tiles"><img alt="InFUNity Tiles" border="1" hspace="8" src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXEDThumb.png" vspace="6" /></a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^ISomebody did.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAtlas Games has launched a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">Kickstarter for <i><b>InFUNity Tiles </b></i></a>in two sizes. They are molded from recycled plastic (yay) and have a good feel in the hand. Right now the application is "freeform puzzle," but they are thinking about <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles/posts/3938757">practical ways to use it to build a gameboard</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAnyway: Please check out this Kickstarter. Support it if you think it's cool (it is). But help spread the word! This is a math geek's dream toy, and it is not (yet) getting the Kickstarter love that it deserves. So I need for you to post links where math geeks hang out, so they can find out about it, and make the project succeed, and have fun and be happy. That's not a big ask, is it? Math geeks should be happy too. I have supported it, and <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">I'll be happier if I get my einstein toys</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I-- <a href="mailto:sj@sjgames.com">Steve Jackson</a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IPS - If you had NOT heard about the "aperiodic monotile" problem and its brilliant solution, you can catch up by reading this <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newfound-mathematical-einstein-shape-creates-a-never-repeating-pattern/">beautifully illustrated <i>Scientific American</i> article.</a></p>^M^J^J^I^I^I<br clear="all">^J^I^I^I^J^I^I^I<p id="discussForum" style="float: right;"><a href="http://forums.sjgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92"><img src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/discuss-on-forums.png" alt="Discuss this post on the forums!" /></a></p>^J^I ^J<!-- addthis -->^J^J<b><span style="float:left; padding:0 1%;">Share this post!</span></b>^J<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" style="float:left;">^J <a class="addthis_button_facebook" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_reddit" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_tumblr" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <span class="addthis_separator">|</span>^J <a class="addthis_button_expanded" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!">More</a>^J</div>^J^J<div style="margin: 5px 0; clear: left;">^J <a href="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" class="small">Permalink</a> •^J <a href="/ill/archive/" class="small">Archive</a> •^J <a href="/ill/illsotw/" class="small">Illuminated Site of the Week</a>^J</div>^J', 'pagetitle', 'Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!', 'mobile', 0, 'description', 'You probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. 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HTML::Mason::Component::run('HTML::Mason::Component::FileBased=HASH(0x7fa8897c7c10)', 'sqldate', '2023-10-29', 'illuminator', '^J^I^I^I<h1>October 29, 2023: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!</h1>^J^I^I^I<p>^M^J^I<img align="right" alt="[Image]" height="96" hspace="8" src="https://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/CrowdfundingFocus34.gif" vspace="6" width="97" /></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IYou probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. Mathematician David Smith discovered a single shape – complex but strangely appealing – that could be repeated indefinitely to tile a surface without ever falling into a pattern. This is way cool and, as far as I know, has <i>no practical application at all</i>. Yet. (Okay, maybe bathroom floors, but there are other solutions to that problem.)</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IBut trust me, we all looked at it and said "Somebody is going to make a game out of this!"</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I<a href="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXED.png" title="InFUNity Tiles"><img alt="InFUNity Tiles" border="1" hspace="8" src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXEDThumb.png" vspace="6" /></a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^ISomebody did.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAtlas Games has launched a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">Kickstarter for <i><b>InFUNity Tiles </b></i></a>in two sizes. They are molded from recycled plastic (yay) and have a good feel in the hand. Right now the application is "freeform puzzle," but they are thinking about <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles/posts/3938757">practical ways to use it to build a gameboard</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAnyway: Please check out this Kickstarter. Support it if you think it's cool (it is). But help spread the word! This is a math geek's dream toy, and it is not (yet) getting the Kickstarter love that it deserves. So I need for you to post links where math geeks hang out, so they can find out about it, and make the project succeed, and have fun and be happy. That's not a big ask, is it? Math geeks should be happy too. I have supported it, and <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">I'll be happier if I get my einstein toys</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I-- <a href="mailto:sj@sjgames.com">Steve Jackson</a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IPS - If you had NOT heard about the "aperiodic monotile" problem and its brilliant solution, you can catch up by reading this <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newfound-mathematical-einstein-shape-creates-a-never-repeating-pattern/">beautifully illustrated <i>Scientific American</i> article.</a></p>^M^J^J^I^I^I<br clear="all">^J^I^I^I^J^I^I^I<p id="discussForum" style="float: right;"><a href="http://forums.sjgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92"><img src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/discuss-on-forums.png" alt="Discuss this post on the forums!" /></a></p>^J^I ^J<!-- addthis -->^J^J<b><span style="float:left; padding:0 1%;">Share this post!</span></b>^J<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" style="float:left;">^J <a class="addthis_button_facebook" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_reddit" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_tumblr" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <span class="addthis_separator">|</span>^J <a class="addthis_button_expanded" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!">More</a>^J</div>^J^J<div style="margin: 5px 0; clear: left;">^J <a href="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" class="small">Permalink</a> •^J <a href="/ill/archive/" class="small">Archive</a> •^J <a href="/ill/illsotw/" class="small">Illuminated Site of the Week</a>^J</div>^J', 'pagetitle', 'Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!', 'mobile', 0, 'description', 'You probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. Mathematician David Smith discovered a single shape – complex but strangely appealing – that could be repeated indefinitely to tile a surface without ever falling into a pattern . . .') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1302
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1292
HTML::Mason::Request::comp(undef, undef, 'sqldate', '2023-10-29', 'illuminator', '^J^I^I^I<h1>October 29, 2023: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!</h1>^J^I^I^I<p>^M^J^I<img align="right" alt="[Image]" height="96" hspace="8" src="https://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/CrowdfundingFocus34.gif" vspace="6" width="97" /></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IYou probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. Mathematician David Smith discovered a single shape – complex but strangely appealing – that could be repeated indefinitely to tile a surface without ever falling into a pattern. This is way cool and, as far as I know, has <i>no practical application at all</i>. Yet. (Okay, maybe bathroom floors, but there are other solutions to that problem.)</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IBut trust me, we all looked at it and said "Somebody is going to make a game out of this!"</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I<a href="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXED.png" title="InFUNity Tiles"><img alt="InFUNity Tiles" border="1" hspace="8" src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/newsq/illq/2023/InFUNityKSTilesTableSpreadRAW-FIXEDThumb.png" vspace="6" /></a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^ISomebody did.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAtlas Games has launched a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">Kickstarter for <i><b>InFUNity Tiles </b></i></a>in two sizes. They are molded from recycled plastic (yay) and have a good feel in the hand. Right now the application is "freeform puzzle," but they are thinking about <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles/posts/3938757">practical ways to use it to build a gameboard</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IAnyway: Please check out this Kickstarter. Support it if you think it's cool (it is). But help spread the word! This is a math geek's dream toy, and it is not (yet) getting the Kickstarter love that it deserves. So I need for you to post links where math geeks hang out, so they can find out about it, and make the project succeed, and have fun and be happy. That's not a big ask, is it? Math geeks should be happy too. I have supported it, and <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/infunity-tiles?ref=6mahld">I'll be happier if I get my einstein toys</a>.</p>^M^J<p>^M^J^I-- <a href="mailto:sj@sjgames.com">Steve Jackson</a></p>^M^J<p>^M^J^IPS - If you had NOT heard about the "aperiodic monotile" problem and its brilliant solution, you can catch up by reading this <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/newfound-mathematical-einstein-shape-creates-a-never-repeating-pattern/">beautifully illustrated <i>Scientific American</i> article.</a></p>^M^J^J^I^I^I<br clear="all">^J^I^I^I^J^I^I^I<p id="discussForum" style="float: right;"><a href="http://forums.sjgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92"><img src="http://www.sjgames.com/img/discuss-on-forums.png" alt="Discuss this post on the forums!" /></a></p>^J^I ^J<!-- addthis -->^J^J<b><span style="float:left; padding:0 1%;">Share this post!</span></b>^J<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" style="float:left;">^J <a class="addthis_button_facebook" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_twitter" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_reddit" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_tumblr" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <a class="addthis_button_email" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!"></a>^J <span class="addthis_separator">|</span>^J <a class="addthis_button_expanded" addthis:url="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" addthis:title="Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!">More</a>^J</div>^J^J<div style="margin: 5px 0; clear: left;">^J <a href="http://secure.sjgames.com/ill/archive/October_29_2023/The_Einstein_Tile_-_Now_A_PuzzleToyThingie" class="small">Permalink</a> •^J <a href="/ill/archive/" class="small">Archive</a> •^J <a href="/ill/illsotw/" class="small">Illuminated Site of the Week</a>^J</div>^J', 'pagetitle', 'Daily Illuminator: The "Einstein" Tile - Now A Puzzle/Toy/Thingie!', 'mobile', 0, 'description', 'You probably read about the "einstein" (one stone) tile a few months ago. 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HTML::Mason::Commands::__ANON__('month', 'October', 'day', 29, 'year', 2023, 'u', undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Component.pm line 135
HTML::Mason::Component::run('HTML::Mason::Component::FileBased=HASH(0x7fa8897b63b0)', 'month', 'October', 'day', 29, 'year', 2023, 'u', undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1302
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1292
HTML::Mason::Request::comp(undef, undef, 'month', 'October', 'day', 29, 'year', 2023, 'u', undef) called at /home/www/secure/ill/archive/dhandler line 3
HTML::Mason::Commands::__ANON__ at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Component.pm line 135
HTML::Mason::Component::run('HTML::Mason::Component::FileBased=HASH(0x7fa88800bf08)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1297
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 1292
HTML::Mason::Request::comp(undef, undef, undef) called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 481
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 481
eval {...} at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/Request.pm line 433
HTML::Mason::Request::exec('HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x7fa887a3cf18)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 168
HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler::exec('HTML::Mason::Request::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x7fa887a3cf18)') called at /usr/local/share/perl/5.14.2/HTML/Mason/ApacheHandler.pm line 825
HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler::handle_request('HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler=HASH(0x7fa887932b08)', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x7fa8849ec110)') called at (eval 29) line 8
HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler::handler('HTML::Mason::ApacheHandler', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x7fa8849ec110)') called at -e line 0
eval {...} at -e line 0