The Martinek Name
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The Martinek Wunderkammer

A cabinet of curiosities: card games you can actually play, a directory of glorious websites, live satellites, rabbit holes, random facts, and a small shrine to a Czech surname that means “little Martin”, which goes back to Mars.

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Spinning Mars-and-orbit emblem
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Cribbage

Full game vs the computer: crib, pegging, his heels, nobs, and a peg board to 121.

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Klondike Solitaire

Tap-to-move solitaire with undo and auto-finish.

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Blackjack

Hit, stand, double. Your chip stack is remembered.

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War

The great childhood card war, with auto-play.

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Pig & Dice

Push your luck against the computer. Plus a dice roller.

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Daily Lights Out

A new seeded puzzle every day.

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159 Cool Links

A hand-checked directory of wonderful, weird and useless websites.

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Space & Satellites

A live ISS tracker, satellite maps, and your weight on Mars.

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Rabbit Holes

Molasses floods, emu wars, numbers stations, moss piglets.

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Facts & Trivia

A random-fact generator and a 15-question quiz.

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The Martinek Name

Where the name comes from, where its bearers live, and a little heraldry.

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The Legend of Mark

A gently embellished tale about the keeper of the name.

Fact of the day

Random picks from the directory

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