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document updated 18 years ago, on May 17, 2006
Specific puzzles I found enjoyable to solve via computer-based automated search:
2006-05-14: The Mother of All Puzzles
(~175 lines of perl code, ~2 seconds to run)
2006-04-30: Going to the Dogs
(~30 lines of perl code, 2 long-ish regexps, ~2 seconds to run)
2006-04-02: Shades of Carnac: Common Themes in Threes
(same solver as 2006-04-30... results in 21 combinations that have to be hand-picked through)
2006-03-12: 'Pumpkin Bumpkin' and Other Fun with 'P' and 'B'
(~35 lines of perl code, with a parts-of-speech wordlist, ~3 seconds to run, 44 combinations to hand-pick through)
2006-03-05: Taking a Shot at SPACE
(~25 lines of perl code, ~1 second to run, pretty easy as long as you're clear on the constraints)
("lines of code" is a very rough expansive estimate, and includes comments, blank lines, etc...)