I said I was done blogging this year's MIT Mystery Hunt (and I might still renege on that and write some more), but except for one detail, this post is not really about this year's hunt.

( Long history of the hunt index; skip if you don't care about the past )

In my previous post, I noted the idea I had with only a few minutes left in the round to solve my one unsolved problem. Tonight I coded up that idea and confirmed it works ( Read more... )

For several months now I have been at work on a new version of the Mystery Hunt index web site which I have written about previously. This site is finally live at http:/devjoe.appspot.com/huntindex/ .

For those who have used the old web site, it will seem familiar. The biggest change is that links in lists of puzzles no longer go directly to the MIT ( Read more... )