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Puzzle-Solving Tools
Character encodings:
- ASCII and EBCDIC: LookupTables.com has reference charts for correlating numeric values in decimal, octal, and hexidecimal to characters in ASCII, EBCDIC, and other electronic encodings.
- ASL: ThinkQuest provides a visual reference for the American Sign Language Alphabet.
- Braille: Wikipedia has a braille translation chart, as well as general information about the encoding.
- Caesar cipher: Wikipedia has general information on Caesar ciphers and links to Caesar cipher solvers.
- Morse code: Wikipedia has a morse code chart, as well as general information about the encoding.
- Naval signal flags: The Peabody Essex Museum has a visual chart of the International Code of Signals, a system of naval signal flags which use color and pattern to represent letters.
- Phone Number: PhoneSpell has a great tool to find out what a phone number spells out.
- Semaphore: The Australian National Botanic Gardens provide a visual reference for the Semaphore flag signaling system.
- UNICODE: Unicode.org is the official source of all UNICODE encodings
- Pigpen cipher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher
- Beale cipher: http://members.fortunecity.com/jpeschel/gillog3.htm
Hardware Architectures:
Games:
General:
- Flight Statistics: FlightStats.com
- Broadway: Internet Theatre Database has a wealth of information on Broadway shows, actors, and theatre
- Dictionary/Thesaurus: Dictionary.com is a great resource for word related queries.
- Everything: Wikipedia contains a wealth of usually-accurate information on almost any subject.
- Fonts: Windows and Mac OS have character maps tools to view fonts.
- Movies: The Internet Movie Database has a wealth of information on TV shows, movies, actors, and production staff.
- Music: All Media Guide has a wealth of information about music artists, albums, and genres.
- Television: TV.com has a wealth of information about television shows, episode lists, and actors.
- When all else fails: Bing, Google, and Yahoo!
Geography:
Music:
Misc:
Puzzle Types:
- Anagrams: Andy's Anagram Solver is a great way to take the word "nagamar" and turn it into "anagram".
- Crossword puzzle clues: OneAcross can take crossword puzzle patterns and/or clues and find the word needed to fill in the puzzle. Crossword Maestro is also a great tool for visualizing crosswords (and Cryptic crosswords).
- Cryptic crosswords: Wikipedia has information and links about these types of puzzles. Also see http://www.home.gil.com.au/~vburton/cryptics/cryptics.htm
- Nonograms: For all you CS gurus, writing code to solve these is always fun. Check out The World of Cryptopics for information on where to get started solving these.
Science:
Sports:
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