Fun for the geeks!

[Porridge]

This is such a fun puzzle. I'm not finished it but I thought some of my fellow nerds might appreciate it. I'm up to around level 16 - maybe we can help each other out with hints! No spoilers though! Or if we must, type them in white so people don't read them by accident.

Enjoy...it'll drive you crazy!
Harry White's Puzzle

Has anyone seen it before? Has anyone finished it?? I think I'm going to be up all night with it!!

 

[zoebartlett]

Now I know how to spend my day tomorrow.

How do you get started though? I'm clueless...

 

[Porridge]

Now I know how to spend my day tomorrow.

How do you get started though? I'm clueless...

Ha, it is seriously addictive!

Ok here's a hint for the first step. You see the example he gives? It's an example, not an answer, but the answer is there. Look at the title of the page...

 

[zoebartlett]

Now I know how to spend my day tomorrow.

How do you get started though? I'm clueless...

Ha, it is seriously addictive!

Ok here's a hint for the first step. You see the example he gives? It's an example, not an answer, but the answer is there. Look at the title of the page...

I did! I typed the title (the tab on my browser) but it didn't work. I'll try again.

 

[elrohwen]

I am horrible at riddles I'm only on level three and each level is making me feel stupider. Haha

 

[zoebartlett]

Well, I figured out the first clue. Then I got to the pic of the kumquat and I'm stuck. I suck at this but I'm determined to figure it out.

 

[Porridge]

Me too Elrohwen! But I can't stop, it's just too satisfying when I fiiiiiiinally get it! haha.

Zoe - sorry I'm terrible at hints! Here's another one - instead of "green" the title tells you where to go. Copy, paste, then swap...
ETA good for you! I laughed at the first few kumquats I got, but now I think if I see another one I'm going to tear my hair out!

 

[elrohwen]

I'm at the stupid blue square/rectangle and I can't figure it out! It says "What's my name?" so I've typed in the guy's name in every combination I can think of, plus the names I can think of for the blue square thingy and it's not right.

Hint?

 

[Porridge]

I'm at the stupid blue square/rectangle and I can't figure it out! It says "What's my name?" so I've typed in the guy's name in every combination I can think of, plus the names I can think of for the blue square thingy and it's not right.

Hint?

Ugh yeah that one's a doozy.
Ok here's a hint: how would you find out the name of the picture? New tab/save as perhaps?

 

[somethingshiny]

Okay, I'm stuck at Only the Beginning.

help so i can figure the way this works please.

 

[Porridge]

Well, I figured out the first clue. Then I got to the pic of the kumquat and I'm stuck. I suck at this but I'm determined to figure it out.

Oh Zoe I just realised I might be leading you astray there with my last comment - the kumquat means you're close but not quite right, try again. Will I give you the answer to the first one to get started? You're probably all cursing me by now! I'm cursing stumbleupon for inflicting this on me

 

[Porridge]

Okay, I'm stuck at Only the Beginning.

help so i can figure the way this works please.

Ah yes, this one is impossible unless you have come across html coding before. The hint is "source" - in your internet browser go to "view source" (probably under "file" or "view" or something). A page of html code should pop up and there will be a clue in there. You will need this for a lot of the further levels.

 

[slg47]

hehe, I'm on level 8. I don't speak enough computer, that's for sure!

 

[somethingshiny]

Obviously I should give up now. Thanks for the help. I won't get very far, but I'll try!

 

[Haven]

I'm stuck at "Think of snow falling on a winter day."
AAAAAAAH!

 

[slg47]

Haven, the source code may help you on that one. you may notice yet another code in the source code

 

[Porridge]

I'm stuck at "Think of snow falling on a winter day."
AAAAAAAH!

Tee hee!! Highlight everything, see what you find...
ETA GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND for this quiz! It's vital. You will have to decode what you find...

 

[elrohwen]

Got it! Thanks for the hint!

I got the one right after it, but now I'm at snow and I'm a little stuck again. Argh.

Thanks for the tip about "source code" too. I managed to get the second one by guessing without even looking there, but I would've been screwed for future clues!

 

[slg47]

haha, interesting Porridge, I did not get that one by highlighting but by the source code! any hints for the level called "one cypher"

 

[Haven]

I see the text but I can't make it work! AAAAAAAAH! I am outclassed. I was proud of myself for getting the "source" reference. This is hard!

 

[Porridge]

haha, interesting Porridge, I did not get that one by highlighting but by the source code! any hints for the level called "one cypher"

The cypher used is unicode character reference. I used the Wikibooks reference, here's the link http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicode/Character_reference/0000-0FFF

 

[Porridge]

I see the text but I can't make it work! AAAAAAAAH! I am outclassed. I was proud of myself for getting the "source" reference. This is hard!

Haha, it's exceptionally difficult isn't it! I'm tearing my hair out. Here's the hint for translating the code: it's Morse Code! Google a translating tool for it!

 

[Selkie]

Darn you, Porridge! I should be working, but I'm tearing my hair out over this instead! On "Another Puzzle" does the answer have something to do with the list of font colors? Is there one missing from the sequence?

Ooh, I got it! I'll leave this up though in case anyone wants a nudge in the right direction.

 

[slg47]

Darn you, Porridge! I should be working, but I'm tearing my hair out over this instead! On "Another Puzzle" does the answer have something to do with the list of font colors? Is there one missing from the sequence?

selkie you got it right...look at the source code

 

[slg47]

haha, interesting Porridge, I did not get that one by highlighting but by the source code! any hints for the level called "one cypher"

The cypher used is unicode character reference. I used the Wikibooks reference, here's the link http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicode/Character_reference/0000-0FFF

ok, thanks, didn't recognize it. now I am stuck on level 11! (back to four letters...) never mind...got it!

 

[Porridge]

Darn you, Porridge! I should be working, but I'm tearing my hair out over this instead! On "Another Puzzle" does the answer have something to do with the list of font colors? Is there one missing from the sequence?

selkie you got it right...look at the source code

Yes! It's painstaking, but there is one missing.
I really have to go to sleep but I can't stop playing!

 

[Selkie]

Thanks, I found it! But the next one is even worse. Think I'll wait till I have some free time to decode that!

 

[slg47]

a city that it is its own parent?

 

[Porridge]

a city that it is its own parent?

This is the one I'm stuck on. I have the answer, but I can't get past the next bit! The hint for the name of the city is: what mythical creature could be its own parent? By giving birth to itself, ie rising from its own...

So I've gotten that far but I can't "realise why I did not go far enough?!" Argh, can you get it?

 

[slg47]

a city that it is its own parent?

This is the one I'm stuck on. I have the answer, but I can't get past the next bit! The hint for the name of the city is: what mythical creature could be its own parent? By giving birth to itself, ie rising from its own...

So I've gotten that far but I can't "realise why I did not go far enough?!" Argh, can you get it?

you have to change the spelling!