I agree. I like the idea, but am also pretty sure that the advanced monks will come up with a solution fast, and by doing so, discourage the less advanced monks.

Some questions in the Seekers of Perl Wisdom section can be qualified as excersices. I tend to learn quite a lot from the replies.

Then there is the beauty of Open Source Software! Just download a certain script and take it apart. Or just join a project over at Sourceforge. I've seen some great projects there and a lot of them are looking for help.

And! There is this Golf: New spellings for old names excercise :)