Beale Cipher April 11th, 2001 @ 9:12 am PDT
Some fascinating information on the Beale Cipher: the Beale section of Treasure Hunting at About.com from The Puzzle Index great links from Southwest Missouri State University The Beale Ciphers from the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County The Beale Ciphers by E. E. Remington
NATO Phonetic Alphabet October 31st, 2000 @ 7:50 am PST
I’ve sort of had it in my head for a few days now to look for the words they used to use in old WWII movies for each letter of the alphabet. You know, a = alpha, c = charlie, etc. Serendipity strikes again! This morning I found this link in the memepool mailing list: […]
Secret Codes July 29th, 2000 @ 11:21 pm PDT
I used to love making secret codes and sending secret messages when I was a kid. There is a great Edgar Allan Poe short story – I think it’s called The Gold Bug – about a secret message. I must have read that three or four times when I was in elementary school. link via […]