Words not Numbers Elizebeth Smith Friedman, considered the first American female cryptanalyst, did not arrive at this job with a love for numbers, but rather a love for words. Who was Elizebeth Smith Friedman, and how can we learn from her techniques and make them applicable for us in technology today? Elizebeth was born...
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Happy Valentine’s Day I know the cynical amongst us are convinced that this is a holiday created to promote the greeting cards and chocolate industry; and I do not believe there is anything which I could say that will change your mind. But my memories of Valentine’s Day go back to being...
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Not So Fast I tend to wait a rather long time before giving up on a plant, even a weed. I often think a plant in distress is just going through a rough period, and will get better, or at least might get better. That might is usually enough of an incentive...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ The Bedroom by Vincent Van Gogh The artist has three paintings with the same name, this is the second version, housed at the Chicago Art Institute. I am drawn to the colors...
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The International Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust Memorial By Ofra Friedland There are various days, around the world, which are set aside to remember the six million Jewish people who were murdered in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as designated by the United Nations is January...
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A Voice for the Moderates “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for sums up the Law and the Prophets.” ~ Matthew 7:12 ~ I am a middle child. I do not think that is why I am a moderate, though I do fall in between two...
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The Hawaiian Room Bear with me; this post does belong in Nature, I promise. Before going to visit my Aunt Helen, in Florida, I had not heard the term “Florida Room”. It is another way of saying solarium, sun room or sun porch; the idea of an additional living space, which helps to...
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An Illions Carousel I am not brave, especially when I am alone. But as I have gotten older, I have occasionally become bolder; which is how I was able to photograph this Illions Carousel. I happened to be walking through Congress Park, when I spotted the carousel just as the workers were preparing...
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To love a painting is to feel that this presence is… not an object but a voice. ~ Andre Malraux ~ Frankfurt Station by John Moore This is an oil on canvas, but to me it does not look like a painting; rather some sort of three dimensional art. I am not entirely...
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Hut Six “We must not neglect the nonmilitary means by which an enemy may seek to undermine our national will.” ~ Gordon Welchman~ I am reading a very interesting book by Gordon Welchman called, The Hut Six Story: Breaking the Enigma Codes. Welchman was recruited to work at Bletchley Park, by Alastair...
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