Inspired by machine codes and motherboards this past Thursday, I want to understand the meaning and history of codes. I realize that these very words are codes. I hope to recognize the mysteries and the metaphors of secret messages.
I will start with Simon Singh's work, The Code Book," and string along from there. Here is my first link: Salve, Magister.
http://www.simonsingh.net/The_Code_Book.html
An interesting idea about connectivity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noosphere It is the antithesis of the disconnection found in coding. The secrets are begging to be uncovered.
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