You see, the rotating circles allow for a form of semaphore alphabet, a way of secretly forming letters or symbols based on the position of each of the circles. The lights were secretly transmitting the entire text of the Thomas Pynchon novel The Crying of Lot 49.
The code was cracked for the first time in 2007, and it wasn’t a brief message either. And if you pay enough attention, you might discover the secret message being broadcast.
These 10-foot-high digital lights all rotate. Say hello to Almaden Tower, the San Jose headquarters of Adobe, the software company behind Acrobat, Illustrator, and numerous other editing programs.Īs you can see, there are four bright yellow circles beside the Adobe logo. And this one is more devious than the blinking light on the Capitol Records Building. Yes, my friends and fellow puzzlers, there’s another building out there broadcasting secret messages for all to see. It’s not the only time that buildings have made their way into the blog in previous posts, we’ve discussed the giant crossword adorning the side of an apartment building in Lvov, Ukraine, as well as the optical illusion awaiting art lovers in a Roman palace.īut it was the only time we’ve discussed a secret code being shared on the side of a building. About six months ago, I shared the story of a secret code lurking in plain sight, sitting atop the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles.
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