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Ooh, the judge on the Da Vinci code case has hidden a code in his judgement:

smithycodeJaeiextostgpsacgreamqwfkadpmqzv

I started to investigate it. It is not:

1. Caesar cipher (including ROT-13 ;) )
2. Atbash cipher
3. Vigenere with key of DAVINCI or SMITHYCODE

There isn’t enough ciphertext to use any of the standard attacks against Vigenere, so I just tried a few guessed keys. If it is Vigenere then someone will have to get lucky.

A few people online have noticed that the ciphertext is the same length as “do not waste the time of the high court”….

UPDATE: It’s been solved! And it was Vigenere. The key was generated from the Fibonacci sequence (mentioned in the book apparently).

The BBC has launched an experimental interface to their programme database. It allows you to search and find programmes from throughout the BBC’s history. It’s pretty good – I was quickly able to locate the episode of Blue Peter I appeared on. Yes, I still have my Blue Peter badge – I have not sold it on eBay.

Obviously upgrading my blogging software and using a new theme is FAR more important than actually writing anything…