Author Archives: shantellsunderman

A little history… October 25, 2020   Once upon a time, there was a man named Leon Battista Alberti who really was the definition of the a renaissance man. His curiosity and insatiable need to keep moving kept him writing plays, publishing multiple treatises (yeah, that doesn’t look right, but I’m pretty sure it is), andContinue reading “A little history”

November 01, 2020  Huh. You learn something new every day. I have a cipher wheel, or Jefferson disk, or Bazeries cylinder. I have always called it a Jefferson wheel, occasionally a Jefferson disk, but never a Bazeries cylinder, and rarely do I refer to it as a cipher wheel. I had no idea it went by these other monikers. With all these names, what isContinue reading “Jefferson Wheel”

October 25, 2020  Kids and codes go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or bacon and eggs. Or Easter eggs and hunting. While a sandwich, or food in general, have nothing to do with hiding things, Easter can bring to mind something not seen immediately. Looking for Easter Eggs in movies is a great pastContinue reading “Kids and Codes”

A few posts ago, I wrote about how Escape Rooms on Demand got started. A friend and I made one for our daughters and their friends, and then at a planning meeting for Cub Scout Day Camp, it came up that I had done one. So, an idea here, a code there and I wasContinue reading “A little about Escape Rooms on Demand”