tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post3602869665510322391..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Ninja Codes and Colored Rice - the History of GoshikimaiOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67291067043535239632016-02-21T22:34:25.758-05:002016-02-21T22:34:25.758-05:00Up until now I always thought my Captain Midnight ...Up until now I always thought my Captain Midnight Ovaltine Decoder Ring was pretty cool. But it only came in copper tone.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21728537115386727622016-02-21T21:21:23.323-05:002016-02-21T21:21:23.323-05:00I love this, thank you! Would love to use it with ...I love this, thank you! Would love to use it with present day adaptations--coded sequence of coloured M&Ms maybe...Ovidia Yuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4539509067211439312016-02-21T20:20:44.294-05:002016-02-21T20:20:44.294-05:00This is so cool! Tedious to set up, I imagine, but...This is so cool! Tedious to set up, I imagine, but hey, whatever works.<br /><br />A tactic I've been trying to work into a story is the Spartan skytale, a rod of a certain thickness around which was wrapped (slantwise) a strip of leather. They'd write a message on the leather and then unwind it for delivery--the correspondent had a rod of the same thickness, while anyone else just found a long piece of leather covered in letters.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06449169225096625159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-84718577315507514132016-02-21T17:07:57.650-05:002016-02-21T17:07:57.650-05:00LOL. I'm with you on this one. I'd always ...LOL. I'm with you on this one. I'd always be afraid the grains got moved, and that I was misinterpreting the message --assuming I could remember the code in the first place.<br /><br />A friend and I like to visit a "puzzle room" place in Denver when I'm there, and though I love the ones with physical manipulation (we aced the museum break-in room in less than half the allotted time) we blew ourselves up and lost in the room that required interpretation of morse code to defuse the final "bomb."Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23629301174372941152016-02-21T17:06:08.767-05:002016-02-21T17:06:08.767-05:00Works for me. :)Works for me. :)Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4143844742651921692016-02-21T17:05:55.529-05:002016-02-21T17:05:55.529-05:00They would, Michael, so the ninjas had to be caref...They would, Michael, so the ninjas had to be careful about placement--under or in the lee of a rock, or under brush, where the wind would not disturb them. Fortunately, much of Japan isn't all that windy (most of the year) so it wouldn't be too much trouble to find a good place. Even so, it did take some careful thought, I'm sure.Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44447353034895842672016-02-21T17:04:42.150-05:002016-02-21T17:04:42.150-05:00I loved City of Silver, in part because I adore my...I loved City of Silver, in part because I adore mysteries that offer "explanations" for the real mysteries of history. I also loved it because I know so little about South America that it was fun to let you take me on such an immersive journey to a time and place I didn't know. Susan Spannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770560542416086762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-49064999773427608552016-02-21T14:01:12.738-05:002016-02-21T14:01:12.738-05:00I didn't even understand the DiVinci code neve...I didn't even understand the DiVinci code never mind anything with rice. I was on some serious meds when I listened to Inferno- that helped a bit.Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-5038746186448654062016-02-21T13:37:09.513-05:002016-02-21T13:37:09.513-05:00My favorite is Illya Kuryakin's pocket communi...My favorite is Illya Kuryakin's pocket communicator pen. That's pretty ancient, isn't it?Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78300913440147250652016-02-21T06:59:58.704-05:002016-02-21T06:59:58.704-05:00Fascinating, Susan. I presume the rice grains had ...Fascinating, Susan. I presume the rice grains had to be left in careful order. Even if the birds and animals didn't eat them, wouldn't they get disturbed or blown around in the wind?Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-10489767545194722212016-02-21T06:37:46.103-05:002016-02-21T06:37:46.103-05:00So clever, Susan. I have none so clever to share a...So clever, Susan. I have none so clever to share about my books. My earliest set book is City of Silver. The only clever--if you could call it that--aspect of that story was about hiding money. The historic character on whom one of my characters is based--the Alcalde of Potosi, Francisco de la Rocha, was one of the richest men in the world. History tells us that, faced with a crisis, he sent mule trains out if the city every evening. People thought they were carrying his fortune and hiding it somewhere in the vast Altiplano. It has never been found. My little secret in telling my fictionized story was to invent a destination for itAnnamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com