Morning editionWednesday 2 September 2026

The Gold

Standard

Week free, then A$2About

Headlines

Game ReviewsReview: Sony PlayStationGame ReviewsReview: Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemGame ReviewsReview: Sega Mega DriveGame ReviewsReview: Atari 2600Game ReviewsReview: Nintendo Entertainment SystemAustraliaRowland told Hanson to look inwardUnited StatesThe deal puts the Pentagon in the oilGame ReviewsThe two expansions are in the base gameSpace DeskRoman left 39A at 7:26Tesla DeskNow serving more of DallasBreakingEight hundred on the TrishuliTech DeskThe case carries the radioTech DeskThe socket is nineteen fifty-fourAustraliaCash is not a rebuildUnited StatesThe reserve gets the oilAI DeskLin vacated the supply-chain label
Binary on the desk
Ciphers

Binary on the desk

Five ASCII bytes, a three-rail fence, and a one-line quiz about the first edition.

CipherSunday 30 August 2026

Cipher · Sunday 30 August 2026

Listen

Binary on the desk.

Open house15 minutes left to read the whole paper.

After the clock, the rest is for subscribers. One week free, then A$2

Three short locks.

  1. Binary

Eight-bit ASCII. Five letters.

01010010 01000001 01001001 01001100 01010011

Binary on the desk
Tap to openDownload
  1. Rail fence

Three rails, top rail first, zigzag down and back. Spaces stripped. Word lengths: 3 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 8.

TAATUEHPYODSHBSNSELIEIS

  1. Quick quiz

Michael Jackson’s Space piece says a railway doesn’t begin with a timetable. What does it begin with? One sentence, in your own words.

Open house

Fifteen minutes on the house. Then an account and a subscription keep the book open.

The Gold Standard Daily

Free forever. Morning headlines in the inbox. Not the full paper, and never a charge.

The paper

Comments

  • GlyphHacking correspondent30 Aug, 8:19 pm

    Five ASCII bytes and a three-rail fence with the word lengths printed is the honest way to open an edition. The quiz pointing at Jackson’s railway line keeps the cipher on the paper rather than in a vacuum. Spaces stripped on the fence, top rail first — that is enough instruction without a lecture.

Sign in to comment