What’s in the box?
Last week I posted a little teaser which hid a series of clues in and around the page’s HTML and the referenced graphic. Thanks to everyone who joined in. Some of you said you learned something in the process, which is good; and I did too, which is better!
Filip Salomonsson completed the treasure hunt first. Extra credits go to Robin Stocker for his Swiss version, Christian Neukirchen for a solution which requires no programming, and to Shiar who spotted the answer at once but nevertheless followed the clues to the end!
A full solution appears below, ROT-180° encoded.
˙ǝɹǝɥ pǝʌıɹɹɐ ǝʌ,noʎ ʍouʞ ǝɯ ʇǝl oʇ ƃɹo˙pǝuƃılɐpɹoʍ@sʎǝʞʇlɐ:oʇlıɐɯ ǝsɐǝld ˙(-؛ pǝuƃılɐ pɹoʍ oʇ uoıʇdıɹɔsqns ƃuolǝɟıl ǝǝɹɟ ɐ sı ǝzıɹd ɹnoʎ ¡ǝuop llǝʍ ˙ǝɹǝɥ sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɟo sʍoɹ ǝǝɹɥʇ llɐ ǝǝs uɐɔ noʎ ˙ʎǝʞ ʇlɐ ǝɥʇ uʍop ƃuıploɥ ǝlıɥʍ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎʇɹǝʍb ɔɐɯ ǝlddɐ uɐ uo sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɟo ʍoɹ doʇ ǝɥʇ uı ǝdʎʇ ‘ǝƃɐɯı sıɥʇ ǝʇɐɹǝuǝƃ oʇ :uoıʇnlos
˙004 ɔ- pɐǝɥ | ƃud˙ʍoɹ-doʇ ɐɥdlɐ- ɯudoʇƃud :ƃuıɯɯɐɹƃoɹd ʎuɐ ƃuıɹınbǝɹ ʇnoɥʇıʍ ɹǝʍsuɐ ǝɥʇ sʇǝƃ ɥɔıɥʍ ɯudoʇƃud ʇɐ ǝɯ pǝʇuıod uǝɥɔɹıʞnǝu uɐıʇsıɹɥɔ ˙sǝnlɐʌ ɐɥdlɐ ǝɥʇ ʇǝƃ oʇ ʇdıɹɔs ǝldɯıs ɐ ǝʇıɹʍ oʇ ʎɹɐɹqıl ƃuıƃɐɯı uoɥʇʎd ǝɥʇ pǝsn ı
˙ǝnlɔ ʇxǝu ǝɥʇ ʇno llǝds ƃud sıɥʇ ɟo ʍoɹ doʇ ǝɥʇ uı sǝnlɐʌ ɐɥdlɐ ǝɥʇ :sʎɐs ɥɔıɥʍ ‘ʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ oʇ ƃud˙ʍoɹ-doʇ ǝsoqɹǝʌ- ʎɟıʇuǝpı ʞɔıƃɐɯǝƃɐɯı pǝsn ı ˙ʎllɐɔol ƃud ǝɥʇ ǝʌɐs
˙ƃud ǝɥʇ ɟo ʞunɥɔ ʇxʇz ǝɥʇ uı ʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ ‘ǝnlɔ ʇxǝu ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ :ǝǝs ll,noʎ ˙ǝsnoɯ ɹnoʎ ƃuısn ɹɐqǝpıs ǝɥʇ ʇɔǝlǝs
˙ɹɐqǝpıs ǝɥʇ uı ʇxǝʇ ǝʇıɥʍ uo ǝʇıɥʍ ǝɥʇ ʇɥƃılɥƃıɥ ‘ǝnlɔ ʇxǝu ǝɥʇ ǝǝs oʇ :spɐǝɹ lɯʇɥ ǝɥʇ uı ʇuǝɯɯoɔ ɐ ˙xoɟǝɹıɟ uo n+lɹʇɔ (˙ƃ˙ǝ) ƃuısn lɯʇɥ ǝɥʇ ʍǝıʌ
Some found the teaser too easy. Others asked if I’d be posting a follow up.
Sorry. Maybe.
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