Scramble

This thing works like the decoder rings from cereal boxes of yore.
It's also fun to watch it do its thing.

An example of how this can be useful/fun is, type (paste) a message in the text area, set a code word, and generate an encrypted version you can then copy and send in a (plain text) message to a friend.  Send (phone) the friend the code word before or after the message. The friend returns to this page, pastes the message in the text area, inserts the code word, and decodes your message. (To avoid corruption of the encrypted text under some circumstances, first paste it into a plain text file and then attach that file to the email message.)

You'll be speaking gobbledygook in no time.

There are practical uses, too. Travelers can encode Medical Information, Prescriptions, Credit Card numbers, PINs, phone codes, etc. Take a printed copy of the encoded information with you.  In case of emergency or theft or forgetfulness, you can retrieve your information from any terminal in the world. (Caution. A weak algorithm is used here, so you really might be better off with something stronger. This would do it.)

While you're here . . . want to pick a more soothing background color?

Type a color name or a hexadecimal value into the first textbox and click "Change Background" to view it as the background color. (The starting color is d3fedd)
Click "Random Background" to view a random color and see its hex value in the textbox below.
"Change Constantly" will make a new, random background color at the defined interval, and "Stop!" will stop the interval.
[Do not click "Change Constantly" more than once without clicking "Stop!" first or the script will be uncontrollable.]

A different tack:
You might enjoy the WeatherBug on your desktop. (Caution: it uses a lot of storage.)

There's a whisper on the night-wind,
there's a star agleam to guide us
And the Wild is calling, calling...let us go.
--Robert Service

Credits: The functions employed on this page were largely scarfed from the internet. See the source code for this page for more information about authors and where the code was obtained.

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Most recent update: 03/03/02