My homies and I weren’t the first batch of people who watched the movie Da Vinci Code as I found out my sister watched it a day earlier during the movie premiere. She was ushering during the movie premiere hence she get to watch it. And no, she ain’t a VIP (but, she’s a VIP in my life even though I wouldn’t admit it :) ).
Don’t get me wrong, I ain’t a movie buff, nor a fan of the book Da Vinci Code. Reasons? Because the whole world go so hype about the book. Even the illiterates are seen carrying the novel wherever they are (in buses, coffee shops, etc.), it just doesn’t make sense if I read them because everyone has the book. Even my homie was seen carrying the book when I knew this man hardly reads. Anyway, after watching the show, though I couldn’t anticipate more because I haven’t really read the book, I knew many elements are missing in the movie as compared with the book. Mickey Mouse watch, romantic scenes, etc.
But there are many things you can learn from watching a movie like this. I learnt about cryptography (not like I don’t know before this) and it also reminded me of Leonardo’s real name. His real name ain’t Leonardo Da Vinci, it’s Da Vinci just because the place he was born is a hamlet named Vinci. His full name ought to be just “Leonardo” because he was an illegitimate child. However, he was fortunate that his dad acknowledged him as Leonardo di ser Piero. Somewhat, he’s more known as Leonardo Da Vinci as he is today.
I always admire Leonardo’s works. Even when the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles named their characters after artists like Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Raphael, etc. My favorite character is Leonardo, the leader of the pack. Ironic.
On crytography, I was searching for a simple way of crytography for various reasons, and I found ROT13 to be one of the simplest but still useful. ROT13 stands for Rotate 13, it’s also known as Caesar Shift. It was used by Caesar against his illiterate enemies but nowadays, it’s no longer effective. The method is by shifting the alphabet 13 times to the right. Unvy pnrfne!
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