Erik L. Arneson is a freelance writer and software developer with WordPress experience. He is located in Portland, Oregon. Jekyll 2026-06-18T15:03:10+00:00 https://arnesonium.com/feeds/secret-societies.xml Erik L. Arneson Erik L. Arneson 2017-05-01T17:27:58+00:00 https://arnesonium.com/2017/05/driftwood-public-library-follow-up <p>Driftwood Public Library is great! I had a wonderful time in Lincoln City speaking about secret societies and cryptography. Links to my slides are below. <!--more--></p> <p><a class="button" href="https://arnesonium-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/Secret%20Societies%20in%20Fiction.pdf">Secret Societies in Fiction</a> <a class="button" href="https://arnesonium-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/How%20Computers%20Changed%20Cryptography.pdf">How Computers Changed Cryptography</a></p> <p>For a bibliography for “How Computers Changed Cryptography”, check <a href="https://arnesonium.com/2017/03/omsi-science-on-screen-wrapup/">my notes for my OMSI Science on Screen talk</a>.</p> <p>Also, I would like to thank the <a href="http://dsandsmotel.com/" target="_blank">‘D’ Sands Condominium Motel</a> for sponsoring the talks and providing me with a really lovely room.</p> <p>[caption id=”attachment_708” align=”aligncenter” width=”1024”]<a href="https://arnesonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lincoln-City-D-Sands-view.jpg"><img src="https://arnesonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Lincoln-City-D-Sands-view-1024x457.jpg" alt="My view was great." width="1024" height="457" class="size-large wp-image-708" /></a> This is the view from my motel room balcony at the ‘D’ Sands.[/caption]</p> Erik L. Arneson 2017-04-13T17:04:39+00:00 https://arnesonium.com/2017/04/upcoming-lectures-at-driftwood-public-library <p><a href="http://www.driftwoodlib.org/" target="_blank">Driftwood Public Library</a> in Lincoln City has selected <a href="http://amzn.to/2p11dfj" target="_blank">Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore</a> for their 2017 Everybody Reads event. They’ve invited me to give two lectures. This is going to be fun! <!--more--></p> <h2 id="secret-societies-in-fiction">Secret Societies in Fiction</h2> <p><strong>Tuesday, April 25, 6:30pm</strong></p> <p>This is going to be a lecture about secret societies. I’m going to talk about what a secret society is, and then we’ll look at how they’re portrayed in fiction. We will also talk about how fictional secret societies have sometimes become <em>real</em> secret societies, and the relationship between secrecy and fiction in the real world.</p> <h2 id="how-computers-changed-cryptography">How Computers Changed Cryptography</h2> <p><strong>Wednesday, April 26, 2:00pm</strong></p> <p>If you saw <a href="https://arnesonium.com/2017/03/omsi-science-on-screen-the-imitation-game/">my OMSI talk</a>, then you already know that this is a subject I’m passionate about! I will be discussing the history of computers and how it’s intertwined with the cryptography arms race. Maybe I will even introduce some hand ciphers to the crowd! I am going to have fun with this one.</p> <p>I am sure that more information on both of these will be available soon, including Facebook events and other such things. In the meantime, visit the <a href="http://www.driftwoodlib.org/" target="_blank">Driftwood Public Library website</a> for more information.</p>