What Is the Dex System Semiquincentennial Series?
Coming in from bizdailyonline.com? Here's the quick answer to the question a lot of readers are asking right now. The premise behind the Dex System Semiquincentennial series is that history doesn't have to stop being interesting once it's over — it just needs a story willing to keep it moving. This release does that with "Old Ironsides," treating the frigate less like a fixed historical fact and more like a character still capable of surprising the people connected to it. More installments are coming as the 250th approaches — this is just the opening chapter.
Also new from AM I AM Publishing: E-Drive: The Good Ghost, available now on Vivlio. Research support for this post came in part from Claude.
Cipher note: A cipher disguises a message so only someone holding the key can read it, letters swapped, shifted, or rearranged until plain text turns to noise. The idea is ancient, but the mechanics now sit underneath everyday tech: encrypted texts, secure logins, and browser padlocks. Recognizing basic cipher logic helps explain why a password gets hashed instead of stored. Try building one: shift each letter of a word forward three spaces, then hand it to someone and see if they can shift it back.
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