21 August 2009

Mount Fujitsu

Fujitsu has managed to permeate the darkest realms of geekdom with a secret code hidden within its website for the Fujinon range of binoculars.

Looks simple enough, doesn't it? A concise web page, displaying a wide range of technologically advanced binos. However, if you have either the time or inclination to view the web page's source code, you will notice something rather unusual…

Either the web designer has an obsessive penchant for 8pt font size, or something else is afoot…

Closer examination results in a pattern emerging in the font code. Flip it on its side and it looks like this: this…

And Google Earth's view of Fujitsu's corporate headquarters in Saitama looks like this…

By superimposing the source code on the map of Fujitu's HQ, suddenly everything becomes quite clear…

Author
Chris Shaw

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