It could be video game code, or the codes card counters use, or the uncrackable code to an old manuscript written in an unknown language. It's frequently the code of groups like the Illuminati, or behavioral codes you have to follow to act in pornography. It's what we want to know but can't, what is classified but alluring because of that.
About Gauge
Gauge is the oldest non-fiction magazine at Emerson College. Born in the fall of 2001, it features cutting-edge literary journalism, fiction, poetry, and design, for which it won a HOW Magazine award and a Society of Publication Designers award. The Society of Professional Journalists nominated Gauge as one of the best college magazines in the country. Each issue explores a different theme, and asks readers to stretch their perceptions about the topic at hand, whether it's Secret Societies or The Final Frontier.
At Gauge, we like to bend the rules of what a magazine can and should be. We pride ourselves on our tidy office and original content.
About the Site
This website, knowgaugebetter.com, is an online version of Gauge. This version, for the Code Issue, was designed in the style of a programming terminal, exposing the codes that underlie every computer – including the one you're reading this on right now. For more information, contact the web designer, Ryan Catalani.