The Apple Tree
Welcome to the Apple Tree on Uberhip. The Apple Tree is a hybrid Sculpture/Mobile made from "vintage" Macintosh computers. These Macs have been painted a briliant red and each have a Rune of our devising on the bottom in solid black. This piece was designed and crafted by a group of physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists between August 4th and August 14th, 1999. It is being displayed publicly for several weeks at a local Tempe, Arizona Restaurant/Bar Casey Moore's Oyster House at Ninth and Ash.
Originally intended to simply embody the play on words, the "Apple Tree" quickly bloomed into an intricate and cryptic puzzle. The encrypted message enjoys a diverse sampling of all walks of life including mathematics, art, music, literature, and computer science. The entirety of the sculpture includes seven (7) hanging macintosh computers, one fallen mac, and a title plaque which also contains a large portion of the included hidden messages. This web page is intended to completely recreate the sculpture such that it can be solved online.
In addition to the satisfaction of having solved the riddle in a chic new piece of pop art the first person to completely solve all parts of the puzzle and demonstrate that solution to the creators will receive a Macintosh Computer.
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Official Clues
Sorry there aren't many of these but we can say that the solution begins with looking at the runes on the bottom of the Macs and comparing them to the runes on the plaque. As a navigational aid we can also point out several distinct regions on the plaque. There are two drawn puzzles on the plaque. One in the upper right corner and the spiral in the lower center of the plaque. On the very bottom of the plaque is the final riddle (which is in English) that must be solved. Other than that:- Irish Gaelic
- A tape measure might be useful.