The inverse operation being base64 encoding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 (meaning you can use it to store a JPEG in

The inverse operation being base64 encoding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64 (meaning you can use it to store a JPEG in text rather than text in a JPEG, among other uses) Base64 has proven to be a great source of amusement for me. Free picture-mail on my cellphone without paying for it. Harassing my still-learning brother. ("hey, run this python script.", has a GIF file stored in the source in base64, pops it up in a tkinter window.) There's a nifty app somewhere that allows you to print files to paper, not base64, but something else, I forget the name though...