Mandelatech.com

*For a similar, defunct website, see Mandelapolice.com.*

> At Mandela Tech, we are passionate about bringing you the latest and greatest in electronic gadgets and technology. As your go-to destination for all things tech, we strive to provide you with a seamless shopping experience filled with innovation, quality, and exceptional customer service. Safety in the  digital era!
>
> Awesome!

**mandelatech.com** is the official in-universe website for the now defunct MandelaTECH, providing information on their products and access to their security cameras. It's link can be found in Presto.

Unlike it's predecessor, mandelatech.com is set to be updated regularly with new information and subpages.

## Observations

* In the Products section, all of the highlighted products have been shown to be susceptible to being tampered with by Alternates and the Intruder or were created with malicious intent in mind. These include FaceStudio 2 (and a playable demo), a Laptop (presumably the same model as Adam's), and a GPS-dashcam combo dubbed the CarCamGPS. These heavily imply that Dave Lee has been a pawn for Gabriel for longer than expected.
* In the Projection subpage, the TV in the right corner will ocassionally flash repeatedly. If one translates the flashes through Morse Code, it reveals the message "I am still here, Thatcher. I miss you."

## The Drawings

The Drawing of The IntruderThe Drawing of GabrielThe Drawing of The Preacher
## Speculation

* It's likely that Ruth Weaver is the one sending Thatcher the message seen in the Projection subpage.
	+ Dave Lee, the other likely option, was implied to have fallen out with Thatcher and had cut all communication with him off shortly before his death. Unless Dave has forgiven Thatcher in such a small timespan, he doesn't have any reason to communicate with him specifically instead of Evelin or any other employee.
	+ Thatcher and Ruth's friendship has also been the central focus of his character arc, making it more likely for it to be Ruth from a narrative standpoint.

## Update Log

### August 12th, 2023

* Adam's journal was updated adding two new entries regarding the aftermath of the July 15th investigation and the arrival of Jonah Marshall to the group.

### August 18th, 2023

* Adam's journal got updated again adding two new entries regarding the story about Adam and the man in the corner (possibly referring to The intruder) which happened in August 14 2008 and screaming coming from the Alternate on which Adam was referring to in January 15 2009.
* A second update happened several hours later, adding more entries to Adam's Journal, this time overlapping with the time of Vol. 2. At the very ending of the last entry, three pictures are added: One of The Preacher, one of the Intruder, and one of Gabriel.
	+ For a brief moment, the Preacher's drawing was labelled "a self-portrait," implying that she and Adam were one and the same. This was a result of a miscommunication between both Alexes and got removed minutes later. Kaizo still interprets this to be a self-portrait, but in less of a literal way.

### August 20th, 2023

* Bart's page received an update. Now, instead of a static picture of joyous armless Bart Simpson, there's a video stating that the last thing Jonah saw before his death was Bart Simpson. This is so messed up.

### August 26th, 2023

* Adam's journal got an update talking about the man in the corner again. This time, most of it is just "ITHURTSOMUCH", but you can't see it unless you highlight it.

### October 12th, 2023

* A Kaizo page was made then deleted not 5 minutes later. Further elaboration on the Kaizo page won't be given.

### November 1st, 2023

An another joke page, Ven has been created which includes Ven's, who had made small cameo in Mystifying Oracle 3, "funeral".

## URLs

### Joke URLS

* https://mandelatech.com/bart
* https://mandelatech.com/ven

### Hidden URLs (Spoilers)

* https://mandelatech.com/homee
* https://mandelatech.com/projection
* https://mandelatech.com/mandelapolicedepartment
* https://mandelatech.com/bps
* https://mandelatech.com/prophet
* https://mandelatech.com/murray-diary
* https://mandelatech.com/alternates

## Trivia

* The website was coded by AlexKaizo, and was, in his words, originally not connected to the official Mandela Catalogue lore until later on.
* Originally, Adam's Journal stated that he met Sarah on November 7th, 2007 instead of June 11th. This has been stated to be a mistake on Kaizo's part on a tweet of his and it has already been fixed.
	+ This mistake was because Kaizo is from Chile, a country that uses the DD/MM/YYYY date format instead of the USA's MM/DD/YYYY format. Kaizo mistook the date 6/11/07 as November, the eleventh month, the 6th.
* In the Suscriptions tab, in the "The future of communication?" news thumbnail, the names Felix76 and Sophie87 are visible. These names are a clear reference to Felix Kranken and Sophie Walten from *The Walten Files.*

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/alexkaiz0/status/1690388709697323008