Blogs about: Charles Babbage
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Six Sentence Sunday – 4/8/12
Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet from my time-travel romance WIP tentatively titled MUST LOVE BREECHES, which is now out in query land!… more →
Angela Quarles
Quiz questions that should not be asked
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Come play my game, I’ll test you…” I have been asked to host a quiz for the North Staffordsh … more →
Charles Babbage
wrote 2 weeks ago: Charles Babbage yang lahir 26 Desember 1792 adalah seorang matematikawan dari Inggris yang pertama k … more →
Awesome Ladies in History: Ada Lovelace
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Ada Lovelace, 1815-1852 Ada Lovelace, daughter of poet Lord Byron, is credited with being the world … more →
The Greatest Machine That Never Was
wrote 3 weeks ago: The computer was invented in the 30s: not the 1930s, but the 1830s. British mathematician Charles B … more →
The Publishing Engine
wrote 4 weeks ago: Am I unreasonably excited that my favorite webcomic, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbag … more →
Six Sentence Sunday - 4/8/12
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wrote 1 month ago: Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet fr … more →
Six Sentence Sunday - 4/1/12
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wrote 2 months ago: Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet fr … more →
Computer Generations and founders
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wrote 2 months ago: Abacus The earliest known device to record computations was the abacus. It dates back … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Computer History©2011 Alton C. Crews Middle School Spring … more →
Computing memory in the 18th century - Jacquard's Loom and its punched cards
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wrote 2 months ago: I’d be willing to bet that most of you haven’t worked with a computer that accepted punc … more →
Science Week - Computers
wrote 3 months ago: I don’t think anyone takes computers for granted these days so there isn’t a lot of sens … more →
Polishing my Pitch for the FF&P Fantasy on the Bayou Conference this weekend
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve had a nervous stomach since last Wednesday when I realized this conference was only a lit … more →
Back to Manual
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wrote 3 months ago: The current issue of the wonderful SELVEDGE Magazine is about Legacy. As usual it’s a great s … more →
Steampunk Fiction!
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve recently discovered steampunk fiction, and I’m quite intrigued. From Wikipedia: … more →
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, You're a lying bastard.
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wrote 4 months ago: Were I a being with the capability of emotion, I’d be quite angry right now. Alas, Fortunately … more →
Hume on Miracles and Charles Babbage's Response
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wrote 4 months ago: A few weeks ago, I deferred commenting in my weekly Great Books post on David Hume’s argument … more →
The Geekly with a Twist: December 23rd-29th
wrote 5 months ago: Hello to everybody, and I hope you all had a wonderful start to the winter season (yup, the solstice … more →
Once Were Informationists
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wrote 5 months ago: (This review of Peter McCarey’s collected pamphlets appeared in Edinburgh Review 132, and is a … more →
The adventures of Babbage and Lovelace
wrote 5 months ago: Click to view Charles Babbage was an eccentric genius who lived in the early 19th century, who tried … more →
