A 19th-Century Mathematician Finally Proves Himself
Charles Babbage, the man whom many consider to be the father of modern computing, never got to complete any of his life’s work. The Victorian gentleman was a brilliant mathematician, but he wasn’t very good at politics and fundraising, so he never got the financial backing to finish any of his elaborate machine designs. For decades, even his fans weren’t certain whether his computing machines would have worked.
But Doron Swade, a former curator at the Science Museum in London, has proven that Babbage wasn’t just an eccentric dreamer. Using nothing but materials that would have been available to Babbage in the 1840s, Swade and a group of engineers successfully built Babbage’s Difference Engine — and a version is now on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.
Steampunk computer!
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Retrofuturistic Thing of the Day: French illustrator Stéphane Massa-Bidal, AKA Rétrofuturs, has designed a set of sweet vintage-style covers for nonexistent books on popular web services.
Check them out here.
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“Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal. Highway or side streets. Kiss her or keep her. We make choices and we live with the consequences. If someone gets hurt along the way we ask for forgiveness. It’s the best anyone can do”
Pushing Daisies (Bryan Fuller, 2007-2009)
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really? pretty appropriate slogan for a bandage, i guess!
This is so perfect.
Niceee.
Pretty.
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Lily Cole’s ensemble looks like a female version of Ten’s suit.
WTF Hollywood?!
These remakes are getting ridiculous. Today I saw a trailer for Chris Rock’s remake of Death At A Funeral…The original came out in 2007! What the hell?! They’re pretty much the same movie. The original was great. There was no reason for Chris Rock to do this. Plus naked Alan Tudyk totally owns naked James Marsden.
Here are the two trailers:
o.o Definitely not going to watch it. The original wins hands-down any, no, everyday. Besides, it has Chris Rock in it. That turns me off already.
LULZ the movie is so popular that there’s even a Bollywood remake, let alone the Hollywood one.
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