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A note on the format: I've noticed that I post short points, based on links, which suggests a tumbleog as opposed to an online diary or news site, so, inspired by Anarchaia, Christian Neukirchen's tumbleog, I'm shifting modes.



Bob Dylan in Denmark: "But what interests me more is the idea of a collection based on historically romantic figures. Napoleon and Josephine, Dante and Beatrice, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, Brad and Angelina..."

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A day late: A sketch of The Analytical Engine, with the notes of Ada Lovelace.

Coding the Mars Lander robot

Issue 12 of The Quarterly Conversation. Includes essays on Borges and Barthelme.

Computer Programming for Everybody

Scoble has a nice write-up on the changing nature of blogging, which links to a couple of must reads:
Techcrunch's piece on blogging, which has one of the best descriptions of the blogging world that I've ever read

("So today, at best, I'd describe the blogosphere as a frontier town with no lawman (I mean, O'Reilly has a badge on, but no gun and no jail). You can do just about anything you want, but the politically savvy folks tend to arm themselves to the teeth and gang together to protect their property. Everyone else is in the middle of chaos, either fighting blindly for attention or politely asking (by linking early and linking often) if they can join the big Gang.")

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Marc Cuban's two-parter on blogging (part 1 here and part 2 here).

As to why I blog, I do because I want to. Not expecting money, fame, or anything else. I enjoy reading blogs and I've enjoyed writing this one.