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Barbie’s a Computer Engineer

February 12, 2010

From Gizmodo: This is actually wonderful. Barbie’s had 124 careers since 1959, ranging from Stewardess to Paratrooper. Today she gets her 125th: computer engineer. You can tell she’s smart ’cause she’s got glasses, and reads nothing but binary. Barbie’s latest… Continue reading →

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NPR: Charles Babbage’s ‘Difference Engine’; a computer designed in the steam age

December 10, 2009

“I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!” – Charles Babbage, the 19th-century man who, with better luck and political skill, could’ve brought the information age to the Victorians. This fascinating story from NPR (“A 19th-Century Mathematician… Continue reading →

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