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Ancient Computing Revolution

January 18, 2010

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NOTE: Don’t let the title fool you.  This is a post about the nature of humanity. Humans have built computing machinery for thousands of years, but in the 1800s an incredible transition began: programmability.  Born for the purpose of more flexibly automating looms, the technology of machines that can execute arbitrary lists of instructions was… [Read more…]

Arisia Report

January 18, 2010

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I am home from Arisia!  It was great, but exhausting.  This is the first year I did any panels and I had two of the them the same day as the Grok Party. The Grok Party was much fun!  Thank you to everyone who stopped by!  And a very special thanks to my friends Polina… [Read more…]

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