Tuesday, August 4, 2009

New favorite site

I have a new favorite site that sadly doesn't update often. It is The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, which is comic based on an alternate universe of 19th century England. I would actually start at the origin, where it all begins. The story is that of Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, who was a mathematic intellectual, and Charles Babbage, genius of the time who effectively invented the first computer which he called the Difference Engine. In reality, it was not built in his time and Lovelace died of cancer at the age of 36.

In this new world, the Difference Engine was built, Lovelace didn't die, and they fight crime and have wacky adventures. The only downside to this is that it isn't the author's primary "job," and thus gets updated sporadically, and often not with complete storylines. However, it is worth every second and even has historical tidbits (and corrections, if she goes off the "truth bandwagon" in regards to what actually happened).

Check it out.

by Topher at 11:13 AM |