*This is what they’re like as Europeans, and also what they have in their pockets. https://youtu.be/fwF0Wm9Cxd0?si=WQumD408i2btSfue

https://medium.com/p/7c941028c4d8 First published in “Archivio #1,” Turin Italy, 2017. It seems fantastic that scholars in Torino in 1840 discussed computers, punch cards, programs, data, and memory storage. But the archives prove that they did… Our story is well-known among historians of computing. Mr Charles Babbage and Lady Ada Lovelace are world-famous nowadays. But despite the […]

Charles Babbage in Turin: the secret police reports as published in Memorie e Lettere, Istituto Lombardo, Vol XXX, p83-166, in 1968. Translated by F. Oliveira-Pinto in his article “On a Visit by Charles Babbage to Turin in 1840”, in the Revista da Universidade de Coimbra, Vol XXXVI, pages 479-486, 1991. From: The Royal Command of […]

*We have a lot of “making” on the Artmaker Blog, but “un-making” can also be interesting.

*What tools will I find inside the “Share Festival Artmaker Bag?” Copilot: The Share Festival Artmaker Bag is thoughtfully curated for today’s technology-artists. It contains a selection of hand-tools that are both beautiful and elegant, with many of them being manufactured in Italy. While the specific contents may vary from year to year, here are […]

*That implement might work fine if you have AI-generated fingers.

*These practices can be very handy if you’re in the business of rapidly inventing and building covert spy planes. Lockheed’s 14 Rules The Skunk Works manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects. He should report to a division president or higher. Strong but small project offices must be provided […]

*It’s very interesting that the Leatherman company is rapidly getting into limited-edition, high-priced “luxury multitools.” In the case of the “Europe 75” (which is sold out, and no longer commercially available). it’s even a *heritage* “luxury multitool.” *The original Leatherman “Pocket Survival Tool” was a very American gadget indeed, but it was inspired by an […]

*Marco Tempest is an actual stage magician. So, when Marco starts exploiting new technologies on stage, as he commonly does, the point will be some gosh-wow entertainment.

*This novel is a hundred and thirty years old.