Lovelace and Babbage Kill Some Trees

I don't remember whether I've linked to 2D Goggles, home of the Lovelace and Babbage webcomic, but more shame me if I haven't. Check it out! It is pure quality!

I'm not the only one to have this opinion, clearly, because the artist/writer/researcher/all-round-brilliant Sydney Padua has landed a book deal with the exalted and discerning publisher Pantheon to put their adventures out in hard copy!

CONGRATULATIONS, SYD!

I am very much looking forward to clutching the finished product in my hot little hands and poring over the high-resolution without tiring my eyes or running the battery down ...

And there's an iPad App! I do not have an iPad myself, but have had the opportunity to play with it, and it is the only thing to make me sort of think about wanting an iPad. There are annotations, and primary documents, and authentic original visual aides, enough to make a nerd's heart flutter ...