Mole End

Last night The Mole went to an event at the Computer History Museum where Doron Swade and Nathan Myhrvold spoke about the Difference Engine #2 that has just arrived at the museum. The machine itself astonishes, the vindication of Charles Babbage is a monumental achievement, Babbage's insights and vision are amazing. (Myhrvold's expenditures on the effort, though not revealed in detail, must have been jaw-dropping.)

The Mole cannot begin to convey the depths of wonder the Engine triggered. It will be on display at the museum for a year before taking up residence in Myhrvold's living room. Go see it!