I thought Burke's first and second book and TV show on connections were wonderfull too, but by the time i was reading his column in Sci Am, the connections seemed way to tenuous.

there is a real connections between Jaquards loom with its punch cards, and the punch cards used in the analytical engine, and the first tabulating machines, that move right on in to the early IBM computers with punch cards.. but some of his connections.... seemed a bit far fetched!


my other obsession