Update, Computers, Turing

Goodness, I should do an update.  I had kind of a cruddy weekend, lots of painful memories and such popped up.  Still was bad today but I sought out a friend.  I so often go under a rock when I am down.  Now I feel much better.  One good thing about this weekend was that I made a lovely lasagna.  I haven't made many of those, but who I shared it with loved it.  I still have some German chocolate cupcakes to make as well.

Oh, random 'puter bits.  Barbie is coming out as a computer engineer.  Now, I realize she's just a unrealistically-proportioned doll.  However, I like seeing anything encouraging girls to computer and math-related fields.  Far too many boys get to have such fun.  Not to say they don't deserve to, I just like girls seeing and believing in themselves that they can do that too.  Heck, many of the first computing pioneers were women.  Grace Hopper is an excellent example.  If we could do that back then, we sure as heck can now.  That said, women should study what they want and love.

So what got me on this?  Thoughts of a man, actually.  Alan Turing is considered to be the father of computer science.  He was a genius.  Not only was he an extremely theoretical mathematician, he was also very mechanically-inclined.  Unfortunately, he met his end by suicide a couple of years after having his life messed up with an arrest for being a homosexual.  What a tragic ending for anyone.  Who is to know how else he would have changed the world.

Anyway, I should sleep.  Goodnight!