Victorian Computers!

Hello, fellow heathens! Today, we are going to chat about computers and programmers! Specifically, Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage and the Analytical Engine! Sometime during the mid-19 century, Charles Cabbage constructed, with the help of Ada Lovelace, the Analytical Engine. Ada said this about the Engine: "Mr. Babbage believes he can, by his engine, form the product of two numbers, each containing twenty figures, in three minutes". In comparison, a modern computer could do that in a millionth of a second. Ada's contribution to the project was the algorithm for the Engine, a sequence the Engine needed to function. For that, she is credited to be the world's first programmer. But the Analytical Engine was never finished, because of a dispute with Cabbage and a colleague, and lack of funds. 

Critics to Arms!

Hello, future critics! Please access the page at the top of the blog named "Homework #2". There, in the comments section, criticize my blog, constructively, so that I can improve it! Its part of a requirement for the Technology class, so help me out, chaps!

Flipsnack, everybody!

Hello, chaps! I'm here showing an amazing extension I found on snacktools.com, called Flipsnack. It's for creating books! It's simply amazing. Now, this book is only an example I made. Later I will create another one more elaborate. Cheerio!

Victorian literature part

Welcome back, old boys! In this long overdue post, I will talk about some famous works of the Victorian Era. Let's start with Charles Dickens, considered the greatest novelist of the Era. He created the world famous "A Christmas Carol", which gained immediately critical acclaim, among other books, like "A Tale of Two Cities", which is referred as the most selling book in literature, selling more than 200 million copies. By this time, Charles Darwin created " On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", and yes, that is the full title. This piece of work has caused, as we all know, much controversy, even still today. So there you have it. A lot of great literature works have been created during the Victorian Era, and this goes to show that the era wasn't all material things, but also a lot of intellect. 

The history of the English language

Welcome back, pals! Today we are going to chat about the history of the English language, how it came to be and it's origins! For that, I'm going to leave you to an awe-inspiring video, which you should are obligated to watch. Don't worry, you will have lots of fun with it. But first, a little preview of the video. Did you know that, supposedly, Shakespeare invented 2,000 new words!? And that the French heavily influenced English, and gave it synonyms? In all seriousness, this may be the best video you see in your whole life! Highly recommended!




Also, I made a little essay about the French influence in the English language. But I'm afraid it is in Spanish. I will post this essay later, for your enjoyment. For the time being, enjoy the video.

Victorian "Facebook"

While we commoners have access to a tonne of social networks, like "Facebook" or "Twitter",  to express our feelings to the world, Victorians didn't had any of these facilities. So how in the world would those people express their feelings towards the world?  Well, no need to fret, my chaps! They had the next great thing, sculptures! In the Victorian Era, wealthy people decorated their lovely homes with lots and lots of sculptures, mostly on the exterior of the house. These sculptures, which could range from lions to birds' nests, had all a meaning, and gave the families a unique symbol. High class citizens could create their own designs, but middle class had to comfort in a catalog book for their sculptures. How sad! 

Victorian Literature

Hello again, chaps. Today's lesson will be literature! During the Victorian Era, the novel was the most used type of literature. And writers used fiction in almost all their works. It is considered by critics that the Victorian novel showed a character's difficult life, and that difficult life would reward the character. But because of the huge diversity of the different works created at the time, historians have had difficulty trying to  differentiate what constitutes a Victorian novel, and a Edwardian novel, as the Edwardian period started after the Victorian era. In my next my blog post, I will write about some recognized novels of the Era.