1. 
   Nile, on April 27th, 2009 at 12:26 am Said:

   I have been pointed here by a mysterious Victorian villain called Cavalorn.

   This is a reprehensible traduction of the founding heroes of our logical art and science of programming…

   When and where will you be publishing it? And which body parts will you accept in payment for a signed copy?

2. 
   Ceejay Writer, on April 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pm Said:

   I was pointed here by a mathematician. I’m a poet. I’m also now hysterically laughing and cannot stop long enough to pen prose. Help!

3. 
   Capt. Red Llewellyn, on April 28th, 2009 at 10:46 am Said:

   I was pointed here by a tweet…and now i must needs find a new fan! Brilliant!

4. 
   Elfod Nemeth, on April 28th, 2009 at 12:59 pm Said:

   This is ridiculously cool, please please keep it up.

5. Here they come to save the Day! | The Matrix Data Bank, on May 4th, 2009 at 12:35 pm Said:

   [...] Click here for for Science!” [...]

6. 
   blackwinged, on May 4th, 2009 at 1:09 pm Said:

   And from this moment on, she should be remembered as “Ada Loveless”.
   Kick their asses!

7. Twitted by bobreturns, on May 4th, 2009 at 1:39 pm Said:

   [...] This post was Twitted by bobreturns – Real-url.org [...]

8. 
   Matt, on May 4th, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said:

   More! More! Please?

9. New Webcomic Profiles Programming Pioneers | Virtualize IT, on May 4th, 2009 at 9:44 pm Said:

   [...] recently stumbled upon Sydney Padua’s gorgeous new web comic 2D Goggles. Drawn in stark black and white, it follows Lovelace and Babbage through various adventures, [...]

10. The Origin of Ada Lovelace » Comics Worth Reading, on May 5th, 2009 at 1:49 am Said:

    [...] don’t think Ada Lovelace: The Origin!, by Sydney Padua, will help in that direction, but boy, did I [...]

11. New Webcomic Profiles Programming Pioneers « Coolbeans, on May 5th, 2009 at 2:01 am Said:

    [...] recently stumbled upon Sydney Padua’s gorgeous new web comic 2D Goggles. Drawn in stark black and white, it follows Lovelace and Babbage through various adventures, [...]

12. Distractions » Blog Archive » 2D Goggles - the adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, on May 5th, 2009 at 7:10 pm Said:

    [...] From 2D Goggles, a nifty steampunk comic found by Shachar. It all starts with Ada Lovelace – The Origin. [...]

13. Line Items for 2009-05-05 | K-Squared Ramblings, on May 6th, 2009 at 6:52 am Said:

    [...] webcomic: Ada Lovelace: The Origin! (via @johannadc) [...]

14. 
    ratcreature, on May 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am Said:

    This was great.

15. 
    Amal El-Mohtar, on May 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pm Said:

    You — you amazing, astonishing person. May I adore you from afar and write you passionate letters of love in my head? Please?

16. 
    ENGINE, on May 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm Said:

    ’scuse me, miss, but has anyone ever told you you are FOURTEEN different flavours of awesome? Two for every day of the week!

17. 
    Jennifer L, on May 6th, 2009 at 3:03 pm Said:

    I was pointed here by a poet, of all people. (I am myself a poet.) Hilarious!

18. 
    brownbetty, on May 6th, 2009 at 3:48 pm Said:

    OMG, I was explainging to someone how Ada Lovelace was totally awesome, and probably fought crime, and it is like you have taken what was in my brain and made into an AWESOME COMIC.

19. 
    Asakiyume, on May 6th, 2009 at 3:49 pm Said:

    AWESOME! Brilliant execution. May you achieve fame beyond your wildest dreams… and… write more comics.

20. 
    Ilana, on May 6th, 2009 at 4:23 pm Said:

    Okay, this is awesome to the power of awesome.

21. 
    vito excalibur, on May 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm Said:

    This is completely awesome.

22. Fleen: Enjoy Our Semi-Abusive Opinion Mongering » No, For Real This Time, on May 6th, 2009 at 5:55 pm Said:

    [...] couple days: the experimental series known as 2D Goggles goes all difference engine on us with the totally awesome adventures of Ada, Lady Lovelace. Thrills! Spills! Swashbuckling adventure! And Babbage totally hates musicians, as confirmed by a [...]

23. 
    arthurthedented, on May 6th, 2009 at 9:11 pm Said:

    You must go on!

    May the muse visit you with story ideas and suffifient caffienated substances of your choice to bring them into the shared light of day!

24. 
    Vera, on May 6th, 2009 at 10:56 pm Said:

    You rock.

25. 
    Skip Mendler, on May 7th, 2009 at 12:56 am Said:

    Hmmmm… is it possible that Ada had an illegitimate son with Babbage… a midget… who grew up to be the insane genius DR. LOVELESS?

26. 
    puckling, on May 7th, 2009 at 4:04 am Said:

    This is fantastic.

27. Lovelace — The Origin | wrdnrd.net, on May 7th, 2009 at 5:59 pm Said:

    [...] and gentlemen:  Ada Lovelace — The Origin!  By Sydney Padua.  Excellent stuff!  I wish i’d had a secret cabal teaching me advanced [...]

28. 
    Bruce, on May 7th, 2009 at 8:10 pm Said:

    I was pointed here by my daughter, who is a computer geek…and so is her sister…and so am I (for the last 50 years)…aren’t you aware of the rumor that Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was their grand-daughter?

29. 
    Danicus, on May 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pm Said:

    Tell me there will be more!

30. 
    bigredrock, on May 10th, 2009 at 11:24 am Said:

    This is excellent. Thank you!

31. nullwert › Lovelace, on May 10th, 2009 at 2:54 pm Said:

    [...] Read the funny comic by Sydney Padua! Geschrieben von Philipp. Veröffentlicht am Sonntag, 10. Mai 2009 um 16:54. Abgelegt unter Netzspannung. Tags: Comic, Humor, Mathematik. Lesezeichen zu Permalink. Verfolge Kommentare mit dem RSS Feed. Einen Kommentar schreiben oder hinterlassen Sie den Trackback. [...]

32. Funniness! « Isaac Espriu’s Place, on May 11th, 2009 at 12:20 am Said:

    [...] Funniness! This is brilliant! If you’re a poet, a mathematician, interested in history, computing, or basically anything, then you need to read this comic: Lovelace — the Origin [...]

33. 
    Betsy Hp, on May 11th, 2009 at 12:46 am Said:

    This is awesome! I love the addition of Babbage (whom I’ve never heard of, obviously my loss… that you’re totally correcting! Yay you! \o/). That final panel is so, so awesome. Of *course* they fought crime together… it’s the only logical outcome! :D

34. The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun, on May 11th, 2009 at 7:17 pm Said:

    [...] about my occasional nom de plume Ada Lovelace. Part of me suspects she may have been the first games journalist, in that she seemed to grasp that [...]

35. Couples costumes for your erudite New Yorker Halloween party (start planning now, it sneaks up on you every year) « he do the policeman in different voices, on May 18th, 2009 at 3:29 am Said:

    [...] May 17, 2009 · No Comments 1. Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace. (A new graphic introduction.) [...]

36. 
    Unfocused Me, on May 26th, 2009 at 3:31 am Said:

    Just read through all the strips you’ve posted so far — love ‘em. Keep them coming, please.

37. 
    Alice, on May 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am Said:

    omg this is fsking BRILLIANT.

38. 
    @tw33tg33k, on May 29th, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said:

    You, madam, are made of pure win. You pricked your finger and bled win all over this comic. Brilliant!

39. 
    Mightysinetheta, on June 4th, 2009 at 12:21 am Said:

    Awesome style, love the writing. Spot on with the Twitter reference.

40. Web Comic Featuring Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage « Stuffilike.net, on June 6th, 2009 at 11:05 pm Said:

    [...] and Charles Babbage June 6, 2009 Posted by stuffilikenet in Awesome, Books. trackback Lovelace — The Origin tells the story of, well, the invention of the computer in the 1830s by Ada Lovelace and Charles [...]

41. 2D Goggles » The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, on July 9th, 2009 at 7:02 am Said:

    [...] you are new you probably want to start with Lovelace: The Origin. You can then (if you haven’t immediately fled), continue to read the episodes/half-baked [...]

42. 
    Attila the Hun, on July 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm Said:

    They are sooo going to want to make this into a film. (Hey, if they can do it for car-morphing robots…) Any takers on who would play the leads…? :)

43. Babbage at the Beeb and stumbling over another great webcomic… | The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, on July 10th, 2009 at 11:21 pm Said:

    [...] give you an idea of what I’m on about, here’s a page from “Ada Lovelace: The Origin!” by Sydney Padua. Very nice stuff [...]

44. 
    joyjoy, on July 12th, 2009 at 3:02 am Said:

    Ada is also a movie star! Played by the geekilicious Tilda Swinton!

45. 
    John Mashey, on July 12th, 2009 at 4:45 am Said:

    Jolly fun. Especially Twitter.

    But to give credit where due, the second one wasn’t done for us at the Computer History Museum.

    Nathan Myhrvold, ex Microsoft CTO, commissioned it, but we talked him into lending it to us for a while, which was very kind of him.

    We have it through the end of this year, and it gets fired up most days @ 2pm. I
    I.e. Trained docents turn the crank.

    Think f this as the first known computing startup that spent a lot of someone else’s money, had a workable design, but never shipped product, at least in part because the designer wasn’t easy to work with.

46. 
    Dr. Psycho, on July 12th, 2009 at 6:33 am Said:

    What, flimsy attempts to connect Lady Ada with Miguelito Loveless, and not a single one to her more obvious namesake? I am sooooo disappointed.

47. Daniel Reutter (dhreutter) 's status on Sunday, 12-Jul-09 17:13:00 UTC - Identi.ca, on July 12th, 2009 at 5:13 pm Said:

    [...] http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/ Lovelace – the Origin. Great comic. [...]

48. 
    sydney, on July 14th, 2009 at 6:54 pm Said:

    Wow, I TOTALLY thought Myhrvold was kidding when he said he was going to put it in his living room! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1sEowi1Txc I can hardly find room for my laptop in my living room. — I’ll correct the copy.

49. Fantastiska vetenskapare! « Stjärnstoft och kugghjul, on July 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm Said:

    [...] Light att det finns en webbserie om Ada Lovelace och Charles Babbage (i en alternativ historia). Första delen presenterar den verkliga Ada. [...]

50. Ranga’s Blog » Blog Archive » Lovelace and Babbage!, on July 21st, 2009 at 6:18 am Said:

    [...] The Origin! [...]

51. 
    Fahmy, on July 24th, 2009 at 3:21 am Said:

    Brilliant. Keep it up!
    Is there a chance to pre-order the (hopefully) yet unpublished hardcopy. Should we all sign up for a subscription service?
    Or is the author waiting for a government grant?
    I want more…

52. 
    alberto d'ottavi, on July 26th, 2009 at 11:58 am Said:

    looks like my wall “forever thank you” needs to be updated. can you send me a photo? :)

    it’s great!!!!!!

53. Charles Babbage: Un pioniere del computer. A fumetti | Infoservi.it, on July 28th, 2009 at 9:55 pm Said:

    [...] Il disegnatore, Sydney Padua, ne ha altre da raccontare, tra cui un’intera storia in onore di Ada Lovelace (ne avevamo parlato [...]

54. 
    Michele, on August 5th, 2009 at 8:43 pm Said:

    Just awesome!!

55. Craig Stuntz’s Weblog : 2D Goggles - Babbage and Lovelace, on August 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pm Said:

    [...] Padua has done the impossible: Created a programming comic which I like as much as XKCD. You can start at the beginning or read the latest, thrilling episode. She also did a special for the BBC. Navigation is a bit [...]

56. Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony » Blog Archive » Lovelace and Babbage, on August 14th, 2009 at 12:49 pm Said:

    [...] Start here, with Lovelace: The Origin. [...]

57. Belated Friday Hoyden: Ada Lovelace — Hoyden About Town, on August 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 am Said:

    [...] Start here, with Lovelace: The Origin. [...]

58. Lovelace and Babbage fight crime! « Teaspoon of Sugar, on August 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm Said:

    [...] a response History geek that I am, I love this comic about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. And of course, everything in it is entirely accurate and [...]

59. 
    Trish Lewis, on September 17th, 2009 at 3:13 pm Said:

    Well, it took me awhile to get here, but I found it…Love the Babbage/Lovelace comic! And hey…*waves to Captain Red Llewellyn from Second Life* – nice to see a familiar face!! :)

60. 
    David Tannen, on September 29th, 2009 at 9:04 pm Said:

    And a programming language was named after her, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)

61. babbage and lovelace solve the global financial crisis! « Innovation « Innovation Leadership Network, on October 6th, 2009 at 3:04 am Said:

    [...] if you’re not familiar with the stories of Charles Babbage & Ada Lovelace, here’s Padua’s version of the story. 0 people like this post. Like  Share and [...]

62. La primera programadora- La Cajita Feliz, on October 6th, 2009 at 4:10 am Said:

    [...] de SydneyPadua.com bajo licencia Creative Commons BY-NC [...]

63. If Babbage HAD built his “Difference Engine” « nosleepingdogs, on October 12th, 2009 at 11:14 pm Said:

    [...] October 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment Here’s a funny comics-version, from 2D goggles. Actually it is about mathematician Ada Byron Lovelace (1815 – 1852), but we [...]

64. A hora e a vez de Ada Lovelace « Universo Tangente, on October 14th, 2009 at 6:59 am Said:

    [...] curiosidades para encerrar: Sydney Paula escreveu e desenhou uma história em quadrinhos curta e fantástica para o Ada Lovelace…; o Ada Lovelace Day, claro; e The Difference Engine, um romance de história alternativa escrito [...]

65. 
    Tamora Pierce, on October 18th, 2009 at 8:48 pm Said:

    Please, o most splendid and witty Sidney Padua, would you please please please do more adventures for the alternate universe Babbage and Lovelace? It would be so very woot!

    pointed here by aubergine_pilot from my lj

66. 
    Tamora Pierce, on October 18th, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said:

    Oops! There are more! My fumble!

67. The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: October 27, 2009, on October 27th, 2009 at 10:35 pm Said:

    [...] I just discovered what may be the best webcomic ever, 2D Goggles. Check out the interview with author Sydney Padua at [...]

68. Webcomics creators talk art, money | Paperless Comics, on October 28th, 2009 at 11:01 am Said:

    [...] Tor.com, Jaymee Goh interviews Sydney Padua, creator of the Ada Lovelace webcomics at 2D Goggles. The comics are short, smart, and funny, so if you haven’t read them yet, stop [...]

69. 
    Bob Berman, on November 6th, 2009 at 6:12 pm Said:

    Totally awesome! As a 1960’s programmer & mathematician I find this series as good as XKCD (http://xkcd.com/10/) “A webcomic of romance,
    sarcasm, math, and language.” A must for college students. Superb.

70. Steam Dreams and Flying Machines | Trespass, on November 15th, 2009 at 10:50 pm Said:

    [...] of digital tech. For a summary of their exploits, both real and imagined, I highly recommend the 2D Goggles approach. Be aware that more of it is true than might seem [...]

71. New Speakers announced, and first batch of tickets on sale! « The Story, on November 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am Said:

    [...] a huge stir on the web recently with her brilliant series of strips imagining the adventures of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage. As well as being a fantastic artist and witty writer, she also works across 2D and 3D for films [...]

72. Control Option Command » Ada II: Lovely comic rediscovered, on December 13th, 2009 at 6:49 am Said:

    [...] I rediscovered this delightful comic which apparently came as a result of the 24th of March [...]

73. The metal thing holding the leaves of my mind together › Bookmarks for December 22nd through December 23rd, on December 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 pm Said:

    [...] Ada Lovelace– The Origin – A comic about Ada Lovelace. History as hero origin story. [...]

74. Ada Lovelace & Charles Babbage por Sydney Padua | 7luas, on January 22nd, 2010 at 8:25 pm Said:

    [...] blog dela é meio bagunçado, mas um bom ponto de partida para ler os quadrinhos é esta primeira história. Além do ótimo desenho, o quadrinho é bem divertido e dá pra ver que a autora entende do que [...]

75. Ada Lovelace & Charles Babbage por Sydney Padua « Máquina Criadora, on January 22nd, 2010 at 8:44 pm Said:

    [...] Um bom ponto de partida para ler os quadrinhos é esta primeira história. [...]

76. 
    skippy, on February 10th, 2010 at 8:06 am Said:

    i am both a licensed quantuum mechanic, and the holder of a poetic license (issued by a poetic justice), so i find your work doubly amusing.

    i came here via times online top science blogs list (via pharyngula).

    your work is so funny, i must twitter you to my friends.

    wait, this is a fan…

77. The Story | how to think about the future, on March 1st, 2010 at 9:07 pm Said:

    [...] There were some fascinating speeches and presentations, including  a remarkable discussion of neutrinos and gravitational entropy by John Spooner of Unlimited Theatre, and a rather ditsy  but nonetheless charming and illuminating talk about the process of writing and illustrating a comic from Sydney Padua, the brilliant artist behind Lovelace and Babbage – http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/ [...]

78. Sign up for Ada Lovelace Day! « we are all in the gutter, on March 10th, 2010 at 10:38 pm Said:

    [...] Ada Lovelace, born in 1815, is widely credited as the first computer programmer (even though the ‘computer’ she wrote a program for – Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine – was never actually built). She was taught mathematics as a girl to combat any poetical tendencies she might have inherited from her father, the “mad, bad and dangerous to know” Lord Byron! Unfortunately she died when she was only 36 so she never got a chance to develop her ideas further. However, she lives on (and, alongside Babbage, fights crime) over at the wonderful 2D Goggles. [...]

79. 
    Sarah Hoopes, on March 10th, 2010 at 10:55 pm Said:

    Thank you for this!! I’m presently writing a paper on dear Lovelace and was quite amused to stumble across this. Best from Portland, Sarah

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