{"id":335,"date":"2009-10-21T22:21:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/?p=335"},"modified":"2010-02-10T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:00:00","slug":"ada-film-needs-your-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/ada-film-needs-your-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Film Needs Your Support!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something I’m sure we’d all like to see– an Ada Lovelace documentary!<\/a> In order to afford the visual effects necessary for the action-packed Salamander People sequence (addendum: JOKE), the filmmakers are undertaking a spot of the old fund-raising, for which your help is needed– no, they don’t need you to throw cash at them, they need you to get large foundations to throw cash at them!<\/p>\n

Rosemarie needs letters of support from people who have been influenced in some way by Ada and who are willing to help publicise the film, be a part of the interactive website, perhaps show the film, or contribute in any other way.<\/p>\n

Rosemarie says, \u201cI need letters from people stating how important a film like Ada is and how they through their networks can help to publicize the film. It would be great if the women have organizations they work or belong to. If they are software developers or computer experts, this would be great. It would be best if they were Americans, as the NSF (National Science Foundation) is American.\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I’m informed that the National Science Foundation also likes letterhead, so if you have letterhead, even better.\u00a0 Personally the last time I put a letter on actual paper might have been around 5 years ago.. I have designed special 2dgoggles letterhead for this purpose, and possibly will find some sealing wax while I’m at it.<\/p>\n

Due to my appalling negligence, you have one week to get this in the mail.. they need the letters for the end of October. Get the details here!<\/a><\/strong> Get crackin’!<\/p>\n

There’s a lot of great reasons to get this film made; I of course am in it for the VFX action sequences.\u00a0 Someday when I’m feeling more angst-ridden I’ll share the Tragic Tale of why I didn’t pursue math and science, and thus wound up as a vile cartoonist useless to Society;\u00a0 a lack of what is termed ‘role models’ was a big part of it.\u00a0 I think if I’d known there was a such a thing as a mathematician who galloped around on her own freakin’ stallion I may have weathered my difficulties more gracefully.\u00a0 Anyways, another\u00a0 reason I’m jonesing for this film is because one of their consultants is Joan Baum, who wrote easily my favorite of all the Lovelace biographies, The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron<\/a> –sadly out of print, I suppose because there’s less scandal, more math; to it I owe the ENCHANTING information that one of Ada’s tutors, William Frend, once wrote a play ridiculing the concept of imaginary numbers, starring his future son-in-law and also<\/em> tutor to Ada, Augustus de Morgan.\u00a0 This little book gets fifty million additional points for having as one of its consultants Martin Gardner, who turns 95 today,<\/a> WHOO!!!\u00a0 I’ve suddenly realized that my own literary style of footnoting was probably born from dozens of readings of The Annotated Alice<\/a>… I’ll prevent myself with difficulty from turning this already lengthy post into an Ode To Martin Gardener..<\/p>\n

Speaking of angst… have decided the comic needs more of that, because Lovelace did not have superpowers; rather, she was driven by inner demons, LIKE BATMAN.\u00a0 So, starting in on doodles from the upcoming “The Organist”:<\/p>\n

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