{"id":730,"date":"2010-11-02T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T12:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/?p=730"},"modified":"2010-11-02T14:18:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T14:18:42","slug":"lovelace-and-babbage-vs-the-organist-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/lovelace-and-babbage-vs-the-organist-part-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovelace and Babbage Vs The Organist, Part 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At long last!  DANGER! INTRIGUE!  CHARTS!  It&#8217;s Lovelace and Babbage Vs The Organist, Part 8!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-731\" title=\"org8_001\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_001.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_001-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-732\" title=\"org8_002\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_002.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_002-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733\" title=\"org8_003\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_003.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_003-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-747\" title=\"org8_004\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_004.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_004-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-735\" title=\"org8_005\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_005.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_005-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" title=\"org8_006\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_006.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_006-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-741\" title=\"org8_007\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_007.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_007-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-745\" title=\"org8_008\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_008.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_008-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" title=\"org8_009\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_009.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_009-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-744\" title=\"org8_last\" src=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_last.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_last.jpg 550w, https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/org8_last-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a few short notes for this one..<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=kOUsAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA321&amp;dq=john+thomas+harp+lovelace&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=797PTPrQM8_Eswa4mryNAg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=8&amp;ved=0CEwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\"> John Thomas was a Welsh harp prodigy who was put through school by Lady Lovelace,<\/a> so he did owe her (although the real one was 9 years old at the time).\u00a0\u00a0 He eventually became Harpist to the Queen!\u00a0 Just one of those random facts I have to stuff into the comic somewhere.\u00a0 Maybe this whole business is like &#8216;Singin&#8217; In The Rain&#8217;, where they were contractually obliged to turn a random bunch of 20 year old songs into a musical.<\/p>\n<p>The song is Ar lan y mor, here&#8217;s a restful moment for you and a nice change from the usual cacophony around here:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Oho2kSoIx6A?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Oho2kSoIx6A?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Lovelace herself was divided on whether to pursue the strand of music, or the strand of mathematics in her short and restless life.\u00a0 The harp was her favorite instrument.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Triads to appear in Chinese music but as it is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heterophony\">heterophonic<\/a> they&#8217;re not characteristic.\u00a0 Wikipedia:\u00a0 allowing me to bullshit through my teeth since 2001! When the Triads appear you can play the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/b\/b7\/Diminished_triad_on_C.mid\">Diminished triad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what you call an Enhanced Comic.<\/p>\n<p>Really sorry about the long waits folks.. I figured when I was done <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFtb9kWjOBs\">the film<\/a> (coming soon! as well as the US release for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1IJ94nlVaEc\">The Illusionist!<\/a> ) I would be a buzzing bundle of energy but instead I crumpled into a heap a little bit.\u00a0 I&#8217;m off to Denmark for a couple of weeks to teach at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animwork.dk\/en\/\">Animation Workshop<\/a>, which is a kind of animation retreat\/monastery\/spa so I expect to regain my Vital Magnetisms, as well as have some nice Danish beers and draw me some more comics!<\/p>\n<p>ADDENDUM:  The shady character is selling a mix of tin whistles and piccolos.  Fun fact, I played the piccolo in Jr High Band, which is about as high as I got in my misspent youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At long last! DANGER! INTRIGUE! CHARTS! It&#8217;s Lovelace and Babbage Vs The Organist, Part 8! Just a few short notes for this one.. &#8211; John Thomas was a Welsh harp prodigy who was put through school by Lady Lovelace, so he did owe her (although the real one was 9 years old at the time).\u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-organist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneypadua.com\/2dgoggles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}