Other interesting stuff

Computing: some of my favorite papers

• A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits, by Claude E. Shannon, 1938.
• A Mathematical Theory of Communication, by Claude E. Shannon, 1948.
• Probabilistic Logics and the Synthesis of Reliable Organisms from Unreliable Components, by John von Neumann, 1952 (published in 1956).
• Communicating Sequential Processes, by Tony Hoare, 1978.
• The Byzantine Generals Problem, by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak and Marshall Pease, 1982.
• The Fundamental Physical Limits of Computation, by Charles H. Bennett and Rolf Landauer, 1985.

Cellular automata, fractals, etc.

• Bert Chan's Lenia is a continuous cellular automaton with fascinating capabilities and huge potential.
• Jason Rampe's Softology Blog presents Jason's experiments on fractals and cellular automata with his ever-evolving software called Visions of Chaos.

Vintage electronics and computer projects

• SuperRT: real-time ray tracing on the SNES with external FPGA logic.
• The original Apollo 11 guidance computer (AGC) source code for Command Module (Comanche055) and Lunar Module (Luminary099).
• Homebrew Cray-1A by Chris Fenton. It is a binary-compatible, cycle-accurate implementation of the legendary Cray-1 on FPGA. It not only works like Cray-1, but also looks like it!
• A Z80 computer by Ben Ryves, including all the steps and improvements he made along the way.
• The Hellenic IT Museum and its captivating exhibits.

Books every computer scientist and engineer should read

• The Soul of a New Machine, by Tracy Kidder
• The Mythical Man-Month, by Fred Brooks
• Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals, by Midhat Gazale
• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!, by Richard Feynman
• The Art of Computer Programming, by Donald Knuth
• The Art of Electronics, by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill

Misc.

• How to Give a Bad Talk, by David A. Patterson.
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand's aerial photos, 113 countries from above.
• My Flickr page, containing my first steps in photography.

Image: the Carina Nebula captured by the Hubble Telescope.