==== topics ====
  * [[Theory of Algorithms]]
  * [[Algorithmic Information Theory]]
  * [[Computer Games]] / [[Game Engines]] / [[Cheap Cave]]
  * [[Computer Graphics]]
  * [[Artificial Life]]
  * [[Programming Languages]]
  * [[Data Structures and Algorithms]]
  * [[Operating Systems]]
  * [[Computer Networking]]
  * [[Mobile Computing]]
  * [[HCI]] (Human Computer Interaction)
  * [[Artificial Intelligence]]
  * [[Computer Security]]
  * [[Programmable Hardware]]
  * [[Quantum Computing]]
  * [[Membrane Computing]]
  * [[Unconventional Computing]]

==== people ====
  * [[Claude Shannon]]
  * [[Vannevar Bush]]
  * [[Doug Engelbart]]
  * [[Larry Wall]]
  * [[Rodney Brooks]]
  * to write
    * [[John von Neumann]]
    * [[John McCarthy]]
    * [[Marvin Minsky]]
    * [[Charles Babbage]] / [[Ada Lovelace]]
    * [[Kurt Goedel]]
    * [[Alan Turing]]
    * [[David Hilbert]]
    * [[Alan Perlis]]
    * [[Alan Kay]]
    * [[Daniel Hillis]]
    * [[Donald Knuth]]
    * [[Ken Thompson]]
    * etc+  
  * and more . ..
    * [[Atanasoff Mauchly Eckert]] (who did build it first?+ ) 
    * [[Konrad Zuse]]

==== links/ refs / reading ====
via [[https://teachyourselfcs.com/|Teach Yourself Computer Science]]...
  * Programming: [[https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html|SICP]] (aka the Wizard Book) and [[https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley-webcast-PL3E89002AA9B9879E?sort=titleSorter|accompanying lectures]], [[https://htdp.org/|How To Design Programs]] (you're going to want [[https://racket-lang.org/|DrRacket]] for these)
  * Architecture: [[https://www.nand2tetris.org|The Elements of Computing Systems]] (aka Nand2Tetris) and [[https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer|accompanying course]]
  * Algorithms and Data Structures: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2bFN3MyNDA&list=PLOtl7M3yp-DX32N0fVIyvn7ipWKNGmwpp|lectures]] for the Algorithm Design Manual
  * Mathematics: [[http://www.cs.elte.hu/~lovasz/dmbook.ps|Discrete Mathematics]] (PostScript file!), [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab|Essence of Linear Algebra]] video series
  * Operating Systems: [[http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/|Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces]]
  * Networking: [[http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/wireshark-labs/|Wireshark Labs]] from Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
  * Databases: [[http://www.redbook.io/|Readings in Database Systems]] (aka the Red Book), [[https://archive.org/details/UCBerkeley_Course_Computer_Science_186|UC Berkeley CS 186]]
  * Languages and Compilers: [[https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Engineering/Compilers/Fall2014/about|Stanford Compilers course]], [[https://github.com/kanaka/mal|Make a Lisp]]
  * Distributed Systems: [[https://www.distributed-systems.net/index.php/books/distributed-systems-3rd-edition-2017/|Distributed Systems]]

also...
  * Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problems of http://www.nist.gov/dads/
  * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start
  * Parsing Techniques - A Practical Guide http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/PTAPG.html
  * Common Lisp the Language http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/cltl2.html
  * "On Lisp" by Paul Graham http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html
  * An Introduction to Programming with Threads http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/birrel89introduction.html
  * a basic introduction to monads, monadic programming and IO http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~nww/Monad.html
	
==== software engineering ====
  * [[Version Control]] systems + discussion
  * [[Reverse Engineering]]
  * bio-engineering ("Punctuated Equilibrium in Software Evolution") http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307201
  * what does software have to do with architecture?
  * http://web.onetel.com/~hibou/Software%20Architects.html
  * patterns of software http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewFiles/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf
  * http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ArchitectsDontCode
  * Wrong Analogy? http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/13/211831/159