Ada Lovelace's father was born today....

I admit it, I'm a geek and I'm proud of it. Ada Lovelace collaborated with Charles Babbage on his "analytical engine", an ancestor of the modern computer. Her father was pretty cool, too. Lord Byron (George Byron, 6th Baron Byron) was born today. I offer you some of my favorite Byron quotations in his honor and to his tribute:

I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.

I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.