In the 21st Century fandom exists in all shapes and sizes. There are groups devoted to everything, from Ford Mondeos to Poodles to music released only on unplayable formats. Indeed, the fandom of shoes is nothing new. Admissions of Shoeaholism have become as everyday as Carrie Bradshaw0s indecisiveness but in recent months a number of news stories have brought to my attention the notion that there may well be many specific different types of Shoeaholic.
The first type of shoeaholic to acknowledge is the classic 0hoarder0. I would suppose that 0hoarders0 make up the majority of shoeaholics and beside owning hundreds of shoes, they are also known to have an extensive, dare I say, encyclopaedic amount of knowledge when it comes to footwear. They are also known to have a physical bodily reaction when certain names are mentioned. For example, mutter Louboutin or Balenciaga in the presence of a 0hoarder0 and they are likely to slump to the floor only to be revived by a splash of cold water to the ankles.
The second type of Shoeaholic could well be regarded as the next step up from the typical 0hoarder0. Whereas a 0hoarder0 may work […]
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According to worldometers.info, at this very moment 241,037,155 computers have been sold so far this year, and it is increasing at an incredible rate. To put this in some kind of perspective, this is over half the amount of newspapers that have been circulated and more than twice the amount of bikes made. From Babbage to USB, this is the history of the PC in 500 words.
Taking into account that the modern definition of 0computer0 refers to something that is programmable, the first primitive design of a programmable machine cold be The Jacquard Loom, invented in 1801. The design incorporated punched paper cards that would determine how the loom would weave.
In 1837, Englishman Charles Babbage became the first person to invent a programmable mechanical computer, The Analytic Engine. Although it was never built, he re-modified it0s designs until his death in 1871, whilst Ada Lovelace, a mathematician whom is now considered the first computer programmer, even created a program for Babbage0s machine.
The Z3, designed by German engineer Konrad Kuse was the first programmable automatic computer. Using a design that wasn0t too far from that of The Jacquard Loom, the Z3 used a punched film stock […]
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