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BIRTHDAYS of the week
MONDAY 1 GARLAND
Washington’s Felix Garland (2001). Fairfax Station’s Ryan Walsh (1999). Musician Lyle Lovett (1957).
TUESDAY 2 RYAN
Bethesda’s Addie Hickey (2004). Gainesville’s Haley Mansfield (2001). 11th President James K. Polk (1795). American explorer Daniel Boone (1734).
WEDNESDAY 3
McLean’s Denton Ryan (2004). Alexandria’s Rebecca Shannon (2000).
THURSDAY 4 GLANZ
Actor Matthew McConaughey (1969). Broadcaster Walter Cronkite (1916).
FRIDAY 5 BROWN
Arlington’s Daryl Pope (2004). Alexandria’s Madeline Glanz (2003). Reader Makenzie Hooks-Harris (2003). Reston’s Megan Luczko (2003). North Potomac’s Matthew Pham (2002). Vienna’s Matthew Wilken (2002). Washington’s Shu Offner (2000).
SATURDAY 6
Frederick’s Caleb Lindell (2003). Washington’s Treasure Brown (2002).
B. GOLDSTEIN
Bowie’s Safiyah Jones (2002). Broad Run’s Erica Godfrey (1998). Basketball inventor James Naismith (1861). Composer John Philip Sousa (1854).
SUNDAY 7
Herndon’s Bryn Goldstein, Marc Goldstein and Paige Goldstein (2003). Arlington’s
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Tommy Ross (2002). Washington’s Dezmond Wynne (2002). Falls Church’s Nate Peterkin (2001). Potomac’s Rebecca Wolfson (2000). Arlington’s Matt Muleta and Zach Muleta (1999). Conductor Keith Lockhart (1959). Singer Joan Sutherland (1926).
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has the first computer bug on display. It’s a moth that was found stuck in a computer in 1947.
sEVER WONDERED who invented the computer?
ou — and a lot of other people — might think of names in- cluding Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or the people behind the com- puter companies IBM and Hewlett- Packard.
But you probably didn’t come up with the name Konrad Zuse. It’s almost impossible to say who in- vented the computer, but there’s little doubt that a young man working in his parents’ living room in Germany in the 1930s and ’40s played a big role in coming up with the first program- mable mechanical digital computer, an ancestor of today’s technology. “By 1939, Zuse’s computer was about as strong as a calculator kids take to high school today,” said Paul E. Ceruzzi, a curator at the Smithso- nian’s National Air and Space Mu- seum. But nobody walked around with Zuse’s computer in their pocket. In fact, it was so heavy that it was hard to move. U.S. warplanes destroyed it when they were bombing Berlin in the final days of World War II. Six museums in Germany have spe-
cial exhibitions this year celebrating Zuse’s 100th birthday (he was born in 1910 and died in 1995) and happily re- membering his contribution to an in- vention so revolutionary that — along with the airplane — it changed life as we know it. What back then seemed astonish-
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ing, today would seem ridiculously out of date. Zuse’s earliest machine was programmed by punched tape, stored only 64 characters and took up to two seconds to do simple addition. It was so big that it was about the size of a double bed.
Above, a display about Konrad Zuse at the Berlin Technical Museum in Germany includes a replica of his mechanical digital computer, an ancestor of today’s computers. At right, Zuse as a boy.
“Zuse is one of the heroes of the computer revolution,” said Dag Spic- er, senior curator of the Computer History Museum in California. “He loved drawing cartoons when he was a boy,” said Zuse’s son Horst, a college professor proud of his dad’s re- markable life. “They are funny draw- ings, even today.” The really strange thing, according to Ceruzzi, is that when Zuse tried to get a patent for his invention, the re- quest was denied because the Zuse computer “wasn’t original enough.” “It’s crazy,” Ceruzzi said with a laugh. “If he had the patent for the original computer, imagine how rich and famous he would be.” Maybe as rich and famous as Jobs
and Gates. — Raymond M. Lane
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The Going Out Gurus recommend free things to do for every day of the week
PHOTO OP: John Robert Parsons’s “Jane Morris,” 1865, is part of the exhibit “The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848-1875” at the National Gallery.
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MONDAY ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848-1875’ The National Gallery showcases 100 photos and 20 paintings that demonstrate British artists’ endeavors to prove that cameras could do more than merely chronicle life’s moments. Through Jan. 30.National Gallery of Art, Fourth
Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215.
www.nga.gov.
TUESDAY
‘Slackistan’ London-based filmmaker Hammad Khan’s new
movie explores the lives of Pakistanis in their 20s dealing with modern problems as their country goes through political turmoil. 6:30 p.m. Busboys & Poets, 4251 S. Campbell Ave., Shirlington. 703-379-9757. www.busboysandpoets. com.
WEDNESDAY
Ian Frazier: Travels in Siberia For a region that claims nearly one-seventh of the
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Earth’s landmass, Siberia remains the great wintry unknown to most non-Russians. But not to writer Ian Frazier, who traveled the great Slavic plains in search of historical landmarks and discoveries for his latest book, “Travels in Siberia.” 7 p.m. Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW.
202-364-1919.
www.politics-prose.com. THURSDAY
‘All Mixed Up’ Celebrate the opening of this juried exhibition of mixed-media work from local artists with a reception and a chance to see work by the likes of Nancy Donnelly, Megan Mueller and Tim Tate, curated by local arts advocate Philippa Hughes. 6-9 p.m. Gateway Arts Center, 3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood.
arts.pgparks.com.
FRIDAY
Airmen of Note with Al Jarreau The premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Air Force welcomes seven-time Grammy-winning vocalist Al Jarreau as a guest for its Jazz Heritage Series. 8 p.m. Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW.
202-994-6800.
www.lisner.org. SATURDAY
Northern Virginia and rock-and-roll Before the kids were rocking out at Iota and the Galaxy Hut, Northern Virginia had the Alexandria Roller Rink and the Elks Club, and if you were lucky, you saw the likes of the Doors or Black Sabbath perform there. Filmmaker Jeff Krulik (“Heavy Metal Parking Lot”) explores the origins of NoVa’s rock scene with a panel discussion and slide show. 3 to 5 p.m. Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington. 202-966-5304.
www.jeffkrulik.com. SUNDAY
Mid City Artists Open Studio This twice-yearly event allows local art lovers to
catch up with the latest creations from this collective of local artists. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Various locations throughout Dupont Circle and Logan Circle.
www.midcityartists.com.
— Alex Baldinger, David Malitz and Stephanie Merry
KIDS EURO FESTIVAL
JOKESTERS: Clown doctors Frank Wurzinger and friend are part of Kids Euro Festival at the Kennedy Center.
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KIDS EURO FESTIVAL The Kids Euro Festival, which finishes up Nov. 14, has really become a juggernaut with its multitude of Euro-themed performances and workshops across the area. But we began as a European colony; are we really going to forget it existed? One thing we do love about Europe is how thoroughly it has embraced circus arts without turning them into a scary red-wigged clown thing. On Thursday at the Kennedy Center, there’s a kid-friendly circus workshop from Estonian circus troupe OMAtsirkus, which hopes to make circus traditions accessible to children.
Thursday at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600.
www.kennedy-center.org. Free.
— Fiona Zublin
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