Over 150 years after her death, a widely-used scientific computer program was named "Ada," after Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of the eighteenth century's version of a rock star, Lord Byron. Why? Because, after computer pioneers such as Alan Turing began to rediscover her, it slowly became apparent that she had been a key but overlooked figure in the invention of the computer. Essinger makes the case that the computer age could have started...

Issue twelve begins with Wincy hatching a plan using the cycle of life to raise and train his own fly-destroying warriors to swat Incy, and Inventor Boy wants to help aspiring novelists come up with themes and conventions with his latest invention the Story-Writer 6000. Tracey Time ends up red faced after glitching back in time to learn Roman Numerals fromwell, the Romans! Basil tries to teach Ernie basic greetings in French, but will he ever learn?...