The first time I came across Markov Chains was a blog post about generating Italian surnames. http://doubtingtommaso.blogspot.com/2008/03/markov-chains.html ht

The first time I came across Markov Chains was a blog post about generating Italian surnames. http://doubtingtommaso.blogspot.com/2008/03/markov-chains.html http://doubtingtommaso.blogspot.com/2008/03/markov-chains.ht... Very cool stuff.. it seems quite powerful given how broadly it can be applied.