After going to college for journalism and graphic design in the early 90s, I decided to become a programmer, despite not having done it since I was in grade sch

After going to college for journalism and graphic design in the early 90s, I decided to become a programmer, despite not having done it since I was in grade school (though, I was pretty hot shit on my TRS-80). My first book on the topic was, in retrospect, pretty crazy, but I've been a tech professional for 25+ years now, so it must have been useful. I'm speaking of The Cartoon Guide to Computers [1][2]. If there's a more quirky (but useful!) computing book than that, I'd be pretty surprised. I remember specifically learning about flip-flops from the book, and wondering what sort of crazy magical physics made it work. It took me 20 years to finally learn it simply has to do with the timing of the electrical signal as it propagates around the gates [3]. Re-reading it again now, it's actually a surprisingly thorough overview of the history and fundamentals of computer science. I had forgotten. 1. http://www.larrygonick.com/titles/science/the-cartoon-guide-to-the-computer/ http://www.larrygonick.com/titles/science/the-cartoon-guide-... 2. https://archive.org/details/TheCartoonGuideToComputerScience https://archive.org/details/TheCartoonGuideToComputerScience 3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip-flop_(electronics)