Today is the birthday of one of the patron saints of mad science grumpy visonaries , Nikola Tesla . In lieu of doing anything myself, of course, I'll just point you at a) Google's nifty logo today (seriously, you don't need a link to google), b) The Davenport Sisters' Clockwork Cabaret episode and birthday card about Nikola Tesla, and c) apparently there's a hard rock band called Tesla too. read more