Saturday's Must Read is the story of the years Claude Shannon spent (early-on his career) residing and working in New York City. If you are at all interested in Information Theory, and the vast foundational work that has led us to this moment in the computational sciences, take a moment and read this New Yorker piece on Claude E. Shannon, and this article in the IEEE's superlative periodical - Spectrum Magazine - you have my sincere assurance you'll be glad you did.