Links for 16-12-2007
Finding time to write; China and the economics of abundance; pedal-powered super-computer …
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1 – The Day Job: Finding the Time
“… the real advice for writers-who-want-to-be, who also have day jobs, is the same for writers when they don’t have day jobs, and that is to sit down and write. Writing is incredibly, incredibly easy. The hand moves. The letters appear.”
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2 – The Long Tail: China: the future of free?
“The Chinese music industry is at the cutting edge of finding ways to make money in every way other than the sale of songs, since the traditional process of selling music as a product (certainly CDs) is considered pretty much of a lost cause.”
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3 – Pedal-powered supercomputer: MIT Cycling team sets new record
“… a new world record in Human Powered Computation (HPC). The team of 10 used bicycles to power a SiCortex SC648 supercomputer drawing 1.2 kilowatts of electricity, riding non-stop for 20 minutes to achieve the feat of the largest HPC in history.”
