Of Petaflops and Prime Ministers
Filed under My Writing • 27-06-2007 •
A lot can happen in the world in a day…
- Tony Blair stands down and Gordon Brown takes over as prime minister.
- IBM launches the world’s fastest commercial supercomputer.
- Scientists from Bologna University claim to have discovered an impact crater left by the biggest space impact in modern times – the Tunguska event.
And at the same time – on a more personal level – there’s a lot going on:
- I’ve been discussing cover art for my forthcoming novel with Christopher Teague of Pendragon Press, and cover art for my forthcoming short story collection with Andrew Hook of Elastic Press.
- The software company I work for have given me a company car – a Volvo V50.
- And tonight, I managed to swim thirty lengths of the local pool in thirty minutes – a total of 750 metres in 1,800 seconds – proving to myself that I’m not as unfit as I feared.
You do realise the tax-man will be taking a big chunk due to the company car…?
Nice vehicle, though.