Rodent Regatta

Dave Winer pointed us to Wired’s article about MIT’s course content on the web. While reading that article, I notice a back-link to an interview with Neal Stephenson. I’m not a big fan of science fiction and I haven’t read any of Neal Stephenson’s books.

However, he wrote one of the most amazing articles for Wired several years ago. It describes the intracacies of laying high bandwidth fiber optic cables under the oceans. At the time I was deeply immersed in fiber optics, yet, this article captivates because of the sheer ease with which Stephenson tells the story of such a mammoth undertaking.