Being quite the Wicket slut these days, I have to admit that a book about my favorite web  framework is exciting to see.  It reinforces what I already know, Wicket rocks!

The authors are two of the projects very active committers.

Martijn Dashorst and Eelco Hillenius

I have been on the Manning MEAP program for it and the book is looking very good.  It will be great to point newbs at on what Wicket it can do.

I know personally I have created web pages quicker, with more function than ever before in a java framework.  In comparison to my days back in Struts (oh the pain), once you get your head around Wicket, it is just sweet.

It truly makes web development in Java fun again.

Long live Wicket.

Heck check out Williams super computer: Williams’ F1 team get a Top 125 super computer. Lenovo’s 8TFLOPS machine for CFD action in wind tunnel. 8 Tera flops folks.

But you don’t even have to look at CFD and wind tunnel work. Look at all the telimentry that the teams get, the amount of real-time sensors and data and the software to consume that as fast as you can. Heck these teams roll with complete server rooms in a freight box that hops from country to country. Just pure awesome. I think I am blushing!

http://www.cars.justelite.net/2007/05/24/bmw-sauber-f1-team-enrolls-a-supercomputer/159

http://www.nofenders.net/2007/07/super-computer.html#links

Albert use to reign supreme, watch out for the Lenovo screamer!

How about Saubers Albert supercomputer albert.jpg.

So now I have heard this numerous times and read it all over and you can even see it in the pits with the pit crew yawning….

Is F1 just too boring for most?

I started typing up a long list of pro’s and con’s… why it was boring, why it wasn’t. It is like telling a Nascar fan that always turning left is shear hell! Personally unless there is dirt under those tires, 4 left turns are a snooze… But that is just me.

So I am sure the non-F1 fan says Boring easily. I guess my interest is the technology that the F1 teams use to create (and I mean create) these cars. No kit car Nascar fans! That is why there is a constructors trophy for the past 50 years that personally means something here.

Two passions: fast cars and fast computers.

The tech in the cars and supporting the cars is what continues to drive me to watch this sport. There is no other motor sport that can even come close to F1. I wonder what the future holds for F1 as they continue to fight to tweak cars in the sub second tweaks. When you are looking at wings not being painted on the leading edge just to shave off 1 tenth of a second, tech is completely “driving” this sport.

Next year changes should definitely have impact on how the driver drives the car. But the tech outside the car most likely only becomes more important. I am working on a post about the supercomputers some of the top teams are using. It is fascinating (at least to me) what they are using and how.