Charles Stross and his diary consistently manages to give me too many ideas about too much stuff in too dense a form. It's a long speech but well worth the time spent to read and grok it if, say, you're a young person who expects to retire some time around 2061. I can't think of many other SciFi authors who are so well read on the real practicality and science of short and medium term futures.46 Trinity Rd, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7