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Ben Paynter, whose work was previously anthologized in Best American Sports Writing (2006) adds two anthology credits this year for two Wired stories: The Other Other White Meat, a story about cloned meat in the American market, is due to appear in Best Food Writing 2008.

Here’s a pointer to Ben Paynter’s brief article in Wired 16.07 about using high tech to forecast seasonal crop production. …the company sorts 100 gigs of intel every day, adding to a database of 50 terabytes and counting.

wired.com At a meeting this morning, Anthony Ricci, owner of Advanced Driving & Security, bashed toy cars together to illustrate how to get Newtonian on the bad guys. “This person has come up to kill you,” he said in a thick Rhode Island accent.

Ben Paynter, my younger son, has another interesting piece in Wired. This month he recounts his adventures in offensive driving, complete with J-turns, smashing roadblocks and that kind of thing. Technorati Tags: ben paynter, why parents hair turns gray, smash, crash, ka-boom

“It’s pouring rain here in Surrey, British Columbia, just outside Vancouver. A Ford F-350 Super Duty is parked in front of an office building with its front passenger-side tire squashed against the curb, a telltale sign that its driver was in a big hurry. People in a hurry make mistakes.