Michael Hawley of MIT is putting out the biggest book ever. Mr. Hawley is an inspiration -- he's a fine pianist, an imaginative computer scientist, and a photographer, but those titles don't really capture what he does.

Looking around at what Mr. Hawley has been up to took me to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. Bios of past winners are posted. (Mr. Hawley won this competition at one point.) There are several computer-related careers described -- there's also a guy who "resides in New York City, where he is an Assistant Manager at Starbucks Coffee."