It sort of works now.  By sort of, I mean it doesn't die right at the beginning.  It dies halfway through, producing a coaster.

maco@maco-unstable:~$ sudo cdrecord -v iso/OpenCD%20v07.02.iso 
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
Quickly guessing the name of a drive capable to write CD-R, please wait...
Found /dev/cdrw, assuming dev=/dev/cdrw
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/cdrw'
devname: '/dev/cdrw'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Error trying to open /dev/cdrw exclusively (Device or resource busy)... retrying in 1 second.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.2
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
SCSI buffer size: 64512
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'PHILIPS '
Identification : 'DVD+-RW SDVD8441'
Revision       : 'PA48'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009 (CD-R)
Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) 
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) 
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) 
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) 
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) 
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current)
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
Profile: 0x0000 (Reserved/Unknown) 
Profile: 0x0000 (Reserved/Unknown) 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1073152 = 1048 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data   514 MB        
Total size:      590 MB (58:28.96) = 263172 sectors
Lout start:      590 MB (58:30/72) = 263172 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 6
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type C, low Beta category (C-) (6)
  ATIP start of lead in:  -11231 (97:32/19)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71)
Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 27
Manufacturer: Prodisc Technology Inc.
Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 96674
Speed set to 4234 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  24.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:   28 of  514 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  90%]   7.7x.Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 38 11 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 72 0B 47 00 00 00 00 0E 09 0C 00 00 00 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x7 Data Protect, Segment 11
Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x01 (filemark detected) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) end of medium 
resid: 63488
cmd finished after 0.644s timeout 40s

write track data: error after 29394944 bytes
wodim: A write error occured.
wodim: Please properly read the error message above.
Writing  time:   38.639s
Average write speed  90.9x.
Min drive buffer fill was 87%
Fixating...
Fixating time:   38.148s