Day March 4, 2006

LA ruling class all a’twitter

Firebrand named to top L.A. County labor post The LA Times this morning squeals in protest at Maria Elena Durazo being named to lead the huge, powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. “Business leaders” are concerned that she won’t…

Podzinger. Searchable podcasts.

Podzinger offers a free indexing service for podcasts, using voice recognition software to create a text output of the podcast which is then searchable. Wow. Submit your podcasts. It takes a week to index them. Then they’ll be searchable both…

Antarctic ice is melting

The Antarctic ice sheet is losing mass, according to scientists using data from a pair of satellites orbiting the globe. This is the first time scientists have been able to survey the entire ice blanket. The study confirms prior studies…