Day May 22, 2006

U.S. prison populations rise 2.6%

It’s a growth business, all these new prisons, yes it is. The U.S. now has more people than ever in prison and has the highest incarceration rate in the world. In some states it’s gotten insane. In Montana, 85 percent…

Podcasting, blogs, etc.

The Sunday L.A. Times has a big piece on “Podfather” Adam Curry and his plans to mainstream podcasting. He and Dave Winer created the technology that made podcasting possible, and, as influential ‘early adopters’, definitely helped popularize it. Both were…