The USDA (yes, that’s the United States Department of Agriculture, folks), is giving out a whole bunch of money for projects that will bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas. Hot Hardware.

Also, Neal Rodriguez interviewed me when we met up at the Web 2.0 Expo a few weeks ago, and here’s his post. It’s also on The Huffington Post. We discussed bacon and the state of journalism. The secret bacon-related project mentioned was Bacon Queen, which has since launched.

Here’s the video, but make sure to go to Neal’s blog for the great bacon mash-up there.