J’s Notes

The understated emphasis of the greatness of Jay.

CNet News: Democrats: Colleges must police copyright, or else

If you’re a university, Congressional Dems want you not just to stop illegal filesharing but buy into DRM alternatives or the government’s gonna hold back your monies:
The U.S. House of Representatives bill (PDF), which was introduced late Friday by top Democratic politicians, could give the movie and music industries a new revenue stream by pressuring schools [...]

One SimCity Per Child

Electronic Arts has announced that it will donate the original SimCity for installation on every One Laptop Per Child computer:
The original SimCity game, which won numerous awards and paved the way for an immensely successful franchise, transforms the player into the mayor of a virtual city. The simulation encourages cultivation of problem-solving skills and requires [...]

ECorps: For The Right Leaning Techie Who Wants To Help

Patrick Ruffini has a new project: ECorps:
ECorps is a collaborative, blog-based effort to network conservative web geeks across America. From graphic designers to hardcore developers, ECorps will serve as a community for people just like you, providing a venue for discussion and connecting you to exciting projects.
You don’t have to be especially political to join. We’re [...]

Wittman Wins Republican 1st House District Convention

On Saturday, Delegate Rob Wittman won the Republican nomination for the 1st House District special election this December 11th.  He will face Democratic nominee Phil Forgit.  Some Democratic blogs are already trying to attack Whitman instead of sing the praises of Forgit, so that kinda tells ya they know they’re playing catch-up here.  Virginia Virtucon asked [...]

gTalk To Friend AIM?

The unofficial Google Operating System blog has some screenshots of potential integration between gTalk and AIM.  As a user of gTalk through my gMail and AIM once in a while, this is gonna be awesome should it happen.  Makes it easier than having to open different windows or programs.  Then again, further integrating things and [...]

PJNet: Journalism Wants Pitcher to Be the Catcher Too

Leonard Witt has started a great conversation over at PJNet’s blog about what is required of reporter writers:
Think of any position on the field; who would want the pitcher to be the catcher too? But that’s what we want from our best reporter writers. We want them not only to play any position but also [...]