Linked List: February 2, 2006

IPac: Your Senator Needs an iPod 

Intellectual Property Action Committee:

But Senator Stevens, the 82-year old committee chairman from Alaska, surprised the audience by announcing that his daughter had bought him an iPod, and suddenly Stevens had a much greater understanding of the many ways innovative technology can create choice for consumers. Content industry representatives at the hearing found themselves answering much tougher questions than they typically receive.

That’s why we think all Senators ought to join Stevens’ esteemed company as iPod owners. Rather than wait for every Senator’s daughter, we’re taking matters into our own hands and buying a video iPod for the campaigns of Senators who work on legislation affecting technology.

Stop Stop Stop Hurting the Internet 

Jon Rentzsch on the look and feel of the new IE7 beta.

Transmit 3.5 

Free update for Transmit 3 users. Long list of additions and improvements includes universal binary support and a new “Edit in Whatever” feature that lets you remotely edit any file in any application.