What about the BeanShell?

Jython seems to be bubbling to the top of the integrated consciousness with two recent posts in my RSS feeds. Your mileage may very, but I'd also recommend looking at the BeanShell. The beanshell is included in the Java Development Environment for Emacs, and it's better for me to increase my understanding of my existing tools.

1. Jython Resurge
2. Jython as a learning tool

ESPN, Welcome back to the CWS

The College World Series comes down to a single game tonight between Stanford and Rice. This is the first time that the championship will be decided by a 3 game series and the first time that a team with 2 CWS losses (Stanford) has a chance at the title. Originally, the CWS was a double elimination tournament. The format was altered in the late 80's to match an undefeated team against a team with one loss in a single championship game for network TV. And now that the championship is back on ESPN, the single championship game has been replaced by a 3 game series.

While I must confess my fondness of the original double elimination format, the 3 games series is a great improvement over the single championship game. So ESPN, welcome back to the College World Series.