Notes"...in the not too distant future, more people will subscribe to topic/tag/remix feeds than feeds of actual people. Is that a scary thought?"Unfurl
Notes"RSS 1.1 is the independent project of three RSS 1.0 users who, tired of the deficiencies of that format, decided to create a more architecturally solid format based upon it."Unfurl
Notes'rsspipe is a simple python 2.3 script that reads stdin and outputs the last 100 lines as an RSS 0.92 file, one RSS item ("headline") per line.'Unfurl
Notes"So why does Scoble blame RSS? He's got the journalist's impulse for sensationalism and he can't say Microsoft is broken or they'd fire him."Unfurl
NotesEverybody sing: It's the end of the feeeeeeds as we know them! And I feel fine! (Now can we get serious about conditional HTTP, varied polling times, and Atom-over-Jabber?)Unfurl
NotesClever: Instead of the feed at the published URL, serve up a 301 redirect to the real feed tagged with a generated unique ID. The incoming aggregator should switch to the new ID-tagged URL and happily continue on using it.Unfurl
Notes"RSS Merge 2.0 is a XSLT 1.1 stylesheet which merges several RSS 1.0 channels into one RSS 1.0 file and/or filters items by topics and subtopics. It also can remove old items to limit the number of items to 15 (or any number you specify)."Unfurl
Notes"The result is a Perl script that automatically connects to the web-based Dynix (aka Epixtech) OPAC and grabs a list of the items I've got checked out and the date they are due. It then creates an RSS feed that I can read in my newsreader every morning."Unfurl
Notes"Discover An Amazing 'Technology' That Will Give You An Unfair Advantage Over Your Competitors And Increase Your Rankings... GUARANTEED!" Wow, I wonder if this 'technology' comes with a free pasta pot or super-shammy?Unfurl
Notes"The site lets you subscribe to RSS feeds, a complicated, XML-related way of reading news which doesn't serve much purpose here." Wow, how clueless can you get?Unfurl
Notes"I hope this motivates someone to build a better scraper. We could use one! And if you want my input/assistance on such a project, let me know."Unfurl
Notes"...CNet’s willingness to set the record straight without any muss or fuss pleases me, and makes me respect the company all the more for its efforts."Unfurl