Does there exist a web-based tool that tracks open source projects and informs subscribers (by email, RSS etc.) about major developments, e.g. when they release version 1.0?
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posted by wodow
on Jul 29, 2008 -
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I need to be able to automatically identify language (English, Japaneese, Russian, etc ... ) in which a particular blog-post has been written. (lang attribute might or might not be available).
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posted by chexov
on Jul 20, 2008 -
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How can I make aesthetically pleasing RSS feeds for the readers of my Web site, specifically so that my feed will keep the formatting like a lot of sites do in Google Reader?
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posted by thebreaks
on Jul 17, 2008 -
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How can I filter a feed based on the absence of terms rather than the presence? I've used feed sifter before, but this won't handle terms you want excluded?
Specifically, I'd like to set up an rss to Amazon's Gold Box that excludes the terms jewelry, necklace and watch as that would massively cut down the clutter from this feed.
posted by ewiley28
on Jul 16, 2008 -
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Syncing between laptops: How can I easily and automatically sync files and documents between two laptops using Bluetooth? Ideally I want to load up one machine in the vicinity of the other and have all my recent data (documents/data/RSS feeds etc.) syncronised with NO hassle.
Any good apps out there?
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posted by 0bvious
on Jul 9, 2008 -
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Is there a way to automatically create Google Reader news searches from a long list of topics?
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posted by jbickers
on Jul 3, 2008 -
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What cute/pointless web things are out there where visitors to your page/site generate RSS feed entries simply by visiting? Example inside.
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posted by krisjohn
on Jun 25, 2008 -
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I've found myself with a little more time on my hands. I'd like to add a few useful, relevant blogs and podcasts to the ranks of my RSS reader. Any suggestions for me?
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posted by charmston
on May 30, 2008 -
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I'd like set up an RSS feed which offers results of a search from news feeds I've selected. Alternatives to Yahoo Pipes, please.
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posted by feelinglistless
on May 25, 2008 -
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I have a list of a few hundred sites that I need to subscribe to via RSS. I have the URLs, but not the feed URLs. Is there a way to subscribe
en masse without knowing the feed URLs? I need a way to automate this as it's something I'll need to do again in the future.
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posted by o2b
on May 14, 2008 -
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How can I automate the news searches that I'm performing on the same subjects day after day after day?
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posted by abkadefgee
on Apr 28, 2008 -
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Within the RSS feedreader Bloglines, is there a simple method to keep track of which feeds have been most valuable?
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posted by chase
on Apr 28, 2008 -
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My site's cron tasks eat up a
lot of bandwidth. Can I change the paths from http to local? Or can I move the tasks to my home server?
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posted by goodnewsfortheinsane
on Apr 5, 2008 -
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Lately NPR podcasts such as
Fresh Air,
Wait, Wait..., and
All Songs Considered have been acting wonky with multiple files of the same podcast, often incomplete, showing up in my podcatcher. I subscribe via Google Reader and dL files manually to my player, and have tried un- and then resubscribing to the feeds, but to no avail. Is it NPR's problem or an RSS issue on my end? I haven't been able to find any notices regarding service issues on the NPR sites.
posted by Alvy Ampersand
on Apr 3, 2008 -
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Is there a service that will allow me to seamlessly embed a recorded voicemail into an RSS feed?
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posted by stuboo
on Mar 27, 2008 -
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Is there a service that will let you to subscribe to notifications of new artist (music) and/or author (books) releases, but is not spammy?
posted by dmd
on Mar 14, 2008 -
2 answers
I don't use iTunes, but many podcast links assume you do. Is there any way to 'decode' the podcast feed from the iTunes link?
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posted by flameproof
on Feb 26, 2008 -
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I'm looking for an online system that allows us to set up a number that people can sms text to from their cell/mobile phones. It needs to work in the USA, and ideally also support RSS feeds of the messages as they come in - or some similar feed - so we can extract the received texts. Failing the live feed, we could make do with an Inbox system and periodically scrape or manually extract the messages out. Also being able to reply to the incoming messages is a bonus but not essential.
posted by influx
on Feb 21, 2008 -
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How do I attach a favicon to an rss (xml) feed, specifically from Blogger, although if you have more generic information I'll have a look at that too? No
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posted by zadcat
on Feb 13, 2008 -
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Whats the best solution for displaying text and/or rss feed crawls, etc on a TV via a wired or wireless network connection?
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posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo
on Feb 12, 2008 -
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I'd like a Flash video player of my video podcast on the web site, and a high-quality (960x540 should work) video file in the podcast feed.
I'm currently using
WordPress and
PodPress to manage the feed and video. But I can see why some people who don't want to install QuickTime might not be able to see the show.
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posted by bryanjbusch
on Jan 22, 2008 -
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Is there a simple way to convert an XML feed into a MYSQL database?
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posted by alse
on Jan 21, 2008 -
6 answers
I'd like to create a feed of all references to my web site (by searching for the domain name) on popular link farms such as reddit.
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posted by qvtqht
on Jan 17, 2008 -
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Can anyone help me create an RSS feed, using Yahoo Pipes, from a list on an HTML page?
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posted by krisjohn
on Jan 17, 2008 -
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Say that I will go travelling for one month without internet access. For my email that poses no problem. All incoming mails wait for me in gmail when I get back. But how can I similarly avoid missing content in the many RSS feeds I regularly read? Can some online service cache all the feeds for me?
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posted by nolnar
on Jan 16, 2008 -
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I deleted every single entry from my blog so that I can start fresh. But all the old entries are showing up in RSS and Atom feeds. How can I make those go away too?
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posted by misanthropicsarah
on Jan 12, 2008 -
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Many of the feeds I follow have a lot of activity (such as the one for ask.mefi), so by the time I get a chance to look through them, there may be hundreds (thousands?) of items. If I'm not able to get through all of the items at a time, the next time I come back to the feed, I have to scroll through the items I
did get to before I can reach the older items. Is there a way to "mark my place" in a feed and skip directly there, rather than having to scroll through all the already-read items?
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posted by illflux
on Jan 10, 2008 -
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I'm looking for a way to aggregate multiple RSS feeds to a single web page, but I'd like the ability to filter which articles are displayed.
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posted by andrewdunn
on Jan 9, 2008 -
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Are there any simple sites that will help me combine a bunch of (RSS) feeds into a new page?
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posted by joshnunn
on Dec 18, 2007 -
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Does anyone know if there's any good software to turn a mac into a news display kiosk? Nobody will actually interact with the computer -- the contents will dynamically update via the internet (RSS/other).
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posted by evanm
on Dec 12, 2007 -
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Can someone suggest an RSS reader (free, Mac Leopard) that will display a blog post's comments?
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posted by zardoz
on Dec 12, 2007 -
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I switched to Leopard and decided to try out the RSS feed reader in Apple Mail... not quite working out for me. How can I go back to Google Reader? I've added an additional 40 feeds or so in that time period, and I can't even figure out how to *view* the RSS URL in Apple Mail. Can I export from Apple Mail? How can I view the RSS URL? Help! Thank you much.
posted by EduTek
on Dec 7, 2007 -
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I've been using FeedDigest to convert and embed an RSS feed into an HTML page, and love the simplicity of it and the ability to customize the look of the embedded results. I don't love, though, FeedDigest's slowness in updating the feed content, or that I'm relying on a third-party to middleman the content onto the page. Is something dead simple, be it code in the page, or on the server, a Flash app, etc., that I could replace FeedDigest with?
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posted by boombot
on Nov 30, 2007 -
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I'm trying to create a Flash based video playlist widget that looks something like
this. I would describe myself as an intermediate Flash user, pretty well-versed with action script and creating UIs. I don't like creating things from scratch though, and I'm looking for libraries that would help me parse an RSS feed in Flash and any example code of displaying video players within another swf file. Any help?
posted by Dag Maggot
on Nov 27, 2007 -
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A few Google Reader questions, beginning with: I have a few feeds that only of use to me at home: Mac software sites, etc. Is there any way with Google Reader to set things up so that you see
(everything but feeds w, x, y, and z) in one view and
(feeds w, x, y, and z) in another view? The other two behind the break.
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posted by WCityMike
on Nov 27, 2007 -
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Is there a free service online that will allow me to aggregate RSS feeds, but will only show the last entry from each blog? (more details below)
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posted by perpetualstroll
on Nov 20, 2007 -
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How to get 'nonstandard' RSS elements working in Joomla's unfamiliar, locked-down world of modules ...
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posted by bhance
on Nov 9, 2007 -
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