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  "title": "No More Mr. RSSify",
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  "html": "<blockquote cite=\"http://www.voidstar.com/rssify.php\">RSSify is a rather horrible hack that shouldn't be needed any more. Please ask the owner of the site you're reading (...) to change to a system that generates <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a> natively such as Blogger Pro or Movable Type. Alternatively consider hosting <a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com/downloads/rssify.php.txt\" target=\"_top\">RSSify</a> yourself rather than using my bandwidth.</blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"credit\" align=\"right\"><small>Source:<cite><a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com/rssify.php\">22-May-03 Moving away from </a><a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ify</cite></small>\n\n</div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Noticed this show up suddenly today as the new item to a surprising number of\nfeeds to which I subscribe.  I knew <a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com\" target=\"_top\">Julian Bond</a>'s public <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ifying service\nhad gotten used far and wide, but wow.  The bandwidth bills must've been getting\nquite annoying, having become a sort of adhoc bit of the\n<a href=\"http://www.rube-goldberg.com/\" target=\"_top\">Rube Goldberg</a> blog\ninfrastructure.  So, as for my own consumption, thanks for the use of your tool Julian, and\nall apologies for being a leech!</p>\n<p>Well, I'm still working a bit on my own Java-based transmogrifier robot\nto scrape disparate sources of info into <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a> feeds for me.  I suppose I\nshould get to work trading my <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ify-based subscriptions for my own\nDIY-scraped versions.  If I get some time soon, I'll wrap this thing\nup and release it.  But first, I hope to get it fully automatedly working with the\niTunes Music Store, <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/blog/tech/itunes_rss.html\" target=\"_top\">as I've been tinkering</a>.</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=no_more_mr_rssify</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088698\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.ecademy.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4ca7f18e6a976271f93b665a6a84cec4&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.ecademy.com\">Julian Bond</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088698\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-22T06:58:05\">2003-05-22T06:58:05</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Actually the bandwidth is not that bad. Mostly I just felt that the need for RSSify should have gone away by now. I think it's time to encourage people to take control and produce the RSS themselves.\nNow can I interest you in Gnews2rss.php?</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088699\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e957d634c3c3cc25d77524d24114d94b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\">himself</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088699\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-23T19:32:10\">2003-05-23T19:32:10</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">eh..  as it profits me not at all to blog I have little interest expending any money to offer RSS.  As RSSify dies so goes my feed?  Perhaps not.  There are some other interesting indices with RiSSing potential...</div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088700\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e957d634c3c3cc25d77524d24114d94b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\">himself</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088700\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-23T19:33:24\">2003-05-23T19:33:24</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">However... kudos to RSSify thus far for the amazing service!  God bless!!</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<blockquote cite=\"http://www.voidstar.com/rssify.php\">RSSify is a rather horrible hack that shouldn't be needed any more. Please ask the owner of the site you're reading (...) to change to a system that generates <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a> natively such as Blogger Pro or Movable Type. Alternatively consider hosting <a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com/downloads/rssify.php.txt\" target=\"_top\">RSSify</a> yourself rather than using my bandwidth.</blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"credit\" align=\"right\"><small>Source:<cite><a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com/rssify.php\">22-May-03 Moving away from <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ify</a></cite></small></div>\r\n<br /><br />\r\nNoticed this show up suddenly today as the new item to a surprising number of\r\nfeeds to which I subscribe.  I knew <a href=\"http://www.voidstar.com\" target=\"_top\">Julian Bond</a>'s public <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ifying service\r\nhad gotten used far and wide, but wow.  The bandwidth bills must've been getting\r\nquite annoying, having become a sort of adhoc bit of the\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rube-goldberg.com/\" target=\"_top\">Rube Goldberg</a> blog\r\ninfrastructure.  So, as for my own consumption, thanks for the use of your tool Julian, and\r\nall apologies for being a leech!\r\n<br /><br />\r\nWell, I'm still working a bit on my own Java-based transmogrifier robot\r\nto scrape disparate sources of info into <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a> feeds for me.  I suppose I\r\nshould get to work trading my <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RSS\">RSS</a>ify-based subscriptions for my own\r\nDIY-scraped versions.  If I get some time soon, I'll wrap this thing\r\nup and release it.  But first, I hope to get it fully automatedly working with the\r\niTunes Music Store, <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/blog/tech/itunes_rss.html\" target=\"_top\">as I've been tinkering</a>.\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=no_more_mr_rssify\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088698\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.ecademy.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4ca7f18e6a976271f93b665a6a84cec4&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.ecademy.com\">Julian Bond</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088698\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-22T06:58:05\">2003-05-22T06:58:05</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Actually the bandwidth is not that bad. Mostly I just felt that the need for RSSify should have gone away by now. I think it's time to encourage people to take control and produce the RSS themselves.\r\n\r\nNow can I interest you in Gnews2rss.php?</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088699\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e957d634c3c3cc25d77524d24114d94b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\">himself</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088699\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-23T19:32:10\">2003-05-23T19:32:10</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">eh..  as it profits me not at all to blog I have little interest expending any money to offer RSS.  As RSSify dies so goes my feed?  Perhaps not.  There are some other interesting indices with RiSSing potential...</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088700\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e957d634c3c3cc25d77524d24114d94b&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://himself.blogspot.com\">himself</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088700\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2003-05-23T19:33:24\">2003-05-23T19:33:24</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">However... kudos to RSSify thus far for the amazing service!  God bless!!</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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  "summary": "RSSify is a rather horrible hack that shouldn't be needed any more. Please ask the owner of the site you're reading (...) to change to a system that generates RSS natively such as Blogger Pro or Movable Type. Alternatively consider hosting RSSify yourself rather than using my bandwidth.\n\n\nSource:22-May-03 Moving away from RSSify\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoticed this show up suddenly today as the new item to a surprising number of\nfeeds to which I subscribe.  I knew Julian Bond's public RSSifying service\nhad gotten used far and wide, but wow.  The bandwidth bills must've been getting\nquite annoying, having become a sort of adhoc bit of the\nRube Goldberg blog\ninfrastructure.  So, as for my own consumption, thanks for the use of your tool Julian, and\nall apologies for being a leech!\nWell, I'm still working a bit on my own Java-based transmogrifier robot\nto scrape disparate sources of info into RSS feeds for me.  I suppose I\nshould get to work trading my RSSify-based subscriptions for my own\nDIY-scraped versions.  If I get some time soon, I'll wrap this thing\nup and release it.  But first, I hope to get it fully automatedly working with the\niTunes Music Store, as I've been tinkering.",
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