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What is RSS?

Just thought I explain what RSS for those that don't know. Everytime I publish a new entry a xml file is generated that contains the title and the first part of the entry. Then applications or websites can use this file. Why? Simple, I have an application that picks up all the RSS feeds from sites I read a lot and let's me know when there is a new post. I can see the beginning of the post and go to the site if it interests me. It is very handy. It is not just for blogs either. Most news sites have RSS feeds. So this application also keeps me informed of updates to Salon, wired and BBC. The app I use is NetNewsWire. It is a Mac OS X only app I believe, but there are many for the Windows users out there. A quick search on Google is all you need.