Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

The new aggregator has been updated again. In addition to fixing the "Apache freeze == Slashdot ban" bug, there are a couple of new links at the top of the page under the heading "Podcasts".

One will give you an RSS feed, suitable for putting into iTunes, or your podcast client of choice that rolls up all the feed entries with enclosures on your page. This means you can use the Penguin to manage your feed list, even remotely if you might want, and your podcatcher will alwasy get what you want.

The other will give you a Shoutcast playlist of all the enclosures in your feed.

Both of these will give you a redirect URL that the aggregator logs, so it knows what you have downloaded, and won't offer it to you again. This means, in the cast of the playlist for instance, you can just walk up to your desk, click "Playlist" and listen to the new shows in your feeds you haven't heard yet. Also, a little tip for you, RealPlayer will open the .pls file too. That means you can use this feature to listen to the .RAM enclosures that NPR puts in their feeds of show stories AS WELL as your MP3s and whatsit.

I am going to do a little work on prettying up that bar across the top this weekend. Replace some of those text links with Crystal icons and such.