en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss_feed
xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html
Any way we can get an RSS feed hooked up? Basically they allow people with the right software to monitor the threads. Picture the little box with the recent threads on the ILP homepage (not the regular one, but the ‘google homepage’ Ben made) on your desktop in the corner, autorefreshing.
Many news sites use them, I’m not totally sure how difficult this could be but I don’t imagine it would be all that bad…