Hi Dennis,
Are you really into fiction?
I think the days of the Roman Gladiators would be better...
Bruce
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
sounds good I look forward to it. maybe have a idea to read all the
stories under politics as an example or sports.
On 1/31/2014 12:38 PM, LB wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> On the CNN web site it has "Breaking News" on the site and what I am
> going to do is extract that link for breaking news for it has a class for it
> and will post that along with the link associated to it.
> Now the app when done will have that alert and an option to display the
> CNN page but with only links and such and none of the other garbage for I
> will sort out all the display formats and just post links and there
> associated text messages.
>
> I am going to experiment with some Java Script stuff listed there but
> will leave all of that out for now and see if the the extraction is enough
> for those that want instant news and the page stripped of all it's format.
>
> If any other ideas and feedback just let me know and I will see what
> options are available. For I will also place the actual page into the list
> but can be slow in loading for all the images, icons and stuff they want to
> display, including ads which are easy to sort out of the list.
>
> Sincerely
> Bruce
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
>
>
> Hi Chip,
> Thanks, I had looked at the CNN.com for I noticed a different break-out
> from before because Headline news went another way, so I have the page for
> breaking news.
> I will look at it tonight along with what you sent.
>
> Thanks, Bruce
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:49 PM
> Subject: RE: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
>
>
> Bruce,
>
> Below are the URI's for the various CNN RSS XML files in categories I
> thought were of general interest; each address is the list of headlines for
> that category:
>
> http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_us.rss
> http://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_latest.rss
> http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_tech.rss
> http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_health.rss
>
> hth,
>
> Chip
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LB [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
>
> OK Dennis,
> I will look at it and see what I can do. First I will make an app to
> capture the html and go from there.
> I will get back with you on it.
>
> Bruce
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
>
>
> Bruce I was referring to the CNN app idea. I think it's a good one.
>
> On 1/30/2014 3:53 PM, LB wrote:
>>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: an idea for an app: CNN headlines
>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>> Are you talking about the CNN idea or just apps in general?
>>
>> I would like to do something like this but too many things have
> prevented me from even getting started. I am always on the fly and do not
> even read entire emails, thus missing the point when it is not in the first
> 5 or so lines.
>> The other reason is too many viruses out there and I even got burnt
> by the federal government which installed spy ware on there FTC sight, which
> was a recently government created web site...NSA issues.
>>
>> The discussion could first start with what attracks most people, web
> pages or programs for on this blog it is hit and miss app writers and not
> those interested in apps.
>>
>> Maybe we can get a discussion going.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>> I would like to see this done.
>>
>> On 1/30/2014 8:24 AM, Chip Orange wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Sometimes I get emails from people who would like to write an app (to
>>> help learn scripting better with, or as a project they can get
>>> interested in), and they're looking for suggestions. So, I was hoping
>>> we all could post our suggestions to the scripting and apps list when we
>>> thought of such things, and if someone decided to take up an idea, I'd
>>> hope they'd answer such a post to let others know someone else was
>>> already working on that idea (we had a wiki entry at one time as a place
>>> for people to list their plans but alas .).
>>>
>>> Well, this idea comes as a result of various people asking me "have you
>>> heard ." and then some recent news item. I'd like to say yes, I've
>>> always heard, but I don't usually have the time to go keep checking CNN
>>> (or even an RSS aggregator).
>>>
>>> My idea is that I see CNN has their headlines in various categories
>>> listed in an XML RSS file, which they update from time to time. I was
>>> thinking it would be nice if, as they added some new headline in a
>>> category you had marked as being of interest to you, your app (which
>>> would check say once every 5 minutes) could either speak the headline,
>>> or bring up the headline in a message box? Either way, perhaps you'd
>>> have a hotkey which would bring up the headlines and allow you to jump
>>> to the CNN page for a given headline.
>>>
>>> So, that's my idea (which I don't have time for because I'm not
>>> finishing my other ideas). Others are free to comment on it or modify
>>> it until, in some form, it catches someone's interest.
>>>
>>> It may not be the best app idea, but maybe just discussing app ideas
>>> here will help us create one which is the best app idea (after all, it's
>>> really (to me) where WE outshines all other competition, in that it's so
>>> easy to create an app).
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
>>
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