Re: [NMOSUG-L] Really specific syndication

I suppose that if you crafted your query carefully enough, Google would 
be happy to do that for you.

RSS: 
http://news.google.com/news?source=ig&hl=en&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wn&q=Comedian+%22BobNewhart+dies%22&output=rss&ned=:ePkh8BM9E2IF2mHACqLyIFQShCoBUmAbgOwMA1aYHUYCT6ef8chpiDLVrXkXbREyfzoAR4kOkA
Email: 
http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en&q=Comedian+%22BobNewhart+dies%22&ie=UTF8&t=1

http://www.google.com/alerts



Kelly Jones wrote:
> RSS is a great way to keep up w/ specific news items, changes to web
> pages, etc, but I'm interested in only very specific things. For
> example, I want to receive an email (or an IM/fax/page/text
> message/phone call/etc) when any of the following things happen:
>
> * Comedian Bob Newhart dies
>
> * Prince Charles III ascends to the throne of the United Kingdom and
>  her empires
>
> * The (as-yet-unmade) movie "Spell For Chameleon" is released on DVD
>
> Is there any service that will notify me just when specific things
> like this happen?
>
> I realize I could just subscribe to Entertainment/British newsfeeds
> and/or obituaries, but that would be overkill: I only want to be
> notified when the 3 events above occur, not anything else.
>
> I considered things like subscribing to related newsfeeds and grepping
> and/or watching the relevant Wikipedia pages for changes (and, again,
> grepping for words like "died", "DVD release", "King", etc), but this
> seems kludgey.
>
> I also realize no website/service could possibly keep a list of all
> possible future events (things like DVD releases and famous people's
> deaths are easily categorized, and things like Charles becoming King
> are pretty important, but I could see where every possible future
> event would be hard to list), so this is more of a general 
> thought/question.
>
> Any thoughts? Apologies if this doesn't belong here: as my questions
> get more esoteric, I'm not quite sure where to post them.
>
> P.S. Thanks to everyone who helped w/ the power supply issue-- I got
> it replaced and things are working fine.
>


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