in open source, bugs get fixed faster

or maybe not. It's not the first time I've encountered a persistently annoying bug that isn't being fixed or usefully flagged to the user because for the former case noone is addressing the underlying bug, and for the latter case noone wants to put in a stopgap such as, you know, telling the user what's going on.

public service announcement

Ireland.com, the website of the Irish Times, recently decided that maybe there's something to this RSS malarkey after all. Various feeds are provided from their Feeds page, and if anyone with a paying account cares to make a livejournal syndication account out of any of 'em do let me know.