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This is a link post DOOMWATCH I made this!
As described in the newsletter. Pulls in the news feed from the BBC News front page, counts the fear words, and lets you know exactly what you should be worrying about today, with convenient graphical representations of the size of the bricks you should be shitting. Essential for today's busy pessimist.

If you're not feeling quite scared enough, there's also a super-awesome Daily Mail option. Highly recommended.

EDIT:
Updated! Now the Daily Mail is default (it's funniest, let's face it). BBC News and Yahoo News are options on the drop-down, and you can also enter your own websites.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tinlad, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 20:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post quality stuff
quick work too. difficult to read the bottom daily mail thing to be scared of. clicking. i'm going to check this every morning.
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 20:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ta
Altered it slightly, so the text should be slightly easier to read. Thanks for the feedback!
 (I helped save b3ta! Tinlad, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post wicked
it's perfect now.
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 0:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good work!!
I like this! I may never buy another paper again!!
 (I helped save b3ta! magictoast, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 20:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Most splendourific!!
Although now my fear levels are raised mightily... ;D Oh, and the Daily Mail version is a work of comedy art!

*enclickens*
 (I helped save b3ta! kitaro is all, like, "Nifty Biscuits" 'n that..., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post fast ,fast, fast
and a click
 (I helped save b3ta! smokey bobinson westing by musket and sexton, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post YaY

(b3tard Has converted to Reason, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Clickity click

(I helped save b3ta! acab, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliant work.
*clicks*
 (I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 21:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is good.
RSS?
 (rocketship s can be used to leave the Earth., Fri 3 Jul 2009, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post It is how Northerners say "Arse"

(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Fri 3 Jul 2009, 23:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post using b3ta I should be really scared of.......................
DIANA............................wtf
 (Studentken is looking for motivation on, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 12:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is wonderful!
Any chance of a graph to plot changes in doom?

I wish to buy shares in BBC Doom.
 (I helped save b3ta! Letum Your Ad here £2.40, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 15:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks
There is a chance this will happen. I just need to get sufficiently bored again.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tinlad, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Very Good, and quick too!
musta taken some hardcore skillz to make that, lets have a look at the code, hmmm
 (I helped save b3ta! kfk I get all my everything right here, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 19:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not really, I'm not that great.
Essentially grabs the file, strips HTML tags (so it's pretty much just the textual content of the page left), iterates through an array of words, counting the occurrences, sorts the array in descending order and calculates the width/colour of the rectangle for each word based on the number of times it appears on the page.

There's also a basic caching system for the built-in news sources, so it only requests the page if it hasn't done so for more than 5 minutes.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tinlad, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 20:16, , Reply)