@{
import time, urllib, xml2obj

def printHeadlineLinks(root):
    for story in root.children:
        for c in story.children:
            name = c.name
            if name == "title":
                title = c.getData()
            elif name == "url":
                url = c.getData()
        print "- `%s <%s>`__ \n" % (title, url)

try:
    url = "http:slashdot.org/slashdot.xml"
    xmlData = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
    parser = xml2obj.Xml2Obj()
    root = parser.ParseString(xmlData)
except IOError:
    root = None
}

@[if root]
Below you can see the list of the very current Slashdot news
(as of @time.ctime()).
(Don't reload this too often or Slashdot might temporarily
ban your IP!)

@printHeadlineLinks(root)
@[else]
Sorry, but there seems to be no Internet connectivity!
@[end if]
}