diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 88eefb1..80e5592 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 \.py[co]$
 \.DS_Store$
+bootstrap.py
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index de39776..b5f209a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
   * Improve i18n support
   * Improve LodgeIt Interface (null-interface + star)
   * use udiff module instead of pygments-diff-highlighter for diff highlighning
-  * use flatland for forms
\ No newline at end of file
+  * use flatland for forms
+  * comparisons are suprising by using the paste being compared to as the
+    initial
diff --git a/lodgeit/controllers/pastes.py b/lodgeit/controllers/pastes.py
index 572f15f..9ecf7da 100644
--- a/lodgeit/controllers/pastes.py
+++ b/lodgeit/controllers/pastes.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from werkzeug import redirect, Response
 from werkzeug.exceptions import NotFound
 from lodgeit import local
-from lodgeit.i18n import list_languages as i18n_list_languages, _
+from lodgeit.i18n import list_languages as i18n_list_languages
 from lodgeit.utils import render_to_response, url_for
 from lodgeit.models import Paste
 from lodgeit.database import session
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from lodgeit.lib.highlighting import list_languages, STYLES, get_style
 from lodgeit.lib.pagination import generate_pagination
 
 
-
 class PasteController(object):
     """Provides all the handler callback for paste related stuff."""
 
@@ -177,5 +176,10 @@ class PasteController(object):
         return redirect(local.request.headers.get('referer') or
                         url_for('pastes/new_paste'))
 
+    def rss(self):
+        query = Paste.find_all()
+        items = query.all()
+        return render_to_response('rss.html', items=items,
+                                  mimetype='application/rss+xml')
 
 controller = PasteController
diff --git a/lodgeit/models.py b/lodgeit/models.py
index 7f89251..58155c4 100644
--- a/lodgeit/models.py
+++ b/lodgeit/models.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class Paste(db.Model):
         """Get the new replies for the ower of a request and flag them
         as handled.
         """
+        #XXX:dc:clean this query up to just return the ids
         ids = [x.paste_id for x in Paste.query.filter_by(
                 user_hash=local.request.user_hash).all()]
         paste_list = Paste.query.filter(db.and_(
diff --git a/lodgeit/urls.py b/lodgeit/urls.py
index a52f421..5c2b6fa 100644
--- a/lodgeit/urls.py
+++ b/lodgeit/urls.py
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ urlmap = Map([
 
     # language
     Rule('/language/<lang>/', endpoint='pastes/set_language'),
+
+    # rss
+    Rule('/rss.xml', endpoint='pastes/rss'),
 ])
diff --git a/lodgeit/utils.py b/lodgeit/utils.py
index 9a5a95c..60ea587 100644
--- a/lodgeit/utils.py
+++ b/lodgeit/utils.py
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ _word_only = partial(re.compile(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]').sub, '')
 COOKIE_NAME = u'lodgeit_session'
 
 
-def url_for(endpoint, _external=False, **values):
+def url_for(endpoint, external=False, **values):
     builder = local.ctx.url_adapter.build
-    return builder(endpoint, values, force_external=_external)
+    return builder(endpoint, values, force_external=external)
 
 jinja_environment.globals['url_for'] = url_for
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def render_template(template_name, **context):
     return jinja_environment.get_template(template_name).render(context)
 
 
-def render_to_response(template_name, **context):
+def render_to_response(template_name, mimetype='text/html', **context):
     """Render a template to a response. This automatically fetches
     the list of new replies for the layout template. It also
     adds the current request to the context. This is used for the
@@ -120,4 +120,4 @@ def render_to_response(template_name, **context):
     if request.method == 'GET':
         context['new_replies'] = Paste.fetch_replies()
     return Response(render_template(template_name, **context),
-                    mimetype='text/html')
+                    mimetype=mimetype)
diff --git a/lodgeit/views/rss.html b/lodgeit/views/rss.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ec6db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lodgeit/views/rss.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Paste</title>
+    <link>{{ url_for('pastes/new_paste', external=True) }}</link>
+    <description>Public pastes</description>
+    {%- for item in items %}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ item.paste_id }}</title>
+      <link>{{ url_for('pastes/show_paste', identifier=item.paste_id, external=True) }}</link>
+      <guid>{{ url_for('pastes/show_paste', identifier=item.paste_id, external=True) }}</guid>
+    </item>
+    {%- endfor %}
+  </channel>
+</rss>