function readRSS() {
    var url = "http://distraction.tombras.com/rss/feed-archive.php";
    var feed = new google.feeds.Feed(url);
    feed.setNumEntries(40);
    feed.load(function (result) {
        if (!result.error) {
            news_html = '<ul>';
            var container = "";
            for (var i = 0; i < result.feed.entries.length; i++) {
                var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
                myDate = entry.publishedDate; //formatDate(entry.publishedDate);
                title = formatTitle(entry.title);
                news_html = news_html + '<li><!-- // BEGIN ENTRY // --><div class="news-feed-entry"><span class="heading">' + title + '</span><span class="date">' + myDate + '</span><p>' + entry.contentSnippet + '<a href="' + entry.link + '" target="_blank">read more</a></p></div><hr /><!-- // END ENTRY // --></li>';
            }
            news_html = news_html + '</ul>';
            $('#live-feed').html(news_html);
        }
    });
}

function formatDate(val) {
    myDate = new Date(val);
    now = new Date();
    diff = Math.floor((now - myDate) / 1000 / 60);
    hour = 0;
    min = 0;
    if (diff > 60) {
        hour = Math.floor(diff / 60);
        min = diff - (hour * 60);
        if (hour > 1) {
            return hour + " hours and " + min + " minutes ago";
        } else {
            return hour + " hour and " + min + " minutes ago";
        }
    } else {
        return diff + " minutes ago";
    }
}

function formatTitle(val) {
    if (val.length > 80) {
        return val.substr(0, 80) + "...";
    } else {
        return val;
    }
}