Posted: 11/30/07; 7:23:33 AM.
Every copy of photoFan pings back to a central server every hour at the top of the hour, telling us what feeds it's subscribed to, how many times each feed has been checked, how many pictures have been downloaded from each feed.
This data will be used to form an aggregate picture of the picture feed ecosystem.
We will also use this facility in the future for community features, as yet undetermined. :-)
The ping call appears in the log.