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Unfortunately, a number of the feeds were throwing errors as of this writing, due to stray ampersands or other issues. But those errors will be resolved. So, if you're interested in tracking what's happening, we've compiled a Yahoo! Pipes amalgamation of all of GOP.gov feeds.

Also of interest is the new GOP.gov API, which allows users to access information on legislation directly from the site.

"The GOP.gov API (Application Programming Interface) makes it possible for you to receive data from GOP.gov using HTTP POST calls. There are many situations where this could be useful, including posting information on blogs, websites, software applications and other government webpages."

It will be interesting to see how people begin to leverage this access point. Suffice it to say, the potential for interesting mashups using this data is huge. And those mashups could give us an entirely different way of visualizing the US government at work. Sunlight Labs has taken the opportunity to test drive the API, and they offer some early findings.

Errors aside, the accessibility afforded by the new GOP.gov marks another momentous step forward for the US government in allowing citizens to access information - in near real-time - about the inner workings of the Federal machine. And every step in that direction brings us closer to realizing the true transparency in which the ideals of democracy reside.

For those who always have Facebook in a browser tab, the Facedesk application may hold some appeal. Essentially, this AIR app does nothing more than take the Facebook web site and place it into an Adobe AIR app. However, with Facedesk outside the browser, you can easily switch to it via Alt+Tab in Windows or Cmd+Tab on Mac. Beyond that, there isn't much to the application, but it was fun to check out nonetheless.

Zebr

The more useful of the two Facebook AIR apps is definitely Zebr. This AIR app reminds me of Twhirl for Facebook status updates. From Zebr, you can keep tabs on your friends' status changes as well as update your own. In addition, the app also keeps you updated on incoming messages and wall posts. When you're not using it, you can minimize Zebr to your system tray to keep it out of the way - alerts will still display as they come in. Zebr is available from their application page on Facebook.

Flair

Flair, like Zebr, is an app that keeps you in touch with your Facebook friends throughout the day without you having to login to the web site. Flair will alert you when you're poked, someone writes on your wall, or adds you as a friend. However, unlike Zebr, you are not alerted to friends status' updates. Although Flair does alert you to various items, in order to interact with Facebook - like, for example, to add new friends - you'll still need to login to the Facebook web site. Flair also minimizes to the system tray when not in use.

On its official website, the campaign organizers - three Chinese bloggers by the names of Flypig, Webleon and Babechloe - also released a #080808 buddy icon template (download), to encourage Twitter users to make their own #080808 buddy icon. See the images below for inspiration.

#080808 Twitter Buddy Icons collected by YUKI.N

A note that Twitter is not popular in China, but the Beijing Olympics could be a booster for the product there.