Zoomclouds is a service that lets you generate a tagcloud from an RSS feed:

Tag clouds are cool, informative, appealing representations about what's happening in your blog, or anywhere else.

With ZoomClouds you can put in a matter of minutes a tag cloud in your site, based on whichever RSS feed you like.

You can define height, width, colours ... the entire look and feel of the tagcloud.

When you're done, you get the code which you then can post on your blog, or website.

As an example I've created three clouds, spanning a 7 day period. One for my column, one for the main page of Newsvine, but just the Wire part, and one for the main page of Newsvine, the Vine part. You can see the result at your right.

When you click a tag, you get taken to a page with the most recent articles / seeds mentioning that specific word.

If you want to have a look for yourself, without immediately signing up, you can do so at the sample page for Newsvine - Irma.

War, famine, murder, (sexual) abuse, scandals, corruption, indifference ...

I am a news addict. I devour my news watching television, listening to the radio, reading newspapers and magazines, and spending too much time over here at Newsvine. Most of what I see, hear, read doesn't put me in a cheerful mood, and that's a euphemism. Since I'm the worrying type, and my brain doesn't know an 'off' switch, I often find myself thinking about some news item or another late at night, in bed. And while Insomnia is my best friend, even I need a break from myself once in a while.

I'm sure you all know the saying 'no news is good news' and this is never more appropriate as when consuming news, via whatever medium. When I look at the front page of Newsvine at this particular moment, what do I see?

• France fined for deporting Jews
• Annan: The world is losing battle against HIV/AIDS
• Death Toll in Angola Cholera Exceeds 1,500
• Rising Gas Prices Drag on Deliveries
• Brin Says Google Compromised Principles

What have I been seeding lately?

• UK 'colluded in terror flights'
• CIA Hid Nazis' Locations, Eichmann, Other War Criminals Were Shielded Due To Cold War Security Concerns
• Suicide attack at Chinese wedding
• Teen 'hatched blueprint for murder in prison'
• Gender Base Violence Alarming, Government Partners Hunt $10 Million For Campaign

Do you ever get an overdose of head lines like these? Does the news make your head hurt once in a while? Do you feel overwhelmed, helpless, depressed?

I've got a remedy.

It's a tiny little tag called positive news. You can add it to your watchlist. This is your friend in dark and desperate hours. News that warms your heart.

It's a tine little sprig in the Newsvine vineyard. It will probably never grow that fast. But I will take good care of it. And you're most welcome to help. Happy seeding !

Ps. personally I don't consider " conservative x wins over liberal y (or vice versa) ", or more generally speaking " pro [insert something here] or anti [insert opposite] wins over [vice versa] " to be good news, even when I'm happy with the outcome of the dispute / discussion / law proposal / ... But your mileage may vary :-)