I found just what I need over at DECAFBAD's project page an RSS->HTML for SSI converter written in Perl. I was going to hack one together in Python for inclusion on my soon to be completed™ dynamic homepage. Now the dilemma is, do I use this perfectly functional piece of Perl code or do I rewrite it in Python.
The biggest problem up until now has how to handle these dynamic parts that need constant updating without having my own 24x7 server. I'm thinking that if I have a terminal open on my work machine to my ISPs command line. I can run it from there. This means that writing it in Java might also be practical. I could even run it from my desktop but I have the impression that running a Java process would slow my development machine down.
Thinking about it, maybe many people could benefit from that fragment of HTML. I could get the script to post it to a mailing list and people could update their pages when the mail comes in ala publish and subscribe. It would also mean that I could get the latest news sent to my phone when the feed changes.