When the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems look like nails. I like that. Very funny, in fact. Not as funny as your continuing love for an inferior browser, but credit where it's due. As far as I'm concerned, the Web is part of everybody's computer, and should be part of the operating system.
Channels are part of that.
As for XML, just wait a year, and then we'll talk. It's going to be so big that Bill will try to stop it, too. Anyway, happy channeling, Kevin, even if you're using the wrong tool to do it with.