I did this years ago, its not great but may help as a starting point in thinking about it: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/js/app/timeswire/app.js http://graphics

I did this years ago, its not great but may help as a starting point in thinking about it: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/js/app/timeswire/app.js http://graphics8.nytimes.com/js/app/timeswire/app.js Search for this method: updatePageTimestamp It tries to find a managebale number of updates in a relevant and meaningful time frame "There have been 18 updates in the last 20 minutes" - it works on this page: http://www.nytimes.com/timeswire/ http://www.nytimes.com/timeswire/