diff --git a/rss/feed.go b/rss/feed.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6f24db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rss/feed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package rss
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+)
+
+type Feed struct {
+	Updated       time.Time
+	Items         []string
+	ItemFilter    string
+	ContentFilter string
+	Source        string
+}
+
+func NewFeed(source, itemFilter, contentFilter string) (*Feed, error) {
+	if _, err := regexp.Compile(itemFilter); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if _, err := regexp.Compile(contentFilter); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	f := &Feed{
+		Items:         []string{},
+		ItemFilter:    itemFilter,
+		ContentFilter: contentFilter,
+		Source:        source,
+	}
+	if _, err := f.Update(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return f, errors.New("not implemented")
+}
+
+func Deserialize(src []byte) (*Feed, error) {
+	buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(src)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buffer)
+	var dst Feed
+	err := dec.Decode(&dst)
+	return &dst, err
+}
+
+func (f *Feed) Serialize() ([]byte, error) {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buffer)
+	err := enc.Encode(f)
+	return buffer.Bytes(), err
+}
+
+func (f *Feed) Update() ([]*Item, error) {
+	resp, err := http.Get(f.Source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	parser := gofeed.NewParser()
+	feed, err := parser.Parse(bytes.NewBuffer(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return f.fromGofeed(feed)
+}
+
+func (f *Feed) fromGofeed(feed *gofeed.Feed) ([]*Item, error) {
+	updated := feed.PublishedParsed
+	if updated == nil {
+		updated = feed.UpdatedParsed
+	}
+	if updated == nil && len(feed.Items) > 0 {
+		updated = gofeedItemTS(feed.Items[0])
+	}
+	if updated == nil {
+		t := time.Now()
+		updated = &t
+	}
+	newitems, err := f.appendNewItems(feed.Items)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	f.Updated = *updated
+	return newitems, nil
+}
+
+func (f *Feed) appendNewItems(items []*gofeed.Item) ([]*Item, error) {
+	newitems := []*Item{}
+	for i := range items {
+		t := gofeedItemTS(items[i])
+		if t.Before(f.Updated) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if ok, _ := regexp.MatchString(f.ItemFilter, items[i].Title); !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		item := fromGofeedItem(items[i], f.ContentFilter)
+		newitems = append(newitems, item)
+		f.Items = append(f.Items, item.Name)
+	}
+	return newitems, nil
+}
diff --git a/rss/item.go b/rss/item.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eefc4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rss/item.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package rss
+
+import (
+	"html"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+)
+
+type Item struct {
+	Name    string
+	Link    string
+	Content string
+	TS      time.Time
+}
+
+func fromGofeedItem(gfitem *gofeed.Item, filter string) *Item {
+	item := &Item{
+		Name:    gfitem.Title,
+		Link:    gfitem.Link,
+		Content: "",
+		TS:      *gofeedItemTS(gfitem),
+	}
+	if filter == "" {
+		item.Content = gfitem.Content
+		return item
+	}
+	r := regexp.MustCompile(filter)
+	matches := r.FindAllString(gfitem.Content, -1)
+	content := strings.Join(matches, "\n<br>\n")
+	content = cleanImgTags(content, item.Link)
+	item.Content = content
+	return item
+}
+
+func cleanImgTags(s, url string) string {
+	domain := regexp.MustCompile("(https?://)?(www\\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+\\.+[a-z]{2}[a-z]?").FindString(url)
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile("<img.+?/(img)?>")
+	s = html.UnescapeString(s)
+	matches := reg.FindAllString(s, -1)
+	if len(matches) > 0 {
+		// get img src="..." and build
+		regImgSrc := regexp.MustCompile("src=\"[^\"]+\"")
+		for j := range matches {
+			theseMatches := regImgSrc.FindAllString(matches[j], -1)
+			for k := range theseMatches {
+				if strings.HasPrefix(theseMatches[k], "src=\"/") {
+					theseMatches[k] = "src=\"" + domain + theseMatches[k][5:]
+				}
+				theseMatches[k] = "<img " + theseMatches[k] + " />"
+			}
+			s = strings.Replace(s, matches[j], strings.Join(theseMatches, "<br>"), 1)
+		}
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func gofeedItemTS(gfitem *gofeed.Item) *time.Time {
+	var t time.Time
+	if gfitem.UpdatedParsed != nil {
+		t = *gfitem.UpdatedParsed
+	} else if gfitem.PublishedParsed != nil {
+		t = *gfitem.PublishedParsed
+	}
+	return &t
+}
diff --git a/rss/item_test.go b/rss/item_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce134fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rss/item_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package rss
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+)
+
+func Test_RSSItem(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		input  gofeed.Item
+		filter string
+		output Item
+	}{
+		{
+			input: gofeed.Item{
+				Title:   "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: "",
+			},
+			filter: "",
+			output: Item{
+				Name:    "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: "",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: gofeed.Item{
+				Title:   "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: `x y <img src="asdf"></img>`,
+			},
+			filter: "[a-z]*",
+			output: Item{
+				Name:    "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: "x\n<br>\ny",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input: gofeed.Item{
+				Title:   "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: "x y",
+			},
+			filter: "[a-z]*",
+			output: Item{
+				Name:    "a",
+				Link:    "b",
+				Content: "x\n<br>\ny",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		output := fromGofeedItem(&c.input, c.filter)
+		if *output != c.output {
+			t.Errorf("failed to convert gofeed: wanted %v, got %v", c.output, *output)
+		}
+	}
+}