Andrew Heebner wrote in to tell us about a new project he's been working on, uPEAR.com - a REST PEAR channel aggregator.

The uPEAR REST Aggregator made its public debut today. Please use it as much as possible, and submit whatever channels you might find.

Also, please be aware that our aggregator DOES NOT parse non-REST pear channels, so please be sure before you submit, that the channel is REST-compatible.

They do some caching to make sure that there's not too much load being passed around, so this handy little service can provide you with the latest and greatest from PEAR channels all around the internet. It's the first (that I've seen) in bridging the gap between PEAR users and knowing what's on the PEAR channels out there. Plus, with all of the PEAR 1.4 talk that's been happening, I can see this becoming more and more used...