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What RSS Feeds Do You Use?
oncehour writes "I'm looking to broaden my horizons in terms of news, industry information, and generally good-to-know stuff. I've found a lot of great blogs and websites over the years, but I'm wondering what Slashdotters read regularly? What's in your RSS feeds?"
We discussed this back in 2004, but the list of quality feeds has grown quite a bit in the past four years. Try to include at least a minimal description, so we know if we'll be looking at NASA news or up-to-the-minute cowboy boot fashion trends.
- Netflix Queue and New Releases - Some rare stuff I've been looking for on eBay - A few forums I follow that offer post feeds - Hack a Day and Make Magazine - Dealnews and Woot - Found Magazine - Packet Storm Security Advisories and Exploits
Let's say your favorite sites are Slashdot, Site1, Site2, and Site3. You check these sites a couple of times daily for new content, which consists of you manually visiting slashdot.org, site1.com, site2.com, and site3.com every time the mood strikes you and then scanning said sites for updates.
With an RSS reader, you simply go to your feed reader of choice (or open your preferred program, or however you get your content - there's hundreds of options) and scan down the list - "Oh, Slashdot updated with three new stories, that one looks interesting, [click]."
Now, say that you want to stay up to date with dozens or even hundreds of sites, and you'll see the benefit of feeds.
RSS feeds for the photographer geek:
Strobist http://www.strobist.com/
Off-camera lighting, and possibly the geekiest popular photography blog around. Give this site a serious look.
Joe McNally http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/
National Geographic shooter, photojournalist extraordinaire. Less about the mechanics than Strobist.
Flash Flavor http://www.flashflavor.com/
Insights from a very popular wedding shooter.
The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
A blog attempting to fill the shoes of LIFE.
Library of Congress http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
The Library of Congress has been putting their archives on Flickr. Some are slightly dull, but it's an interesting exposure to first half of the 20th century.
These all link to the main site, where you should hopefully be able to find the RSS feed.
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Since you're such a language expert, maybe you should tell the guys over at bbc.co.uk to update their material:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv175.shtml
I use Liferea, pretty decent gnome reader. Otherwise if you're a KDE fan there's akregator.
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yesterday: no.
today: no.
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I've never tried it on Linux, but you can use Google Reader in offline mode if you install Google Gears.
Paul Graham is in my RSS feed because he's very insightful, lucid, and extra relevant for CS/programmer people.
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You are in error. The word "which" is used when there is a limited selection. The word "what" is used when there is an unlimited selection.
Thus one would say:
* Which feed is your favorite - slashdot or reddit?
* What feeds are your favorite?
Note that an "unlimited selection" does not refer to infinite choices, rather that the choices are not limited (selected) by the asker.
Here's my list, organized by folder. If a folder is marked (collapsed), I read those feeds as a group by clicking on the folder. Note: if the descriptions seem basic,
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