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What RSS Feeds Do You Use?

Posted by Soulskill on from the attention-deficit dept.

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.

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  1. Debian Package a Day by twistedcubic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Unfortunately, it isn't updated daily, but when it is, it's usually very good. It gives reviews of free software you might not be aware of. http://debaday.debian.net/feed/atom/

  2. The feed for me by Deltaspectre · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My list of feeds:
    Slashdot main : http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot
    Obvious Reasons

    Linux.com : http://www.linux.com/feature/?theme=rss
    Useful tips for using Linux on a daily basis and for my sysadmin job

    Lifehacker : http://lifehacker.com/excerpts.xml
    Tips for life in general

    Hack a Day : http://www.hackaday.com/rss.xml
    Stuff I wish I had the motivation to do

    Google Open Source Blog : http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
    Keeping current with The Goog's OSS efforts

    Google Summer of Code Blog : http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleSummerOfCodePodcasts
    Seeing the State of the Program

    The Art of Manliness : http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheArtOfManliness
    Do you really have to ask?

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    My UID is prime... is yours?
    1. Re:The feed for me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      My list of feeds:
      Slashdot main : http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot
      Obvious Reasons

      Really, that works for you? Slashdot doesn't appear to display "last 24 hours", so you miss stuff that way.

      It tends to display "since midnight" instead, or something -- which doesn't work in different timezones.

      Anyway, front-page or rss of slashdot seems to miss stuff.

  3. My feeds by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 4, Interesting
    • Sorting it all Out - a Microsoftie who specializes in i18n/l10n. This is always a joy to read, even for those who don't run Windows.
    • Sutter's Mill - Anyone doing heavy C++ will know of Herb Sutter. His blog is updated regularly with standards work and other interesting C++-related things.
    • MAKE Magazine - Making weird stuff just for the hell of it.
    • TEDTalks videos - TED never fails to fascinate me.
  4. feeds excerpt by sugarmotor · · Score: 2, Interesting
    In no particular order, links to websites, pages, or feeds proper:
    • blog.craigslist.org - name says it
    • hackd.wordpress.com - Thrivesmart has some nice tinymce work
    • googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com - the people who do google maps, and google earth
    • vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cpg - craigslist job posting in vancouver that might fit me
    • findability.org name says it
    • stephansmap.org/home_entry Track changes to the front page
    • tinymce.moxiecode.com/forum_news_rss.php - track tinymce updates (tinymce is a javascript rich-text editor)
    • weblog.jamisbuck.org - rails stuff / capistrano
    • locationaware.org - name says it

    Stephan

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  5. If you insist... by abbamouse · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'll leave out really common feeds and a few that won't interest many people, but here are the top 25% or so of my feeds:

    A Gentleman's C http://gentlemansc.blogspot.com/rss.xml
    An Angry Professor gripes about stuff

    Armchair Generalist http://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/my_weblog/index.rdf
    Blog by a moderate-left military analyst

    Arts & Letters Daily http://aldaily.com/rss/rss.xml
    Three interesting links every day (actually usually one or two INTERESTING ones)

    Breaking News (History News Network) http://hnn.us/roundup/rss_full/41.xml
    Stories about History with a slight conservative bias

    Consumerist http://consumerist.com/excerpts.xml
    Shoppers bite back.

    indexed http://indexed.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
    Note card humor, usually featuring Venn diagrams

    Inside Higher Ed http://feeds.feedburner.com/insidehighered/OxmP
    Stories from academe, with fairly grumpy comments

    Junk Charts http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/rss.xml
    Redraws charts to make data analysis easier

    Obscure Store and Reading Room http://obscurestore.typepad.com/obscure_store_and_reading/index.rdf
    Well-known wierd news site with comments

    PostSecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/rss.xml
    Secrets on postcards, every Sunday. Fascinating.

    ReelViews New Reviews http://feeds.feedburner.com/ReelviewsNewReviews
    My favorite currently-active film reviewer

    SCOTUSblog http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/index.xml
    Get the skinny on the latest Supreme Court actions

    Slashfood http://www.slashfood.com/rss.xml
    Because I love food

    Slate Magazine http://www.slate.com/rss/
    The best of the online political mags; lefty bias

    Spluch http://spluch.blogspot.com/rss.xml
    Always something interesting. Similar material to the extremely popular Boing Boing, but with fewer posts per day.

    The Monkey Cage http://www.themonkeycage.org/atom.xml
    Analysis from political scientists. Much better than the usual partisan approach.

    The Onion http://feeds.theonion.com/theonion/daily
    Most of the humor is usually contained in the headlines, so I seldom read more

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    Make cheese not war 8:)
  6. BOFH!! how could I forget... by Jerry+Smith · · Score: 2, Interesting
    http://feed.theregister.co.uk/rss?a=Simon%20Travaglia

    It's not a standard theregister-rss-feed, but since Simon only does the BOFH on theregister, it works, and the feed is good for at least a bright smile every Friday.

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    All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
  7. My RSS feeds by aembleton · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I subscribe to plenty of RSS feeds, and colate them together using Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader/view/ . Then I can just set up a live bookmark in Firefox to view them whenever I'm bored. My feeds are as follows:
    • http://www.alistapart.com/feed/rss.xml
      Useful information for designing websites; particularly when in it comes to standards compliance and CSS.
    • http://aminorjourney.co.uk/wordpress/feed/atom/
      An honest blog about living with an electric car, and modding it.
    • http://adam-buxton.co.uk/ad/feed/
      British comedian who shot to fame (well in my eyes anyway), with the Adam and Joe show.
    • http://www.teslamotors.com/display_data/blog_rss_combined.xml
    • Official blog of the Tesla motor company, an electric car company. Follows the development of their Roadstar and the future Whitestar models.
    • http://www.badscience.net/?feed=atom
      Written by Ben Goldacre, Bad Science tries to find the truth behind scientific claims.
    • http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/stevelamacq/index.xml
      Steve Lamacq writes about new bands on the UK music scene.
    • http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/rss.xml
      Follows the development of the BBC website, and iPlayer
    • http://www.cleangreencars.co.uk/services/newsrss.jsp
      Provides information on new cars that consume less juice.
    • http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Pharmacology/dc-bits/dcquack.xml
      Another science blog trying to find the truth behind scientific claims
    • http://www.fanfiction.net/atom/u/1152747/
      Stories that my girlfriend has written; yes I do have a girlfriend!
    • http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/charliebrooker/rss
      Hilarious blog from Charlie Brooker. This is UK centric and half the posts are TV reviews.
    • http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/group/Indie%252FRock%2BPlaylist/journals.rss
      Provides links to torrents for new unsigned artists, and for some established ones who are releasing new material. A great way to discover new music.
    • http://jamesomalley.co.uk/blog/?feed=atom
      Mostly a political blog by a British student, although he's now unemployed. Funny, yet insightful
    • http://blog.last.fm/atom/
      Blog about the development of last.fm and all the technical details from behind the scenes. Very interesting stuff, especially considering the large amount of data they have to work with.
    • http://lifeboatscrapbook.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
    • Blog from a Cornish lifeboat man. Its interesting what people call them out for.
    • http://feeds.feedburner.com/martinlewisblog
      Blog from Martin Lewis, the money saving expert. Another UK-centric blog.
    • http://www.matts411.com/main/feed
      Excellent web development blog.
    • http://www.neenaw.co.uk/index.php/feed/
      Blog from an ambulance control room
    • http://freekorea.us/feed/
      Articles about North Korea. Its somewhere I'm interested in, as its hard to imagine the suffering of those who live there.
    • http://www.petrolprices.com/blog/feeds/atom.xml
      Blog that generally rants about petrol and diesel prices in the UK.
    • http://inspectorgadget.wordpress.com/feed/
      Blog from a police officer in the UK. Makes you realise how much PC crap they have to deal with just for the collection of statistics.
    • http://www.petesy.co.uk/?feed=atom
      Reviews of outdoor hiking gear and photos and writings from different walks
    • http://randomreality.blogware.com/blog/index.xml
      An EMT (ambulance man) based in London writing about the number of people calling an ambulance who really don't need one.
    • http://www.stevecooke.org/?feed=rss2
      Blog from a local politician in Salford, UK.
    • http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/wordpress/?feed=rss2
      UK Battery Vehicle Society. Interesting articles about electric vehicles.
    • http://www.bileblog.org/feed/
      Blog from Hani Suleiman, a member of the Java Community process.
    • http://syndication.thedailywtf.com/TheDailyWtf
  8. Re:Mine by Inner_Child · · Score: 2, Interesting
    If you're ashamed of the comics you read to the point where you completely dismiss them as "bad" or "stupid", why even bother listing them? For that matter, why be ashamed?

    Here are the ones I read, and I see no reason to be ashamed of any of them. If you don't like them, no one is forcing you to read them.

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    Today is red jello day - all workers must eat all of their red jello. Failure to comply will result in five demerits.
  9. Re:I don't get it by B5_geek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I agree with the OP, and am in the "I don't get it" category. I have 3 sites that I visit and check frequently (read: addiction), so it's easier/quicker to hit the bookmark and view the page then use ABC to load feeds, wait for it to update, then I still need to goto the site if it's interesting.

    I enjoy this topic because I am hoping that it will expose some new sites to me that I might like.

    Your post is valid if you have 20+ sites that you want to keep upto-date on, but I would like to hear your insight on the usefullness of using RSS to view a smaller number.

    --
    "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
  10. Re:And how is this N3rd N3ws ?? by Arivia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    On topic, a nice RSS feed-providing website for women I fell in love with recently is geeksugar, the gadgets and tech part of the Sugar bloglomerate. A site that's willing to colour coordinate and discuss ARM processors in Android? Yes please!

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    The role of the writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. -Anais Nin
  11. Re:Mine by kv9 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I used to read XKCD but the geek content is too dilluted for my taste. like a chick flick with nerds. and for PA I don't need a feed. monday/wensday/friday afternoon when I walk in at work they are usually up. and now the feeds:
    • bsdtalk various interviews with BSD people
    • debaday not really a debianwhore but nice gems to be found there
    • fleshbot who doesn't like porns?
    • hubertf everyone's favorite NetBSD dev
    • papod PA podcast
    • tdwtf the daily wtf so you don't feel you are alone in your editor
    • thinkgeek must buy everything!
    • undeadly not dead yet
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    Stop Computers/Cars Analogies on S
  12. Re:I don't get it by Hatta · · Score: 2, Interesting


    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.

    Just so hollow and ineffectual, for the most part, is our ordinary conversation. Surface meets surface. When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip. We rarely meet a man who can tell us any news which he has not read in a newspaper, or been told by his neighbor; and, for the most part, the only difference between us and our fellow is that he has seen the newspaper, or been out to tea, and we have not. In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post-office. You may depend on it, that the poor fellow who walks away with the greatest number of letters, proud of his extensive correspondence, has not heard from himself this long while.
    -Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle (1863)
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    Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
  13. My Offical Feed List by Erbo · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Herewith, my own RSS feeds list. I have a few categories of stuff I keep up on on a regular basis; this listing includes only (mostly) blogs that are posting regularly.

    Second Life Blogs - Blogs about the Second Life virtual world. Usually I list these by avatar name.

    • The Lexx's Second Life - Alexzandria Aeon ("Lexx") is my "SL daughter" and a businesswoman.
    • Jacek Antonelli - An artist and commentator on various aspects of the world.
    • Hamlet Au - New World Notes - The "big dog" in Second Life blogging. Hamlet Au used to work for Linden Lab, and wrote a book, The Making of Second Life.
    • life|cubed - One of my friends, "Padre" Triste Bertrand, who is also a minister in RL.
    • Cala - Transgender in Second Life - She writes about some interesting topics.
    • Evans Avenue Exit - I write this one. :-) I post about current events, scripting, and whatever else suits my fancy.
    • Vint Falken - One of the premier European SL bloggers (she's from Belgium).
    • Grand Unified Linden Blog - Official news and information from Linden Lab.
    • Torley Lives - Everybody in Second Life should know Torley Linden. Torley is unique, helpful, and watermelon-flavored.
    • An Engine Fit For My Proceeding - Ordinal Malaprop is SL's own version of Ada Lovelace...a fine Victorian lady and a top-flight scripter.
    • Massively (Second Life) - The latest news and information about Second Life. (Massively.com also covers other virtual worlds and MMOs.)
    • Second Thoughts - Prokofy Neva is perhaps the most-hated person in SL, and is sort of the "official gadfly." He's well worth reading for an alternate perspective, though.
    • Dwell On It - Tateru Nino is one of the smartest people I know. Her writing is part of what got me into SL in the first place.
    • MeraTalk - Mera Pixel is insightful, witty, and very purple.
    • Second Life Grid Status Reports - When there are problems with SL--an all-too-often occurrence these days, alas--Linden Lab posts here.

    Political Blogs - This is stuff with a right-wing bent, and is the section that will probably be most responsible for this post being modded down. :-/

    • The Smallest Minority - Kevin Baker is partly a gunblogger, partly an excellent commentator. He's had good posts recently about education.
    • La Shawn Barber's Corner - A Christian blogger who only dabbles in politics these days, spending more time writing about music and digital technology.
    • Leslie Carbone - A Virginia political blogger who I found via Twitter.
    • Personal Effects - Connie du Toit is one of the clearest-minded writers you'll find on many subjects.
    • Geopoliticus - Kim du Toit (yes, he and Connie are married) is the L33t Master of Firearms, and an insightfu
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    Be who you are...and be it in style!
  14. gmarcus by gmarcus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Glenn's Second Brain: http://www.glennmarcus.com/blog I scan about 100 tech and culture feeds daily. I put the best that I find onto my own feed at http://www.glennmarcus.com/blog/ It is an aggregated feed with about 1-2 posts per day. Enjoy.