I remain perplexed on why they have seen such rapid decline in use over the past decade.

RSS feeds/readers have improved my life greatly through the last 15 years. The video failed to explain how to subscribe to a (normal) website you like. Here’s the 10 minute video tutorial on how to accomplish the above using Feedly:

I have a few “deals” queries on my RSS reader, like, when I’m in the market for a new product.

If I’m looking for something on Craigslist, I can configure a RSS feed to notify me of when a relevant listing pops up.

I subscribe to Youtube channels this way and am immediately notified of new videos.

I get a customized feed of all publications I choose to follow.

As with much of the internet, these ads can be defeated with a good adblocker like uBlock Origin in chrome. I used Digg Reader for a bit (which subsequently died) then eventually settled on Feedly as my preferred RSS reader. At the time, Google Reader was my preferred RSS reader, but Google dropped the service in 2013 due to reduced demand. I’ve been an avid user of RSS readers since 2005 or so. With the above disclaimer out of the way, back to the regularly scheduled programming of trivial posts!

Solving the world’s problems is regretfully above my pay grade and beyond the scope of this blog.

The coronavirus continues to spread throughout the country/world.

In the past week or two, Biden has finally surpassed Trump according to betting polls.A day after Trump hides out in a bunker he used federal agents to clear peaceful protestors with flash grenades, smoke grenades, and pepper balls to walk across the street for an awkward photo(video) op at a church.Racial tensions are high following the recorded murder of George Floyd at the hands of police.

A few days ago it seemed to me that society was on the verge of disintegrating: With the chaos in the country/world right now, I acknowledge that everything I could write about on this silly blog is entirely inconsequential.

Rss feeders