On Blogs and RSS
I have completely given up on all blogs and journal entries that don’t offer an RSS/XML feed. I don’t like having to constantly poll for new entries/articles.
Have they updated lately? No.
Have they updated lately? No.
Have they updated lately? No.
For over a year now, I’ve been using NetNewsWire Lite as my RSS reader, and I’ve been thrilled with the time I’ve reclaimed just by not constantly refreshing the front page of Fark or Slashdot. If you’re on Bactroid.net, you have an RSS feed. If you’re on LiveJournal, you have an RSS feed. If you’re powered by Blogger or Moveable Type, you almost certainly have an RSS feed. Most blog software ensures that you do.
The downside to this has been that I almost never check User Status here at Bactroid.net. It doesn’t show up in your RSS feed, and I only visit the actual ChangeLog entry page when someone has posted an image.
Last night, while I was up and sick to my stomach, I started coding to keep my mind occupied, and I whipped up a generated RSS feed for each user’s status. You’ll find a convenient link to the feed just under your status queries in the sidebar immediately to the right.
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