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1 Geek Tip: Add Craigslist To Your RSS Reader
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2 Geek Tip: Summarize Your Blog Feeds With RSS Brief
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3 Geek Tip: Get Weather Updates on Your RSS Reader
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4 Light Up Your Life (and Kitchen Table) With Geeky Lampshades
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5 Geek Tip: Get Your Most Important RSS Feeds Via IM
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6 5 Reasons Why You Should Use an RSS (Religiously)
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7 Reader Redux: RSS Feed Edition
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8 5 Geeky Coasters For Your Holiday Tables
Every year around this time, my mom breaks out the holiday tablecloths and dresses the dining room table in poinsettias and holly to prepare for family gatherings. My taste, it's not, but even if you can't change the landscape of your mom's table, you can dress yours up with something a little more your style in the form of coasters. Easy to transport from coffee to dining table, these coasters Read more
Yesterday, I mourned the loss of Bloglines, a once-popular RSS reader that will shut down on Oct. 1. Company execs partially blamed the shutter on the popularity of social networking site like Facebook and other sharing sites like Digg, which, according to them, make RSS readers obsolete. I don't agree — I couldn't get along without them! An overwhelming majority of you sided with me; here's Read more
Fact: The Internet is overwhelming. There are millions of articles being published, photos being uploaded, status updates being posted, and tweets being tweeted every single day. An RSS reader can help you stay afloat and consume the Internet from one hub — whether you are a casual surfer who uses the web to catch up on email, news, and celebrity gossip, or a full fledged Internet junky who Read more
If you're closely following a subject that's important to you, and don't want to get behind in the news for a second, stay on top by having your most-watched RSS feeds delivered right to your instant messenger account with this web app. Say you're closely following the health care debate. Just enter in the feed you want to follow (The White House Blog is a good one to start with), and every time Read more
Sometimes simple design is better than intricate, and that's why I'm loving these geeky lampshades! Simple and handmade, these shades are crafted from wire and fabric and feature a few geeky designs. There's the Space Invaders theme at right and also shades featuring the Gmap location pin, shades featuring the F1 and F2 brightness keys on the Apple keyboard, and one featuring the RSS reader Read more
Is there no end to the genius of RSS? Not only do all my fabulous blogs wait patiently for me, and matching ads for the piece of furniture I am currently hunting for on Craigslist are delivered right to me, but now I can check the weather in the same place! Websites like the WeatherBug and The Weather Channel supply RSS Feeds; you supply your location, and then add it to your RSS Reader of Read more
With so many blogs to read each day in my RSS reader, something like the following service may save me alot of time. Featured on mashable, RSS Brief is a new tool that will automatically attempt to summarize the high points of blog entries. Once you choose which feed you want summarized, each entry will include a caption for the posting as well as a word count and direct link to the entry. RSS Read more
If you ever use Craigslist, you'll have to give this useful geek tip a try. Whether you are looking for an apartment, a job, or an item for sale, you can now add Craiglist to your RSS feed list and have all the search results sent directly to your reader. Here's how: Once you type in what you are looking for in the Craigslist search box, try narrowing down your search by adding specific search Read more
Want to quickly get world news in the palm of your hand without shuffling through an undermanaged and wordy RSS feed? Download the Newser app (free). Drawing from the best news sources on the web including CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and BBC, Newser editors condense the news into bite-sized articles that you can read on the go. Get stories in the customized grid Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! We've tested and picked 15 Web sites we think are easy to use and will help you save money all year. Even if you don't end up buying online, it never hurts to find the best deals on the Web before you hit the stores. Then you can comparison shop and make better choices. We also list three smart-phone applications that will help Read more
