The other night I mentioned to my wife that she can subscribe to this blog and read the RSS feed instead of always coming to the web site. She said something along the lines of, "Huh?"
Just kidding, but she didn't know how to do it. In case you aren't familiar with RSS (or Atom) the idea is that you get an RSS reader and subscribe to web sites that you're interested in. As content on a web site you're subscribed to is posted, you get a new blurb in your RSS reader that usually contains either a full post or a short snippet of the post letting you quickly decide if it's one you'd like to read. A lot of web sites that post articles every day have one and it's been a long time since I went to my "regular" web sites without clicking on the link for an article from my RSS reader to get there.
So, in case you're interested, Google has a really nice RSS reader called Google Reader. All you need is a Google account and you're all set (your Google email account works). You can use other RSS readers but since I use Google's I'll use that in this example.
To subscribe to this blog, go to your Google Reader page and click the "Add Subscription" button on the left hand side of the page. In the box that shows up, type in (or cut and paste) "http://couch2merapeak.blogspot.com" (without the quotes) and click the "Add" button.
That's it, you're all set! Google Reader will keep track of the posts I make and let you read them whenever it is convenient for you without having to worry about missing one if it scrolls off of the page and into the archive (because I know you follow each and every one).
I hope that helps and maybe introduces you to a little new technology if you weren't familiar with RSS feeds already. Try adding some of your favorite web sites!
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As you know technology is not my friend - but I will give it a try - and then you can fix it when you come down next :)
OK - the Gremlins are at it again. I didn't do anything but it's showing up in the Google Reader section of my home page - WTH?
Yep, if you use the iGoogle homepage it will show up there as one of your Google gadgets. You can read it right there or click on the "Google Reader" heading itself to open up the full blown Google Reader.
You can click the "v" (down arrow looking thingy) on the Google Reader widget and select "Delete this gadget" if you don't want it showing up on your homepage.
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