Tag Archives: rss

Google Reader’s Recommended Items Sucks

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Andrew

Whenever I read or clear out my Google Reader subscriptions I’ll browse through my Recommended Items list to see if there’s anything of interest. The problem is Google populates this list based on some unknown factors and it’s currently impossible … Continue reading →

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Google Reader subscription list and parser

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Andrew

I added a new page over on the right, My Google Reader Subscriptions. I wrote a little OPML to HTML parser that will take your OPML export from Google Reader and generate all the HTML for you if you’d like … Continue reading →

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Not Using Google Reader? You should and here’s how

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Andrew

Google posted up a video guide that goes through how to use Google Reader. I posted about using Google Reader to keep up on your friends’ blogs back in 2007, but a lot of people have joined our little blogging … Continue reading →

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Filtering RSS Feeds with Yahoo Pipes

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Andrew

I love RSS feeds, but sometimes one site will cover way too many things and post way too often, clogging up Google Reader with stuff I know ahead of time I don’t want. Lifehacker is a good example of this … Continue reading →

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Shared Google Reader Items Revisited

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Andrew

After trying one method of bringing my shared Google Reader items into WordPress I’m not exactly thrilled with the results. Rather than creating a single post per shared item I think I’d be happier with rolling a week’s worth of … Continue reading →

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