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46,161 | hhm | 2007-08-24T13:47:58 | Smart Scene Carving resizes images without distortion (new algorithm, presented at Siggraph) | For those who prefer youtube to see the Siggraph video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFCV2spKtg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fferbor%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2007%2F08%2Fnuevo%2Dalgoritmo%2Dpara%2Dreducir%2Dy%2Dampliar%2Ehtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFCV2spKtg&eurl=http%3A%...</a> | http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/innovation/smart-scene-carving-resizes-images-without-distortion-292268.php | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_title | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T06:57:02 | null | train |
46,162 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T13:49:22 | Conversation with KickApps SVP, Michael Chin | null | http://www.centernetworks.com/conversation-with-kickapps-svp-michael-chin | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,164 | garbowza | 2007-08-24T13:50:29 | For presidential candidates in Silicon Valley, the place to be is the Googleplex | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/technology/24valley.html?ex=1345608000&en=3c4f3c509beeab74&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,165 | hhm | 2007-08-24T13:53:33 | "I'll eat my hat if that isn't Einstein" (Einstein as seen by another scientist, Norbert Wiener) | http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/wiener-letter/index.html | 16 | 5 | [
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46,166 | gberg | 2007-08-24T13:53:58 | Stretching crystals promises flexible colour displays | http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12534-stretching-crystals-promises-flexible-colour-displays.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,168 | staunch | 2007-08-24T14:00:36 | Twitter's Evan Williams: A Unified Theory of Startup Success | null | http://evhead.com/2007/08/unified-theory-of-startup-success.asp | 3 | 2 | [
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46,170 | kkim | 2007-08-24T14:15:28 | Fuel for thought | http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2007/08/27/focus1.html | 8 | 3 | [
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46,179 | charzom | 2007-08-24T14:43:48 | Sex, shopping and thinking pink (Men's and women's brains are different) | http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9682588 | 7 | 4 | [
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46,181 | charzom | 2007-08-24T14:45:33 | World Bank study shows "what countries need to do to create wealth" | null | http://www.reason.com/news/show/120764.html | 7 | 1 | [
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46,183 | bosshog | 2007-08-24T14:46:39 | MySpace on Facebook | Corportate espionage or admission of a better platform? 185 Myspacer employees use facebook...probably over 60% of their employees... | http://cambridge.facebook.com/networks/?nk=50447218 | 2 | 1 | [
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46,186 | dawie | 2007-08-24T15:00:38 | The Next Email - Twitter | http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/the-next-email.html | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,193 | nickb | 2007-08-24T15:21:54 | jQuery 1.1.4 Released with Impressive Speed Improvements | http://jquery.com/blog/2007/08/24/jquery-114-faster-more-tests-ready-for-12/ | 7 | 3 | [
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46,194 | Goladus | 2007-08-24T15:25:14 | Real World Linguistics (The Scientific Study of Language) | http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/Linguistics/RWL01.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,195 | nickb | 2007-08-24T15:26:07 | Mark Cuban: The internet is 'dead and boring' | http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/the-world-according-to/2007/08/23/Mark-Cuban | 5 | 3 | [
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46,213 | palish | 2007-08-24T15:50:50 | Chain productivity tool launches. Accomplish something every day | Fill in the blank: "I'm going to _____ every day." Thinking of something? Great! Head over to the site, and you can make posts about your experiences, share your chains with the world, and meet other people who are accomplishing the same things.<p>No, the site won't delete any of your data if you miss a day. It simply gives you friendly reminders. :) | http://cha1n.com/ | 17 | 29 | [
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46,218 | wmf | 2007-08-24T15:58:47 | The great debate about the future of IPv4 addresses | http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-August/thread.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,219 | paulgb | 2007-08-24T16:01:29 | news.yc hack: highlight discussion-only links (bookmarklet) | http://projects.paulbutler.org/ycbookmarklet/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,220 | ivankirigin | 2007-08-24T16:03:26 | Open Source UAV projects giving comfort to the enemy? | null | http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/08/can-open-source.html | 3 | 2 | [
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46,224 | piers | 2007-08-24T16:14:30 | Pingdom offer free subscription and then lose their site | I would have posted the url above but there's no point. Pingdom (www.pingdom.com) started an offer that if you registered whilst using Firefox then you would get a year's free subscription. Unfortunately it seems that this was a very attractive offer and now their site has gone down. Oops. | 1 | 2 | [
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46,240 | nickb | 2007-08-24T16:39:01 | 37signals Losing Lustre? Why I Miss The Adoring Fans (simpler is better?!) | http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/2161/37signals-Losing-Lustre-Why-I-Miss-The-Adoring-Fans.aspx | 19 | 17 | [
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46,252 | aswanson | 2007-08-24T16:50:17 | This is a really good search engine | Uses neural networks to refine results. | http://www.quintura.com/ | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,257 | wastedbrains | 2007-08-24T16:59:43 | PickyDomains.com - You get what you pay for | http://blog.pretheory.com/arch/2007/08/pickydomainscom_you_get_what_y_1.php | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,258 | terpua | 2007-08-24T17:00:45 | Lypp: Simple, Free Group Calls | null | http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/lypp_simple_free_group_calls.php | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,262 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T17:06:23 | Five Suggestions to Improve Viddler | null | http://www.centernetworks.com/five-suggestions-to-improve-viddler | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,264 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T17:07:13 | Google Phone Spotted, Bigfoot Was Using It | null | http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/24/google-phone-spotted-bigfoot-was-using-it | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,272 | tojileon | 2007-08-24T17:24:21 | Vint Cerf, father of the internet, on the challenges ahead | null | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6960896.stm | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,277 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T17:30:45 | The Latest In Fear: Journalism Professors | null | http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/08/24/the-latest-in-fear-journalism-professors | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,280 | toffer | 2007-08-24T17:37:14 | Why Designing Systems is Difficult | null | http://richardsona.squarespace.com/main/2006/11/15/why-designing-systems-is-difficult.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,281 | entrepreneur | 2007-08-24T17:40:22 | Applying Principles of Entrepreneurship to Your Life | http://mindfulentrepreneur.com/blog/2007/08/24/apply-entrepreneur-values-to-personal-life/ | 2 | 1 | [
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46,292 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T18:02:49 | Corporate Social Networking Startups Attract VC Funding | null | http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201801442 | 3 | 3 | [
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46,295 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T18:05:52 | Web Site Lets Geeks Trade Beta-Testing Invitations | null | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293954,00.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,297 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T18:09:47 | Entrepreneurs Reap Volumes From Research Libraries | null | http://www.thestreet.com/s/entrepreneurs-reap-volumes-from-research-libraries/newsanalysis/sbmanagement/10376050.html?puc=_googlen&?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,299 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T18:12:40 | Who's Behind TheFunded.com? | null | http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070901/whos-behind-thefunded-com.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,303 | mikesabat | 2007-08-24T18:24:46 | Dilbert: Quality at a Day Job (Keep Working on your Startup) | http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/08/the-power-of-st.html | 24 | 11 | [
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46,308 | mattculbreth | 2007-08-24T18:32:02 | Apple has "social obligation" to bring great user experience to business world | http://www.dashes.com/anil/2007/08/not-a-moral-obligation-a-social-obligation.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,312 | toffer | 2007-08-24T18:36:52 | Russell Beattie: Java Needs an Overhaul | http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/java-needs-an-overhaul | 4 | 2 | [
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46,320 | brett | 2007-08-24T18:48:15 | Subprime Fallout Could Help Venture Capitalists | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/business/24venture.html?ex=1345608000&en=8dc396db630388aa&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | 1 | 0 | [
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46,324 | cglynch | 2007-08-24T19:09:50 | IBM's response to Web 2.0 start-ups: We're Safer | With innovative web-based start-ups changing the business model for how software is delivered, IBM tries to play its cards by playing up its emphasis on security. | http://www.cio.com/article/133000/IBM_s_Web_._Sales_Pitch_We_re_Safer | 13 | 15 | [
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46,338 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T19:42:07 | Who's behind TheFunded.com? Not Jason Calacanis | null | http://valleywag.com/tech/mysteries/whos-behind-thefundedcom-not-jason-calacanis-293257.php | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,359 | muriithi | 2007-08-24T20:22:39 | Apple and the DRM free market madness | http://gigaom.com/2007/08/21/apple-the-drm-free-market-madness/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,364 | tzury | 2007-08-24T20:32:21 | Charming Python #13 Functional Programming in Python (part 1) | http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/charming_python_13.html | 3 | 1 | [
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46,365 | tzury | 2007-08-24T20:32:54 | Charming Python #13 Functional Programming in Python (part 2) | http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/charming_python_16.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,366 | tzury | 2007-08-24T20:33:38 | Charming Python #13 Functional Programming in Python (part 3) | http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/charming_python_19.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,367 | palish | 2007-08-24T20:36:46 | Neverending Story | This seemed fun, so here we are! Each item you see represents a story beginning (from <a href="http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:lzbH4IRHqUIJ:www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson221/story_beginnings.pdf+story+beginnings&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:lzbH4IRHqUIJ:www.readwr...</a>). Click on one and leave a reply to add to the story. You can branch off at any time, and others can upvote your additions.<p>I fully expect this to turn into one big ragefest, but it'll be interesting to see the results anyway, and it seemed like a neat hack. Probably NSFW eventually. | http://cha1n.com/chaingangs/31 | 4 | 3 | [
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46,369 | transburgh | 2007-08-24T20:36:59 | The Future: The mindset of the Class of 2029 | null | http://valleywag.com/tech/the-future/the-mindset-of-the-class-of-2029-293287.php | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,370 | mattjaynes | 2007-08-24T20:37:55 | Another point of view on the real estate implosion | http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/08/another-point-o.html | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,380 | bluishgreen | 2007-08-24T20:55:34 | Startup Inspiration: The Formula, Malcolm Gladwell. | http://www.gladwell.com/2006/2006_10_16_a_formula.html | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,400 | nickb | 2007-08-24T21:34:18 | You Didn't Blow the Interview, Your College Facebook Profile Kept You From Getting the Job | http://education-portal.com/articles/Employers_are_Viewing_Your_Profile_on_Social_Networking_Sites.html | 4 | 8 | [
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46,430 | joe | 2007-08-24T23:10:00 | World's Second Unlocked iPhone (eBay Auction) | http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230164884672 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,431 | euccastro | 2007-08-24T23:11:04 | Escher's “Relativity” in Lego (2003) | null | http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html | 1 | 1 | [
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] | null | null | no_error | Escher's "Relativity" in LEGO | null | Andrew Lipson |
Because The LEGO Company get paranoid about this sort of thing let me make it clear that I have no affiliation with them, that my views are my own and do not necessarily represent theirs,
and so on. So if you think any of this is official you are as deluded as they are.
Click on the picture or here for a bigger version (about 410K)
Daniel Shiu and I worked on this as a joint project after we finished our rendition of
Escher's "Ascending and Descending", making it our fourth Escher picture rendered
in LEGO. Once again, no camera tricks, but the picture has to be taken from
exactly the right place, and boy did we get tired of trying to find where that place
was. The whole thing took five or six evenings spread over two or three weeks.
Most of the last evening was taken up with setting up the lighting the way we
wanted it and trying to get the camera position just right...
The original Escher picture (Relativity, 1953. Lithograph) is shown on the right for
comparison.
Unlike many of Escher's other "impossible" pictures (like "Ascending and
Descending") , there is actually no optical illusion involved here. Gravity seems to
be working in three different directions simultaneously, but the picture shows a
perfectly self-consistent physical scene. So modelling it should certainly be feasible.
But while Escher's picture has three different "up"s, LEGO isn't quite so flexible...
For LEGO afficionados, the most significant thing about our version is the
widespread use of SNOT ("Studs not on top") techniques - in plain English, having
the LEGO studs pointing in lots of different directions. There are various tricks for
making this work in general, and we probably used all of them here. You can find
some of the details in the construction pictures.
Some Construction Details...
Click on the small pictures for larger versions.
Here's the final construction, taken from a slightly different angle and further away so you can see what's going on. It's all a bit messy - lots of scaffolding to
hold it all up.
The early stages of construction
A SNOT detail: This little man sitting on his bench was constructed as a separate module....
...that fixes under here. The technique here is to use Technic 1/2 pins sticking into 1x1 Technic beams. The head of the pin protrudes sideways (= upwards
in this picture) and can be used as a LEGO stud to plug into the bottom of a brick. The bench itself is a 1x4 brick with studs on the side.
The same 1/2-pins-and-beams trick was used to fix this vertical railing to the wall. Here I've pulled it off so that you can see what's going on. Of course the
really tricky thing here is getting the spacing right because of the 6/5 height-to-width ratio of a LEGO brick, but 4 studs width = 3 bricks and a plate high.
So it's not entirely accidental that the railing supports are 4 studs apart from each other...
This staircase and arch was fixed to the wall in the same way. Here I've pulled it away from the wall and turned it round. Of course the stair/arch
construction itself is pretty SNOTty. I'm not entirely happy with the way we did this, but it was the best we could manage. We used 1x1 headlight bricks to
fix the arches to the stairways.
Here I've pulled off the tower and bridge which appear on the right of the finished picture. The direction of the studs changes at the end of the stairs. The
technique here is to use a Technic pin to hold together two 1x1 Technic beams oriented at right angles to each other, and join everything else to the Technic
beams.
Finally, here's another overall view. This time you can see some of the lights we used for the final photograph. Yes, I know it's not very
professional-looking. As a final (though invisible in the finished picture) ea=xample of SNOT, notice the vertical green baseplate behind the far wall. This is
there to stop the light on the right shining through the doorway at the top of the model. It is fixed on with yet another technique: A couple of 1x4 bricks are
fixed on the baseplate, and their studs fit into the holes in a long Technic beam which clips onto the top of the wall.
All M. C. Escher works (C) Cordon Art, Baarn, the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. The official M.C. Escher web site is worth a visit. In particular they have a "virtual ride" through "Ascending
and Descending".
All other pictures on this page are Copyright © A. Lipson 2003.
LEGO ® is a trademark of The LEGO Group, who have nothing to do with this or any of my other LEGO-related web pages.
Our other LEGO renditions of Escher works are "Balcony", "Belvedere" and "Ascending and Decending" and "Waterfall".
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46,435 | gibsonf1 | 2007-08-24T23:20:51 | NJ Teen Unlocks IPhone From AT&T Network | null | http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R7H9OG1&show_article=1 | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,442 | joshwa | 2007-08-24T23:44:08 | Google Transit Maps Shows the Dark Side of Platform Developement | null | http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/24/google-transit-maps-shows-the-dark-side-of-platform-developement/ | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,451 | jmitchell | 2007-08-25T00:36:50 | Linus on git, central repositories, and commit access lists | Linus responds to various questions about Git, development methodologies and tools. | http://lwn.net/Articles/246381/ | 10 | 2 | [
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46,453 | joshwa | 2007-08-25T00:46:13 | It's the Facebook Platform's 3 Month Anniversary | null | http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/08/24/its-the-facebook-platforms-3-month-anniversary/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,454 | rokhayakebe | 2007-08-25T00:49:01 | 15 startups that want your lunch | null | http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0708/gallery.next_disruptors.biz2/ | 5 | 5 | [
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46,460 | thinkingserious | 2007-08-25T00:59:15 | Removing Backgrounds Quickly in the Gimp | After publishing an article about removing backgrounds quickly in Photoshop, many have asked me how to do the same thing with the Gimp. While there is no equivalent to the Extract filter in the Gimp, you can still remove backgrounds fairly quickly. Here, I will show you how to do it with the Create and edit paths tool. | http://blog.thembid.com/index.php/2007/08/24/removing-backgrounds-quickly-in-the-gimp/ | 3 | 2 | [
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46,466 | aswanson | 2007-08-25T01:30:50 | Who wouldn't want a high school like this? | A future CS Phd (Harvard), Physics PhD (Princeton) and chess grandmaster, and a guy who wrote the Mach kernal. None of whom were the valedictorian! Wish I could have gone to a school like that. | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | invalid_url | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T16:37:59 | null | train |
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46,469 | transburgh | 2007-08-25T01:39:20 | Check This Guy Out | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/24/check-this-guy-out/ | 1 | 1 | [
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46,470 | transburgh | 2007-08-25T01:40:18 | FM Raises Another $4.5M; Are They Having Difficulty Filling Inventory? | null | http://www.centernetworks.com/fm-raises-another-4-5m | 5 | 1 | [
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46,474 | tocomment | 2007-08-25T01:55:25 | Cool meet for lunch networking site | http://www.noonhat.com/lunch/ | 4 | 3 | [
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46,479 | bootload | 2007-08-25T02:19:10 | Naming stories: Trenchmice | Blog on 'names' & brand names. This ones about suitability of blog (startup) names ... <i>"... even though we were trying very hard to come up with a deliberately on-target name. It's as though the actions of trying to be on-target kept us locked in uncreative names. ..."</i> | http://www.thenameinspector.com/trenchmice/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,480 | bootload | 2007-08-25T02:33:48 | Why Can't We Compute in the Cloud? Part 2
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46,484 | bootload | 2007-08-25T02:45:42 | Firefox 3 - XUL Application Runtime | http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2007/08/firefox-3-xul-application-runtime/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,486 | bootload | 2007-08-25T02:48:32 | Using Firefox 3 as a XUL runtime environment | http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/08/21/using-firefox-3-as-a-xul-runtime-environment | 6 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,501 | drusenko | 2007-08-25T03:26:40 | 6 Easy Tips to Prevent Downtime | http://david.weebly.com/1/post/2007/08/6-easy-tips-to-prevent-downtime.html | 31 | 1 | [
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46,522 | toffer | 2007-08-25T06:53:39 | Scott Rosenberg: Bridges and code | null | http://www.wordyard.com/2007/08/24/bridges-and-code/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,527 | mqt | 2007-08-25T07:47:28 | First Coders at Work interview done | http://www.gigamonkeys.com/blog/2007/08/24/first-interview-done.html | 17 | 4 | [
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46,530 | rms | 2007-08-25T08:22:24 | Stretching crystals promises flexible colour displays | http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12534&feedId=online-news_rss20 | 2 | 2 | [
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46,549 | kingnothing | 2007-08-25T12:04:41 | C# 3.0 To Be Dynamic Language | http://blog.magenic.com/blogs/aarone/archive/2007/08/23/C_2300_-3.0-is-a-Dynamic-Language.aspx | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,550 | kingnothing | 2007-08-25T12:10:06 | 20 Free and Fresh Icon Sets | I'm not 100% sure of the license for some of these icon sets, so buyer beware! | http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/25/20-free-and-fresh-icon-sets/ | 11 | 1 | [
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46,562 | transburgh | 2007-08-25T14:16:47 | Now That The iPhone Can Be Unlocked, Will Apple Try To Block The Hack? | null | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/24/now-that-the-iphone-can-be-unlocked-will-apple-try-to-block-the-hack/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,563 | charzom | 2007-08-25T14:17:53 | Twelve SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make | null | http://searchengineland.com/070823-082758.php | 4 | 3 | [
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46,570 | danw | 2007-08-25T14:52:49 | Writing Hacks, Starting | http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/54-writing-hacks-part-1-starting/ | 24 | 2 | [
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By Scott Berkun, Aug. 28 2006 (#54)
Writing is easy, it’s quality that’s hard. Any idiot who knows 5 words can write a sentence. It might be sloppy, confusing, or inaccurate but it is still writing. This means when people struggle to start writing they’re likely imagining the polished precision of the finished work. This is the trap. Thinking about the end at the beginning makes the clumsy junkyard that all beginnings must be difficult to accept.
While it’s true that good voice, tone, rhythm, ideas and grammar are essential to good writing, they’re never introduced all at once. I promise you that the first draft of Strunk and White didn’t follow Strunk and White. The secret, if you can’t start, is to begin without constraints. Deliberately write, badly if you have to, but write.
For this reason writer’s block is a sham. Anyone who wrote yesterday can write today, it’s just a question of if they can do it to their own satisfaction. It’s not the fear of writing that blocks people, it’s fear of not writing well; something quite different. Certainly every writer has moments of doubt, but the way out is to properly frame what’s going on, and writer’s block, as commonly misunderstood, is a red herring.
Consider this: Have you ever been blocked while playing Frisbee? Eating doughnuts? Dancing naked in your living room? Those are joyful things and there’s nothing at stake: if you fail, who cares? Nobody. If there are no rules, and no judgment, psychological blocks are impossible. And remember writers like making up names and overthinking things: there is no term for architect-block, painter-block, juggler-block or composer-block. Every creative pursuit faces similar pressures, but they don’t obsess about it the way writers seem to do.
So play. Loosen up. Smile. Break the framework that’s making it impossible to start. Forget the deadline and the assignment and just be an open mind with a pen. Remember that until you say you’re finished, you can break all the rules. If you can’t get started, your psychology is making the challenge bigger than you can handle. Thinking of the book, the chapter, the page, the paragraph, is all too big if while you’re thinking, the page remains blank. Like a weightlifter out of his class, a writer with a blank page needs to lighten the load.
Writing hacks for starting
In the grand tradition of lists and books of hacks, writing hacks are clever little actions that give you leverage and put the dynamics in your favor. Here in part 1 it’s all about how to start.
Start with a word. The first goal is to get one word on the page. It can be any word, but you have to choose it, and put it down. I’m partial to the ridiculous[1], so for me it’s often Papaya, Pomegranate or Throat-warbler-man-grove (If you’re thinking that’s not a word, go back two paragraphs). If one word was easy, go for two. Still feeling lucky? Go for a small sentence. It doesn’t matter what the words are, but get them down. Write the lyrics to the song on the radio, the names of people you’ve slept with, your favorite Dr. Seuss lines, it just doesn’t matter. Once all the magic muscles in your little fingers get going, you’ll soon find yourself, in between rounds of one fish blue fish, writing some intelligent things. If your energy fades, repeat. Return to the unit of writing anyone can do, and build up again.
Write about how it feels not to be able to write. It’s sneaky, but damn, this works every time. The voice in our heads is always saying something, so put it down. Writer-weenies call this free writing, implying something unfortunate about other kinds of writing, but I find it easier to think of as listening. Imagine yourself as a recording device, writing down the radio broadcast of some other person who happens to live in your head. If you think this is weird, write about why it’s weird (See: you can’t lose – there’s always a way). Eventually your mind will hit thoughts on the topic itself and, presto, you’re on your way.
Have a conversation. Since you can’t get “converse with a friend” block, call up your buddy and talk. Get their opinions on whatever you’re writing, or throw them a bit of yours. Take notes about the conversation. Guess what? You’ve started writing. Friends are too busy? Go to a café or bar. I’ve found that if you tell bartenders you’re a writer, after they stop laughing, they’ll happily chat and occasionally give you free drinks. In a pinch, or if you’re a loner, talk with your dog. No dog? Create an imaginary friend (or three). Perhaps I’m insane, but I talk to myself all the time, and sometimes I even like the answers. If you know a writer friend, be writer buddies, available by phone to help each other get started.
Read something you hate. Opinions come easy to me, but some days I’m as indifferent as the wind. To get started I’ll read things that I can’t stand, express opinions in violent opposition to mine[2] and, when pressed, are written so poorly my eyes burn straight through the pages. A paragraph of outstanding tripe is intellectual smelling salts. It puts me on my feet, sticking and jabbing like Muhammad Ali, raving and ranting on the page. I can rarely use those first rant-laden riffs, but it puts me in the ring. Sometimes its love you need, so go to your masters: Emerson, Fitzgerald, Orwell, King, get your nose into whoever’s writing get you jazzed. Writers often write about writing[3], a trick few arts can follow; so reflective motivation from writers is easy to find.
Warm up. Do you imagine Olympic sprinters wake up and immediately sprint around the house? Of course not (unless they drank too much the night before). No one performs well without easing muscles and emotions into place. And everyone warms up differently. Sometimes responding to e-mail works because hey, that’s a kind of writing. Or type the alphabet forwards and backwards. Maybe revise something old and unfinished to get warm. My ritual is to type in quotes from good books I’ve read to get the fingers in rhythm and my mind thinking good writer thoughts. More exercises here and here.
Make lists. Nonfiction often starts for me as bulleted lists. I imagine what things the finished work would answer, how it would do it and I write it down. Not that I know how to fill them, but what might good section headings be? List making is never as threatening as “writing”, so go there first (There is no shopping list block, is there?). I kick the list around for awhile, changing, moving, shuffling, and then once it has critical mass, I put in a document and go. And I’m always ready to leave the list, and my plan behind, if I find a sweet spot: the list is a tool, not a contract. I have dozens of essay ideas in various states of list form, in a Moleskine, slowly growing until they’re ready.
Switch to something harder. My wife is an artist, and for years she’s worked on two paintings at the same time, switching between them. Why? When she’s hit a wall on one project, the second project is a godsend: it’s an escape that’s still productive. I use this hack as follows: when stuck on project A, including not being able to start, I’ll joyfully switch to project B, thinking I’m pulling one over (on myself of course, but even the idiocy of self-delusion is tolerable to the acid misery of returning to A). But 20 minutes later when I hit a wall on Project B, a wall that, by comparison, seems like the Maginot line, I’m more than happy to return to A, even if it’s a blank page. I’ve forgotten A’s particular horrors, and jump in, possibly over the hurdle that seemed impossible before.
Run like hell. I can’t write if my body isn’t happy and my body feels happy when it has been used: it likes to run or lift or almost anything. So think physical: let your body get out the stresses that block your mind. Go for a run, mow the lawn, chase your cat, do something to get your body moving, and your mind relaxed. If you move your body, your mind will follow. Maybe take a bath, get a massage, have sex, anything physical and positive. If you get into the activity enough I bet you’ll have a moment when your body is finally happy enough to let your mind do its work.
Whiskey. Yes, alcohol is writing’s seductive little mistress. A well timed shot of whiskey can work wonders for the jittery, neurotic mind. It’s the shock to the system that works for me, so when I can’t start, there are alcohol free alternatives to get things flowing: a cold shower, an underwear clad run up the driveway, a shot of espresso, a peek at my naked wife, the list goes on. Don’t depend on these (as the more you use, the less they work, except for the last one), but occasionally they’re the only way.
Rummage your scrap pile. In 1994 I started writing a novel[4]. By this I mean I created a word document named “My Novel”, hit save and then got drunk with friends. The next day, terrified as I was to return, I created a second document, called “My Novel – notes”. And in there I wrote down every idea that came to me about what might be in the novel. Only had one at first (“The narrator gets drunk. And then…well…hmmm”) but more came the next day. It was a hard core rule: If I had any idea at any time, I wrote it down immediately. No exceptions (Thus, the moleskine). I’d think of snippets of dialog, lines of narrative, names for characters, or bits of plot, and stick them in, rarely looking at the previous bits. Eventually I had enough material to psyche myself up for the dive back into “My novel” as it wasn’t a blank page anymore.
Smart writers have stockpiles of old ideas to arm themselves against the evils of the blank page. When stuck, rummage. Laugh at the goofy ideas. Groan at the pretentious ones (there will be many). Feel the occasional awe of not remembering writing something that shines or happens to fits your blank page. Like a flea market or garage sale, let ideas feel cheap, light and easy to throw around. If you can do that, new work will get off the ground almost on its own.
Notes[1] I sometimes write “I have nothing to say” and repeat it on the page. I’ll go and go until I get so pissed off that I decide it’s less painful to write something real than it is to watch myself type this idiotic phrase forever. We always have something to say: we’re just not always brave enough to say it. A little self torture can sometimes bring it out.
[2] True story. This essay started when someone sent me a link to this essay on When you can’t get started, which you might like, but I had trouble with. Halfway through I had so many ideas I jumped into a blank page and didn’t stop until I had a draft of much of this essay. Mind you, as a writer I know this subject well, and had done plenty of thinking on this topic beforehand.
[3] By the act of writing “writers often write about writing” I’m writing about writers often writing about writing, which means you’re reading about writing about writers writing about writing. Say that ten times fast and I’ll give you a cookie.
[4] I wrote the novel on and off for 10 years, and finished in 2005 (with draft #5). Currently unpublished.
Further advice:
I thought for sure there would be many essays titled “writing hacks” but I only found one when I wrote this. Most links are to things about writing code hacks.
The Three Writing Mindsets
How To Get From An Idea To A Book
Time-lapsed video of writer writing 1000 word essay (amazing!)
How to write a book – the short honest truth
How to survive creative burnout
Writing hacks, Poynter Online.
Art and fear, David Bayles & Ted Orland. The best book ever on losing confidence and motivation for making things.
The snowflake model. Found this after most of the essay was done, but some good metaphors.
Elements of Style, Strunk and White.
How to start writing Haiku. Haikus can be an example of “switch to something harder”.
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46,580 | robg | 2007-08-25T16:13:51 | Outward Bound, Looking In | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/travel/escapes/24vet.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=3e3562b78c127922&ex=1188187200&pagewanted=all | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,587 | amichail | 2007-08-25T17:20:08 | "Fail Fast, Fail Often" is really an indication that we need a Web Science | Why do all that experimentation yourself? Shouldn't it be done by web scientists once and for all? You could then use the results of their research as guidelines to determine the sort of app to build as well as its features/UI.<p>Also see:<p><a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/ShneidermanCACM6-2007.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cs.umd.edu/~ben/ShneidermanCACM6-2007.pdf</a><p><a href="http://weblog.fortnow.com/2007/08/impact-of-facebook-platform-on-cs.html" rel="nofollow">http://weblog.fortnow.com/2007/08/impact-of-facebook-platfor...</a><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2205007948&topic=10970" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2205007948&topic=1...</a> | 3 | 9 | [
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46,590 | louisadekoya | 2007-08-25T17:25:15 | Describe your ideas using concrete terms | An example of how using an established schema to describe your concept can go a long way in helping people to understand it. | http://www.ideatagging.com/spigit-i-finally-get-it/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
46,592 | neilc | 2007-08-25T17:49:58 | Subprime Fallout Could Help Venture Capitalists | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/business/24venture.html?ex=1345694400&en=fb71f1a039f0872f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink | 1 | -1 | null | null | true | bot_blocked | nytimes.com | null | null | Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker | 2024-11-08T09:36:33 | null | train |
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46,601 | donna | 2007-08-25T18:54:14 | Scientists Induce Out-of-Body Sensation Using Virtual Reality Goggles | null | http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/science/23cnd-body.html?ex=1345521600&en=190742c89a79cc93&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | 9 | 7 | [
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46,609 | chris_l | 2007-08-25T19:33:41 | Any recommendations for mobile administration? | What can you recommend in the way of solutions for mobile administration, both hardware (i.e. phone), network (bandwidth) and software? I'm running sbcl on Linux servers with virtualmin pro and use Emacs and slime from my Laptop.<p>I'm thinking of restarting threads and other repl commands and shell interaction.
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46,614 | joshwa | 2007-08-25T19:56:37 | New Book from O'Reilly: Programming Collective Intelligence | null | http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/programming_col.html | 34 | 18 | [
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46,617 | vlad | 2007-08-25T20:24:54 | The Slope of a Hacker News Thread Going Nowhere Fast | http://onwebapps.com/the-slope-of-a-thread-going-nowhere-fast/ | 5 | 1 | [
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46,620 | vlad | 2007-08-25T20:35:15 | Why Startups Condense in America | http://paulgraham.com/america.html | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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46,625 | danw | 2007-08-25T20:55:24 | Heuristics for mobile design | null | http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2007/08/heuristics-for-mobile-design/ | 1 | 1 | [
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46,626 | danw | 2007-08-25T21:03:01 | Did you know? Stats about the mobile world today | null | http://www.taptu.com/blog/2007/08/23/did-you-know-stats-about-the-mobile-world-today/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | missing_parsing | 5 Best FREE Google RSS Reader Alternatives. Mac & Windows | null | null | Rich Site Summary (RSS), also known as Really Simple Syndication, is a format used to deliver regularly changing web content. Many online sites publish their content to anyone who wants to access it by using RSS feeds. We will investigate RSS and RSS feeds a little more deeply later in this article. First, let’s take a look at 5 of the best free Google RSS reader alternatives for both the Mac operating system and Windows.5 Best Alternatives to Google Reader1. TaptuTaptu was a popular RSS feed reader that was officially retired on March 31, 2015, when the service shut down. The free application could be used to pull news from a user’s social media networks, as one of its differentiating features was its deep integration with those social networks. The app also acted as a Twitter and Facebook client, letting the user interact with those social media platforms.When using Taptu, you can share, like, tweet or retweet directly from the program, as well as update your status. Your personal feeds are delivered along with customized feeds from Taptu based on trending stories and your social network activity. It was a nice alternative to Google Reader while it lasted, and was a favorite of many users for its ease-of-navigation and helpful widgets.2. RSSOwlRSSOwl is an RSS reader that runs on the Windows operating system as well as Mac OS X and is available as a free download. The developers do accept donations to keep the product viable. RSSOwl includes a number of features including:Powerful search capabilities – You can filter your news feed and automatically set triggers to perform actions based on search results. A search can be saved and used later as if it were a feed.Notifications – Get notified when something happens that interests you.Content management – Store stories you want to keep in news bins and associate them with customizable keyword labels.This flexible RSS reader is also available for the Linux OS and is a great way to organize your news feeds.3. FeedlyFeedly is another popular alternative to the Google RSS feed reader. It is web-based and can be used on any operating system. When you start with Feedly, you create an account or sign-in with an Open ID from a social media site and then you can access your feed on any device. The tool installs as a browser extension on Mac and Windows machines.In addition to enabling you to obtain content from any published RSS feed, Feedly offers you the ability to access information from other sources. These include online publications, blogs, YouTube channels, and tweets. Keyword alerts let you tailor your feed to your exact specifications.Feedly can be used as a tool for collaborations by taking advantage of its capacity to create shared feeds and boards. It can be integrated with other applications such as Trello and Evernote. Easily manage your feeds with the organizational and searching features. Even discover new sources based on your personal interests.4. PandaThe feature of the Panda RSS reader that makes it stand out from the competition is the total customization of the interface that the software offers to the user. This web-based app can be run on Windows or the Mac operating systems and is available as a free download.You can easily modify the display layout and view your feeds in the way that suits you best. Different viewing layouts can be accessed with keyboard shortcuts to allow you to switch back-and-forth for maximum readability. There is also a night mode which is designed to make it easier on your eyes when reading at night.5. NewsBlurNewsBlur is another of the best RSS reader apps that can be used to replace the Google Reader. There is a free version of this web-based software available, and it can be run on Windows and Mac machines. It offers the user the ability to subscribe to RSS sites and organize their content into folders. You can switch reading modes to either display a simplified article format or have the source website displayed directly in your reader.This RSS aggregator features a high level of filtering sophistication, and over time the filters will become “trained” to learn your preferences and search for content that is relevant to you. The filtering will automatically hide or highlight stories based on your criteria, eliminating the need to wade through excess information. Sharing of stories is made possible either through social networks or from within the application itself by way of its “blurblogs”. The developers are still adding new features to this RSS reader. Download Disk Drill data recovery app for Windows for MacWhat Is RSS?As we mentioned in our introduction, RSS is the acronym for Rich Site Summary, also known as Really Simple Syndication. It essentially is a way for sites to publish their content in a way that they can be gathered for use by your computer or a software application. The program, known as an RSS aggregator or RSS reader, lets you view the headlines and click through to get the complete story if you wish to know more.Using RSS enables you to keep up with many different sites and interests that you may have without having to visit the sites multiple times. It is a way to manage the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet.What Are RSS feeds?RSS feeds are basically a subscription to the content that a particular website publishes. It is a way of keeping up with news and updates published on that site without the need to constantly visit the site. Through the use of one of the RSS reader applications listed above, or any other of your choosing, you can view the RSS feeds from all of the sites that publish theirs.RSS feeds tremendously expand the scope of information that you can realistically follow and increase the utility of the combined resources of the Internet. They help you wade through news stories and articles that may interest you without having to spend time searching them out.Why Use an RSS Reader?Here’s an example of how an RSS reader can help you deal with information overload and still keep up with events that really matter to you. It will also save you a lot of time and extra typing.As an average citizen of an average city, there are a number of websites that you visit daily to keep up with your interests and the sporting and cultural events in your city. We are talking about at least a couple of news sites, local weather, a couple of sports websites for general info and then some team-specific sites, local concert announcements, and perhaps information published by the establishment that employs you. Maybe you also want to keep up with the local shopping scene as there are weekly deals that can save you some real money.Visiting these sites, logging in to each one with your user credentials, might take you 30 minutes or more. There is no guarantee that once you log in to a site that there will be any new content that you are invested in viewing. You are wasting your valuable time chasing down elusive updates that may or may not even exist.Employing a full-featured RSS aggregator you can eliminate all of the repetitive daily visits in search of content. Simply visit the sites one more time and subscribe to their RSS feeds. Now you will get a daily overview of stories that involve topics that interest you and can choose which one you want to investigate or thoroughly. Tailoring your subscriptions and the display on your reader will save you a substantial amount of time daily, and keep you more informed than by visiting sites individually. Download Disk Drill data recovery app for Windows for MacRich Site Summary (RSS), also known as Really Simple Syndication, is a format used to deliver regularly changing web content. Many online sites publish their content to anyone who wants to access it by using RSS feeds. We will investigate RSS and RSS feeds a little more deeply later in this article. First, let’s take a look at 5 of the best free Google RSS reader alternatives for both the Mac operating system and Windows.5 Best Alternatives to Google Reader1. TaptuTaptu was a popular RSS feed reader that was officially retired on March 31, 2015, when the service shut down. The free application could be used to pull news from a user’s social media networks, as one of its differentiating features was its deep integration with those social networks. The app also acted as a Twitter and Facebook client, letting the user interact with those social media platforms.When using Taptu, you can share, like, tweet or retweet directly from the program, as well as update your status. Your personal feeds are delivered along with customized feeds from Taptu based on trending stories and your social network activity. It was a nice alternative to Google Reader while it lasted, and was a favorite of many users for its ease-of-navigation and helpful widgets.2. RSSOwlRSSOwl is an RSS reader that runs on the Windows operating system as well as Mac OS X and is available as a free download. The developers do accept donations to keep the product viable. RSSOwl includes a number of features including:Powerful search capabilities – You can filter your news feed and automatically set triggers to perform actions based on search results. A search can be saved and used later as if it were a feed.Notifications – Get notified when something happens that interests you.Content management – Store stories you want to keep in news bins and associate them with customizable keyword labels.This flexible RSS reader is also available for the Linux OS and is a great way to organize your news feeds.3. FeedlyFeedly is another popular alternative to the Google RSS feed reader. It is web-based and can be used on any operating system. When you start with Feedly, you create an account or sign-in with an Open ID from a social media site and then you can access your feed on any device. The tool installs as a browser extension on Mac and Windows machines.In addition to enabling you to obtain content from any published RSS feed, Feedly offers you the ability to access information from other sources. These include online publications, blogs, YouTube channels, and tweets. Keyword alerts let you tailor your feed to your exact specifications.Feedly can be used as a tool for collaborations by taking advantage of its capacity to create shared feeds and boards. It can be integrated with other applications such as Trello and Evernote. Easily manage your feeds with the organizational and searching features. Even discover new sources based on your personal interests.4. PandaThe feature of the Panda RSS reader that makes it stand out from the competition is the total customization of the interface that the software offers to the user. This web-based app can be run on Windows or the Mac operating systems and is available as a free download.You can easily modify the display layout and view your feeds in the way that suits you best. Different viewing layouts can be accessed with keyboard shortcuts to allow you to switch back-and-forth for maximum readability. There is also a night mode which is designed to make it easier on your eyes when reading at night.5. NewsBlurNewsBlur is another of the best RSS reader apps that can be used to replace the Google Reader. There is a free version of this web-based software available, and it can be run on Windows and Mac machines. It offers the user the ability to subscribe to RSS sites and organize their content into folders. You can switch reading modes to either display a simplified article format or have the source website displayed directly in your reader.This RSS aggregator features a high level of filtering sophistication, and over time the filters will become “trained” to learn your preferences and search for content that is relevant to you. The filtering will automatically hide or highlight stories based on your criteria, eliminating the need to wade through excess information. Sharing of stories is made possible either through social networks or from within the application itself by way of its “blurblogs”. The developers are still adding new features to this RSS reader. Download Disk Drill data recovery app for Windows for MacWhat Is RSS?As we mentioned in our introduction, RSS is the acronym for Rich Site Summary, also known as Really Simple Syndication. It essentially is a way for sites to publish their content in a way that they can be gathered for use by your computer or a software application. The program, known as an RSS aggregator or RSS reader, lets you view the headlines and click through to get the complete story if you wish to know more.Using RSS enables you to keep up with many different sites and interests that you may have without having to visit the sites multiple times. It is a way to manage the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet.What Are RSS feeds?RSS feeds are basically a subscription to the content that a particular website publishes. It is a way of keeping up with news and updates published on that site without the need to constantly visit the site. Through the use of one of the RSS reader applications listed above, or any other of your choosing, you can view the RSS feeds from all of the sites that publish theirs.RSS feeds tremendously expand the scope of information that you can realistically follow and increase the utility of the combined resources of the Internet. They help you wade through news stories and articles that may interest you without having to spend time searching them out.Why Use an RSS Reader?Here’s an example of how an RSS reader can help you deal with information overload and still keep up with events that really matter to you. It will also save you a lot of time and extra typing.As an average citizen of an average city, there are a number of websites that you visit daily to keep up with your interests and the sporting and cultural events in your city. 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