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Google Reader Making Me Cry

07.Sep.07 | 6 Comments

Is it just me? Does anyone else twitch everytime the new Google Reader “Loading” animated icon shows up?
I find it intensely jarring. It literally is driving me nuts.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still using GReader. But geeze, that thing is like a steel rod to the eyeball every time I see it.

Google Reader Has Search!

06.Sep.07 | 4 Comments

Did anyone else just hear that angelic chorus shout? Finally, Google Reader adds a search box!

Isn’t it lovely?
What else do you notice in that picture? Yep, unread count now goes to 1000+ so you can really know how far behind you are.

The Key to (PayPal) Security

31.Jul.07 | 11 Comments

Exactly nine days after I ordered it, I’m pleased to say that I received my PayPal Security Key today. I was about to take a picture of it, then I realized it looks exactly like the picture of it…
Go figure.
I hadn’t realized that this can be used for both my PayPal and eBay accounts. Makes [...]

Feed Reading and Perspective

25.Jun.07 | 1 Comment

Oh goodness, “Google Reader Suffers Down Time” and panic ensues! Seriously, the article is from TechCrunch, was posted at 2am and bemoans the fact that Google Reader isn’t updating feeds. Even worse, the outage last several hours.
Read the comments — folks are honestly freaking out. Good grief people, get a grip [...]

Acrobat Reader - With RSS?!?

19.Jun.07 | 2 Comments

Ok seriously, I realize this is old news, but just today I noticed that one of the reasons Adobe suggests I should upgrade to Acrobat Reader 8 is:
[...] a simple RSS reader.
Huh?
This even made it to Lifehacker last December (wow, I must’ve been under a rock). How seriously weird. It wasn’t slow enough [...]

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