I'm finding rss feeds a strangely addictive way to streamline my daily browse. I realize that I'm about two years behind the curve on this. Ironically, one of the pieces of early code I wrote for Campus Connection was the RSS grabber. That was about two years ago. No idea why I didn't take it up as part of my personal info management habits.
As for readers, in linux I'm currently experimenting with straw. In windows I'm using SharpReader. Both work quite similarly and very well. I have one minor complaint about straw that I may submit a patch for (the feed description resizes the feed selector widget based on the text length). For users of ++crux linux: I have added straw to my ++ports (++httpup).
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++joel has some comments on changes he'd like to see made to the web standards to make web application development easier and more robust.
I have some reservations about the current over-use of web applications, personally. The idea that all of the core pieces of the applications I run are going to reside elsewhere is one of the foremost... and I'm not a privacy zealot. What troubles me more is that I'm going to be, at last, truly dependent on having a permanent internet connection. My final poorly conceived protest is this: Why not develop something designed specifically for lightweight apps rather than overloading an already tortured protocol?
I have the strange feeling that I've talked about all this before.
I suppose one reason that people so like to use DHTML for application development is that it's more accessible. Personally I'm not so sure. I am a programmer, albeit a mediocre one at best, and I find javascript to be terribly frustrating. In truth, that's not necessarily due to flaws in the language itself (I'm certainly not qualified to make that judgement) but stems more from browser incompatibilities.
I don't know.
The diet update for the last two days:
Saturday
| Calories | Item |
|---|---|
| 150 | Oatmeal - .5c when dry |
| 150 | 13 sour gummi worms (cornerstone of nutritious breakfasts) |
| 230 | Hershey's bar w/almonds. (I'm on a roll, here!) |
| 90 | Whole wheat bread - 1 slice |
| 90 | Green salad w/italian |
| 170 | Chips - 1oz, Salsa - 4tbsp |
| 81 | Apple (sooo good) |
| 140 | Doritos - 1oz |
| 170 | Peanuts - 1oz (anyone else think I snack too much?) |
| 600? | Szechuan Chicken (no idea if I'm close on cals) |
| 400? | Fried Rice |
| 600? | Lotus Wan-ton - 2 |
| 400? | 2 Beers |
Wow! That was ugly. On to sunday. Not much better, sadly.
| Calories | Item |
|---|---|
| 85 | Black Beans - .5c (breakfast!) |
| 7 | Plain yogurt - 1.5tsp |
| 105 | A Banana |
| 85 | Black Beans - .5c (I didn't have anything on hand for lunch) |
| 118 | Quinoa - .5c |
| 70 | Can of green beans |
| 280 | 2 eggs cooked |
| 185 | 16 sour gummi worms (the last of the bag, sadly) |
| 170 | Chips and salsa (see above for portions) |
| 170 | Peanuts - 1oz |
| 800? | .5 zio's spicy chicken alfredo (dear god! cals est. on ingredients. Probably low.) |
| 170 | Peanuts - 1oz (think I got my fats today :P) |
My diet is scary... and this is the best it's ever been! Frankly, I'm finding keeping track of my diet a little depressing. I really don't care about losing weight. I do, however, want to be healthy.