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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

neshura wrote:

> If you want to collect and browse an assortment of RSS feeds, there
> are a bazillion ways to do so. Some people swear by bloglines.com.
> Personally I don't like bloglines because 99% of blogs are all tilth
> and no nutrient -- I prefer a mix of news and mini-web-apps. Try out

Content-oriented web resources, well organized and maintained is what I 
prefer.
I have spent my time over the years trying to develop my web resources along 
those lines.
Began with email and news archives (saved files as text documents), ftp, 
gopher
then http. Now Web 2.0 if I can make the transition.

Thanks a million for this excellent introduction and tutorial.

> www.google.com/ig -- their personalized home page actually is a great
> way to get started viewing RSS feeds. Here are the steps to setting up
> a simple RSS viewer using google.

I have just surfed there and am looking at it. Will probably have to wait until tonight to install and configure it. I 
had thought that you needed to download and install "RSS reader" software, as for news and email. I'll get this running
and stick with Google. I set up Google maps last night. Looks like you have to subscribe to services for hi-res map 
display, i.e. show the driveway to my farm.

> Or try Sage, http://sage.mozdev.org/, for an alternative reader.

I'll look at Sage also.

> Compare and contrast. I think any number of the big portal sites will
> give you similar options to google for setting up RSS feeds, in
> MyYahoo and whatnot.
>
> And yes -- totally fascinated by terraforming :-)
>
> Finally, a web site that will knock your finest organic wool socks
> off: http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub/

Amazing! Years ago before the Internet and Web and http were readily 
available to the public I and a group of
programmers, BBS'ers (me), IT professionals and other interested parties 
started a non profit corp called
PIN (Public Information Network) which was to become a computer-based online 
(dialup via public kiosks and city hall
access points) interactive regional information repository, the Electronic Town Hall concept and similar to the 
Cleveland Freenet model. It later became RTPNet.org and provides hosting for local small public-oriented organizations.
In: http://www.emilychang.com/go/ehub
Jan 18, 06
Cluckoo - Website which helps people in a neighborhood interact - sharing information, expertise and knowledge as well 
as discussing day to day events and developments.
http://www.cluckoo.com/
... was one the more important features we hoped to provide to communities as we addressed the need for access to local 
info by lower income folks.

> I've spent hours and hours browsing through the latest in web apps,
> and have a login on 80% of these applications, which vary from odd to

Keyword: "login" to those apps. Now I understand what they are talking about
regarding the way the Web is changing, your app (and maybe os eventually) software isn't on your computer, its on the 
Web and you login to your account in each one thus freeing you to concentrate on being interactive, networking and 
content building or development if you're a programmer or web developer. Looks like its already here.

> good to transcendentally magnificent.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -nesh

Incredibly interesting and useful. Thanks again.

Lawrence