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Open Source Aggregators

27 Feb

image I have in the past mentioned that RSSBandit was a fantastic news aggregator for every day use, the only downside with the software is that it was a little slow and software updates are far and in-between. I have recently found another news aggregator that i think is fantastic and certainly does the job well. Its called RSSowl and its simply fantastic. Its regularly updated and the news receiver is fast. There are lots of plug-ins available and i would say that if anyone out there is looking for a good RSS/news Reader – then perhaps give this a try :)

http://www.rssowl.org/

 

Aggregators reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates, creating a unique information space or "personal newspaper". Once subscribed to a feed, an aggregator is able to check for new content at user-determined intervals and retrieve the update. The content is sometimes described as being "pulled" to the subscriber, as opposed to "pushed" with email or IM. Unlike recipients of some "pushed" information, the aggregator user can easily unsubscribe from a feed.

Snippet from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator

 
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Giving up for the first time…..

25 Feb

Well, I have decided to give up smoking. I thought it would be a great opportunity to get my lungs back to health and give me a second chance at this so called life. I haven’t actually been smoking for very long, in fact its only been 3 years now – and although its only a short time, i am already feeling the effects of cigarette smoke and i know if i continue i will start having serious problems. I have been smoking up to 30 a day at the peak of smoking and i know that is not a good thing to do.

I have a very good friend who i asked to tell me to stop smoking, i know its a cliché in a way that my family should ask me to stop and i should – but my friend is the only one i know i would listen to and i have decided that her ordering me to stop was the best way to stop.

Its literally been one week since i stopped and its only the last two days that i have been having bad cravings, but i am not giving up – i am determined to be completely cigarette free by this time next month – but its a little hard i do admit.

 
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