Comments on: Farewell, noble plumber http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Coderer http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4217 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:00:53 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4217 My favorite thing about Reader is that you get desktop app niceties (like keyboard shortcuts) in a web app, which means that opening links acts like opening a link on a web page (good) vice opening a link from a desktop app (less good). My favorite thing about Reader is that you get desktop app niceties (like keyboard shortcuts) in a web app, which means that opening links acts like opening a link on a web page (good) vice opening a link from a desktop app (less good).

]]> by: frasera http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4207 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:07:03 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4207 i use google reader as well. stupid gawker sites put out way too many posts though. i use google reader as well.

stupid gawker sites put out way too many posts though.

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4206 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:04:49 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4206 Heh, plumbers. I like how they made him look like Mario. For an extra touch of teh lame they should have also added one of those animated gifs of a stick figure digging a hole, with the caption "under construction". I know for certain that I always associate writing html as hard physical labour! Actually digging makes sense - you have to dig through mountains of shite on teh intarwebs to find the useful nuggets. Heh, plumbers.

I like how they made him look like Mario. For an extra touch of teh lame they should have also added one of those animated gifs of a stick figure digging a hole, with the caption "under construction". I know for certain that I always associate writing html as hard physical labour!

Actually digging makes sense - you have to dig through mountains of shite on teh intarwebs to find the useful nuggets.

]]> by: cb http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4205 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:24:01 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4205 I've been using <a href="https://www.google.com/reader/m/view/" rel="nofollow">google reader mobile</a> for quite a while now. After tiring from stupid CSS tricks that kept breaking, I just switched to that. For my browsing habits -- open a ton of tabs and work through them, sifting as I go -- and my slow computer, it's a lot faster than the scripted interface. There's also an <a href="https://www.google.com/reader/i/" rel="nofollow">"iphone" reader interface</a>, which is like a compromise between regular and "mobile," but which I personally don't find any more useful than either. I've been using google reader mobile for quite a while now. After tiring from stupid CSS tricks that kept breaking, I just switched to that. For my browsing habits -- open a ton of tabs and work through them, sifting as I go -- and my slow computer, it's a lot faster than the scripted interface.

There's also an "iphone" reader interface, which is like a compromise between regular and "mobile," but which I personally don't find any more useful than either.

]]> by: Chazzozz http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4204 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:08:44 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4204 Have you thought of installing Opera instead? It's got integrated RSS built right into the UI, with full search and archive facilities. Besides, it's a better broser anyway. ;-) Have you thought of installing Opera instead? It's got integrated RSS built right into the UI, with full search and archive facilities. Besides, it's a better broser anyway. ;-)

]]> by: yasth http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4203 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:44:42 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4203 I too have been vexed by the stupidity of bloglines lately. The problem I have with google reader is that it is so very much slower than bloglines, With google reader and the exact same set of feeds it takes much longer to plow through them as it doesn't allow quick endless page downing. This could of course just be me, but a few other people have noticed the same thing. All the fancy place remembering item-textualness of google reader adds slivers of time and it really does add up. I too have been vexed by the stupidity of bloglines lately. The problem I have with google reader is that it is so very much slower than bloglines, With google reader and the exact same set of feeds it takes much longer to plow through them as it doesn't allow quick endless page downing. This could of course just be me, but a few other people have noticed the same thing. All the fancy place remembering item-textualness of google reader adds slivers of time and it really does add up.

]]> by: BMK Media http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4201 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:07:53 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4201 I like the description of IAC.com's property RushmoreDrive.com...it's not condescending at ALL: "RushmoreDrive.com is the place for the Black community to discover more." I like the description of IAC.com's property RushmoreDrive.com...it's not condescending at ALL:

"RushmoreDrive.com is the place for the Black community to discover more."

]]> by: evilspoons http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4200 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:13:34 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/01/farewell-noble-plumber/#comment-4200 I've been using Google Reader for ages, through several major versions. I quite like it, especially since you can install Google Gears and then download 1000 items (minus pictures) for offline viewing. I've been using Google Reader for ages, through several major versions. I quite like it, especially since you can install Google Gears and then download 1000 items (minus pictures) for offline viewing.

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