Filed under: Web services
AlmondRocks: Minimalist web RSS reader
Looking for a lightweight web-based
feed reader? AlmondRocks would seem to be right up your alley. It's a simple
two-pane feed reader which is most aptly described with either of two adjectives: "simple" and
"fast." AlmondRocks eschews BlogLines' frames and goes for an AJAXy interface which is a pleasure to use. If
you want to give it a try it's got a cool "guest" mode where you can play with all the features and if you
like it, create an account on the spot which will save all of your settings from your test-drive. My only two
criticisms are that it shows posts in chronological rather than reverse-chronological order, and when viewing a feed
for the first time (i.e. when there are a lot of unread entries), it can take awhile to load.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
