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RSS readers: guilty pleasures
Now that we know what RSS newsreader you like, loathe, and can't live without, inquiring minds want to know what you like to read with your favorite reader. Tell us your "guilty pleasure" feed; the one you would feel embarrassed to reveal. Is it the celebrity gossip site, the one hundred and one most popular mustard flavors, or the latest in automobile bra fashion? Please keep it clean, as this blog is read by younger readers as well (my kid brother included). Tell us what your guilty pleasure is, and remember that we are doing this to get in touch which that chronic downloader in all of us. Don't worry, we won't tell - you can trust us here at Download Squad. This is the part of Downloaders Anonymous where you can tell us what's on your feed list and get it off your chest. We're listening, so spill the beans! What color does RSS turn when it is embarrassed? Bright orange perhaps?
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Jonathan Harford said 10:31AM on 7-24-2006
Boing Boing
Achewood
Boy On A Stick And Slither
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens
Dinosaur Comics
Spamusement
The Perry Bible Fellowship
The Strippy Tickle
toothpaste for dinner
Consumerist
Cute Overload
Freakonomics Blog
Cruel.Com
Found Magazine: Find of the Week (or sometimes more often!)
Girls Are Pretty
Overheard in New York
Overheard in the Office
Screenhead
Slow Wave
Lifehacker
Copy, Right?
music (for robots)
There Is No “t” In My Surname.
Preshrunk
Download Squad
Slashfood
Sploid
What's that, you say? Why not post the RSS (or at least the HTML) links to each of these? 'Cause yer dang blog only lets me paste three! Have fun googling! P.S. I use Newsgator.
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Nogg3r5 said 10:36AM on 7-24-2006
Digg's celebrity articles :-S
ALthough i would never admit to it in public
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Ryan Carter said 10:37AM on 7-24-2006
Wow, that's a decent list. DownloadSquad is a guilty pleasure? We're all flattered!
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dabombdgd said 11:00AM on 7-24-2006
Digg
Dilbert
Engadget
Engadget Mobile
Girls are Pretty
Goblins
IT Security
LifeHacker
Networking how-tos
Rotten Tomatoes
Slashdot
Techblog
TechCrunch
TechEBlog
Two Lumps
TwoLumps
UrbanEola
XBOX 360 from 1UP
XBOX 360 from IGN
XBOX Live's Major Nelson
I use Google's Rss Reader.
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rothgar said 11:59AM on 7-24-2006
Mine are all separated into nice folders
----CELL PHONES----
CNET daily PPC downloads
Engadget Mobile
Uber Phones
The Wireless report
Windows Mobile Team Blog
----HOW TO----
Download squad
Bunnie's blog
Hack a day
Invent geek
---OTHER----
digg
Auto blog
Boing boing
Damn Interesting
----Programming----
CSS Insider
Flash Insider
Open Source Blog
RSS Blog (RIP)
So Sue Me
----STATUS----
DreamHost Status
0wn th3 1n73r.net (my site 1n73r.net)
----TECHNOLOGY----
Engadget
Anandtech
bit-tech.net
DailyTech
Ubergizmo
Gizmodo
HD Beat
The Office Weblog
PVR Wire
PVRBlog
Slashdot
TUAW (unofficial Apple blog)
----VIDEO GAMES----
Joystiq
psp fanboy
ps3 fanboy
xbox 360 fanboy
xbox-scene
If you couldn't tell I have a lot of blogsmith blogs. I have been using bloglines for my reading but am looking into newsalloy. maybe even greatnews.
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Kate said 9:56PM on 7-24-2006
Latest Deaths from Dead People Server. It tells you who has died recently (they have to be at least semi-famous). Morbid but informative.
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Bud Landry said 1:47PM on 7-25-2006
Hint to every other poster... Do you know what the phrase 'guilty pleasure' means? Or are you truly ashamed of every blog you regularly read?
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