Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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        "text": "This week's CSA"
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        "text": "the cats think this is the best game"
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        "text": "wired up the water meters today! Unfortunately I can't actually test them because there's no power in the water room yet."
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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        "text": "got a sneak peek of the first edit of my video tonight"
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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        "text": "and now it's my turn in front of the camera!"
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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "Listened to \u201cAir-Borne\u201d with Carl Zimmer on 99% Invisible. It was a great introduction to our growing understanding of airborne viruses and the importance of cleaning the air, much like we clean the water.",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com

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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "Watched a great Defcon talk by Micah Lee: \u201cWe are currently clean on OPSEC\u201d: The Signalgate Saga\n\nI knew it was bad but hadn\u2019t followed it much after the initial news cycle. It was even worse than I thought.",
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

So tired

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        "text": "I\u2019ve changed my Lyrica dosing schedule to take it all in the evening, which has helped a little with my fatigue but I\u2019m still just so very tired throughout the day and can barely get anything done.\n\nI\u2019m also still in a lot of pain and can barely get anything done because of that, too. I feel like what few responsibilities I have these days are falling by the wayside and I feel awful about it.\n\nIn particular, I have a few pieces of music I need to get done soon and I want to get done but I just can\u2019t work up the energy to do so. Plus I still want to finish the basement reorganization project and that just feels Bad right now.\n\nThis weekend was also pretty draining, from Song Fight! Live (which went well but which I have some Thoughts about which aren\u2019t suitable for sharing in public), and then yesterday my ADHD support group had a somewhat-impromptu meeting at Cal Anderson which was a bit of a nightmare to get to and not worth the energy expenditure given how few people actually came.\n\nI\u2019m just so tired of being tired.",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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        "text": "Hey, I can\u2019t be a terrifying symbol of doom, darkness, and despair 365 days a year, you know?",
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Marty McGuire martymcgui.re

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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "This cracked me up: comicss.art/comics/190/ \ud83e\udd23\n\nh/t Joe Crawford",
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gRegor Morrill gregorlove.com

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        "text": "I updated my site to use the Libravatar CDN for avatars. If one isn't found, it will still fallback to Gravatar, so it should be seamless for commenters. I also updated the default icon to identicons, so people without avatars will get a nifty geometric image instead of the anonymous silhouette.\n\nMy privacy policy is updated with this information too.",
        "html": "<p>I updated my site to use the <a href=\"https://libravatar.org/\">Libravatar</a> CDN for avatars. If one isn't found, it will still fallback to <a href=\"https://gravatar.com/\">Gravatar</a>, so it should be seamless for commenters. I also updated the default icon to <a href=\"http://scott.sherrillmix.com/blog/blogger/wp_identicon/\">identicons</a>, so people without avatars will get a nifty geometric image instead of the anonymous silhouette.</p>\n\n<p>My <a href=\"https://gregorlove.com/privacy/\">privacy policy</a> is updated with this information too.</p>"
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fluffy beesbuzz.biz

Crowd Cow: experiment end

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RSS and how I use it

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2025-08-10T06:46:49-07:00",
    "url": "https://nadreck.me/2025/08/rss-and-how-i-use-it/",
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        "text": "Based on some conversations after my last post, there was some curiosity about how I personally end up using RSS and what seems to work for me.\n\n\n\nStart with an RSS reader that feels good to you. It\u2019s not one size fits all, you may want a different experience than me. A lot of them are free (and most of the rest at least have a free trial) so there\u2019s no harm in trying a few out. I\u2019ve been using Vienna (which just celebrated 20 years of development).\n\n\n\nThen start figuring out which sites or content you want coming your way. You can start with blogs you already read, and can see if any of the newsletters you\u2019re part of might feel better as a feed. Then let it accumulate and keep adding as you bump into stuff around the internet.\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s better to let your subscribed feeds build up naturally than it is to dive right into a firehose. Personally I don\u2019t like leaving things unread, so I try to find a sweet spot where if I\u2019m reading daily, it feels manageable in a reasonable amount of time.\n\n\n\nWhile things come in chronologically, you don\u2019t have to read them chronologically. There are some days where I\u2019m just not in the mood for a longer, deeper post. It\u2019s okay to punt and read those later.\n\n\n\nMost people aren\u2019t particularly prolific, so it\u2019s generally fine to have more feeds than you\u2019d otherwise expect.\n\n\n\nThat said, some folks ARE high volume. Like, Wil Wheaton posts regularly on his Tumblr. But they tend to be quick pithy things or sharing a quick picture or meme, so it\u2019s like a quick palate cleanse to quickly scan through them. But when I got busy and didn\u2019t read my feeds for a week, and I came back to 197 unread posts, I didn\u2019t feel bad about just marking the entire feed as read. If I really want, I can always go back and read them later.\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s your own personal feed collection. Don\u2019t feel obligated to keep subscribed if you\u2019re not enjoying the content. Especially if they tend to be high frequency, long content. If there\u2019s not a compelling reason (the writing is exceptional, I know them personally and want to keep up with them, the topics they cover are interesting enough that it\u2019s worth the slog), I just unsubscribe. I tend to keep the feed around, just disabled, in case I want to revisit it later.\n\n\n\nFind a consistent time to go through your feeds. Some folks are morning readers. I tend to go through my feeds after work as sort of a wind-down. The point is to find a routine that works for you, as RSS works best (in my opinion) when it\u2019s built into your day rather than an occasional afterthought. (Looping back to Molly\u2019s newspaper metaphor, a newspaper works best when read daily, rather than letting a week or two build up to slog through all at once.)\nOf course, your mileage may vary. RSS is a protocol and a tool, not a methodology or system \u2013 find what works best for you. Hope that helps!",
        "html": "<p>Based on some conversations after my last post, there was some curiosity about how I personally end up using RSS and what seems to work for me.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Start with an RSS reader that feels good to you. It\u2019s not one size fits all, you may want a different experience than me. A lot of them are free (and most of the rest at least have a free trial) so there\u2019s no harm in trying a few out. I\u2019ve been using <a href=\"https://www.vienna-rss.com\">Vienna</a> (which just celebrated <a href=\"https://www.vienna-rss.com/blog/news/2025/07/07/Celebrating-20-years-of-ViennaRSS.html\">20 years of development</a>).</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then start figuring out which sites or content you want coming your way. You can start with blogs you already read, and can see if any of the newsletters you\u2019re part of might feel better as a feed. Then let it accumulate and keep adding as you bump into stuff around the internet.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s better to let your subscribed feeds build up naturally than it is to dive right into a firehose. Personally I don\u2019t like leaving things unread, so I try to find a sweet spot where if I\u2019m reading daily, it feels manageable in a reasonable amount of time.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>While things come in chronologically, you don\u2019t have to <em>read</em> them chronologically. There are some days where I\u2019m just not in the mood for a longer, deeper post. It\u2019s okay to punt and read those later.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most people aren\u2019t particularly prolific, so it\u2019s generally fine to have more feeds than you\u2019d otherwise expect.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>That said, some folks ARE high volume. Like, Wil Wheaton posts regularly on <a href=\"https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com\">his Tumblr</a>. But they tend to be quick pithy things or sharing a quick picture or meme, so it\u2019s like a quick palate cleanse to quickly scan through them. But when I got busy and didn\u2019t read my feeds for a week, and I came back to 197 unread posts, I didn\u2019t feel bad about just marking the entire feed as read. If I really want, I can always go back and read them later.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s your own personal feed collection. Don\u2019t feel obligated to keep subscribed if you\u2019re not enjoying the content. Especially if they tend to be high frequency, long content. If there\u2019s not a compelling reason (the writing is exceptional, I know them personally and want to keep up with them, the topics they cover are interesting enough that it\u2019s worth the slog), I just unsubscribe. I tend to keep the feed around, just disabled, in case I want to revisit it later.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find a consistent time to go through your feeds. Some folks are morning readers. I tend to go through my feeds after work as sort of a wind-down. The point is to find a routine that works for you, as RSS works best (in my opinion) when it\u2019s built into your day rather than an occasional afterthought. (Looping back to <a href=\"https://www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-rss/\">Molly\u2019s newspaper metaphor</a>, a newspaper works best when read daily, rather than letting a week or two build up to slog through all at once.)</li>\n</ul><p>Of course, your mileage may vary. RSS is a protocol and a tool, not a methodology or system \u2013 find what works best for you. Hope that helps!</p>"
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