Currently reading:
Much Fall of Blood: Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint
Recently read:
Wise Man's Fear: Patrick Rothfuss
Cryoburn: Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles in Love: Lois McMaster Bujold
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Comics
A Softer World | http://www.rsspect.com/rss/asw.xml | http://www.asofterworld.com
Chart Porn | http://chartporn.org/feed/ | http://chartporn.org
Dr. McNinja | http://www.rauros.net/drmcnrss2.php | http://drmcninja.com
Dresden Codak | http://feeds2.feedburner.com/rsspect/fJur | http://dresdencodak.com
ErfWorld | http://www.erfworld.com/feed/ | http://www.erfworld.com
Errant Story | http://www.errantstory.com/feed | http://www.errantstory.com
FoxTrot | http://feeds.feedburner.com/Foxtrotcom | http://www.foxtrot.com
Girl Genius | http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain.rss | http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
Goats | http://goats.com/index.xml | http://www.goats.com/
Gunnerkrigg Court | http://feed43.com/4503041127548424.xml | http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php
Indexed | http://indexed.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default | http://thisisindexed.com
Order of the Stick | http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.rss | http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html
Penny Arcade | http://feeds.penny-arcade.com/pa-mainsite | http://www.penny-arcade.com/
PS238 | http://feed43.com/ps238-link-only.xml | http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php
PvPonline | http://www.pvponline.com/rss/?section=article | http://www.pvponline.com
Ratfist | http://ratfist.com/feed/ | http://ratfist.com
Sluggy Freelance | http://feeds.feedburner.com/sluggy_freelance | http://www.sluggy.com
Wapsi Square | http://wapsisquare.com/feed/ | http://wapsisquare.com
xkcd | http://xkcd.com/rss.xml | http://xkcd.com/
Development
Paul Graham essays | http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss | http://www.paulgraham.com/
Woodgears.ca | http://woodgears.ca/rss.xml | http://woodgears.ca/
Misc
Ask Metafilter, Recent best answers | http://feed43.com/2602451534003772.xml | http://ask.metafilter.com/bestanswers.cfm
Last Psychiatrist | http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/index.xml | http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/
lesswrong | http://lesswrong.com/.rss | http://lesswrong.com/
Lifehacker: Top | http://lifehacker.com/tag/top/index.xml | http://lifehacker.com/tag/top
Mostly Maths | http://www.mostlymaths.net/feeds/posts/default | http://www.mostlymaths.net/
OkTrends | http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/feed/ | http://blog.okcupid.com
Poetic Home | http://feeds.feedburner.com/PoeticHomephLivingInVintagePoetry | http://www.poetichome.com
Steampunk Home | http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSteampunkHome | http://thesteampunkhome.blogspot.com/
Steampunk Workshop | http://steampunkworkshop.com/steam.xml | http://steampunkworkshop.com
Money + Business
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks | http://feeds2.feedburner.com/blogspot/smartbear | http://blog.asmartbear.com
I Will Teach You To Be Rich | http://feeds2.feedburner.com/IWillTeachYouToBeRich | http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com
Len Penzo dot Com | http://feeds.feedburner.com/LenPenzo | http://lenpenzo.com/blog
MicroISV on a Shoestring | http://www.kalzumeus.com/feed/ | http://www.kalzumeus.com
Millionaire Mommy Next Door | http://feeds.feedburner.com/MillionaireMommyNextDoor | http://millionairemommynextdoor.com
Simple Dollar | http://feeds.feedburner.com/thesimpledollar | http://www.thesimpledollar.com
Steve Blank | http://steveblank.com/feed/ | http://steveblank.com
Unicornfree | http://feeds.feedburner.com/unicornfree | http://unicornfree.com
Opinion
Cool Tools | http://www.kk.org/cooltools/index.xml | http://www.kk.org/cooltools/
Joel on Software | http://www.joelonsoftware.com/rss.xml | http://www.joelonsoftware.com
PawPrint.net | http://www.pawprint.net/news/rss/news.xml | http://www.pawprint.net
Schneier on Security | http://www.schneier.com/blog/atom.xml | http://www.schneier.com/blog/
Slight Paranoia (Chris Soghoian) | http://paranoia.dubfire.net/rss.xml | http://paranoia.dubfire.net/
Parenting:
Game Theorist | http://gametheorist.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default | http://gametheorist.blogspot.com/
Parent Hacks | http://feeds.feedburner.com/parenthacks | http://www.parenthacks.com/
Thingamababy | http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/atom.xml | http://www.thingamababy.com
People
AnnaTheRed's Bento Factory | http://feeds.feedburner.com/AnnaTheRedsBentoFactory | http://www.annathered.com
Derek Sivers | http://sivers.org/en.atom | http://sivers.org/
dive into mark | http://feeds2.feedburner.com/diveintomark/all | http://diveintomark.org/
Jonathan Coulton | http://feeds.feedburner.com/jonathancoulton | http://www.jonathancoulton.com
Patrick Rothfuss - Blog | http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/feed/ | http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com
Telstar Logistics | http://feeds.feedburner.com/TelstarLogistics | http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/
This Tiny House | http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisTinyHouse | http://thistinyhouse.com
WIL WHEATON dot NET: in exile | http://feeds.feedburner.com/wwdn | http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/
xkcd | http://blag.xkcd.com/feed/ | http://blog.xkcd.com
Personal Development
Ask The Headhunter | http://corcodilos.com/blog/feed/atom/ | http://corcodilos.com/blog
Cooking For Engineers | http://www.cookingforengineers.com/atom.xml | http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
Lazy Way to Success | http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/index.rdf | http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/
Study Hacks | http://feeds.feedburner.com/StudyHacks | http://calnewport.com/blog
Unclutterer | http://feedproxy.google.com/unclutterer | http://unclutterer.com
Zen Habits | http://zenhabits.net/feed/ | http://zenhabits.net
Video, music
Armin van Buuren's Youtube feed | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=arminvanbuuren | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=arminvanbuuren
Ronald Jenkees' YouTube feed | http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/ronaldjenkees/videos.rss | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ronaldjenkees
Sungha Jung's YouTube feed | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=jwcfree | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=jwcfree
Tiesto's Youtube feed | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=officialtiesto | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=officialtiesto
Weird Al's YouTube feed | http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/alyankovic/videos.rss | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=alyankovic
Video, spoken
Eric Stromer's DIY | http://home.aol.com/rss/home_feed_eric-stromer.rss | http://home.aol.com/rss/home_feed_eric-stromer.rss
Google Developers | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=GoogleDevelopers | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=GoogleDevelopers
Google Tech Talks | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=googletechtalks | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=googletechtalks
Happy Tree Friends | http://podcast.happytreefriends.com/htfrss.xml | http://podcast.happytreefriends.com
RSA | http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/theRSAorg/uploads?orderby=updated&alt=rss&v=2&client=ytapi-youtube-rss-redirect | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=theRSAorg
TED talks on Youtube | http://www.youtube.com/ut_rss?type=username&arg=TEDtalksDirector | http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=TEDtalksDirectorAsk HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
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Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#142Books. Books have a relevance that's hard to match with blog posts, newspapers and magazines. Books from 200 to 2000 years ago still have a lot of relevance. (Human nature hasn't changed much). So instead of reading about the latest privacy invasion from Facebook or the latest startup that no one will know about in 2 years, try a book. I'm trying this myself. Spending less time on hacker news, and more time with good…
I've been using Goodreads to log 'interesting' books that I come across online, and getting from the library&amazon when I need more. They do get more in depth, and force you to focus a bit more - no mail or tweets popping up in the middle of a chapter!
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#143Steve Sailer: thought criminal and smartest pundit you've never heard of. http://isteve.blogspot.com La Griffe Du Lion: rarely posts but highly interesting. http://lagriffedulion.f2s.com
Steve Sailer needs to do a lot more reading. His opinion:fact ratio is much too high. (I think his blog is actually a banned site here on HN.) Here are my reading suggestions for him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WeijiBaikeBianji/Anthropol...
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WeijiBaikeBianji/Intellige...
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#144Currently reading: Much Fall of Blood: Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint Recently read: Wise Man's Fear: Patrick Rothfuss Cryoburn: Lois McMaster Bujold Miles in Love: Lois McMaster Bujold RSS, highlights Comics A Softer World | http://www.rsspect.com/rss/asw.xml | http://www.asofterworld.com Chart Porn | http://chartporn.org/feed/ | http://chartporn.org Dr. McNinja | http://www.rauros.net/drmcnrss2.php | http://drmcninja.…
So, your day job is "reading RSS feeds"?
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
And go for the ones with real pages on real paper. The ones you can lend to your friends after having read them. The ones that your parents have read, kept and that you took in their bookshelf when you were a kid. The ones that your friends gave back to you and that will wait in your bookshelf for your children to take and read. The ones their friends will borrow and that will probably giggle a bit, because they will…
To be frank - your comment is just an appeal to nostalgia, not practicality. It comes off in the same way as when some people try to tell you that buying MP3s on the net is wrong and that buying physical CDs are the only right way to do it. Ebooks have huge advantages compared to physical books. They're availble everywhere (no need for long errands/waiting just to find the book you seek), much cheaper, searchable and…
Don't forget about the lack of a secondhand market for ebooks. That's a big disadvantage.
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#146Books: The Bible, Kundera, Bolano, Borges, Sebald, Robert Caro, Naipaul, Milosz, Blake
Web: Exiledonline, Matt Taibbi, Borderland Beat, NYRB
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#147Currently reading: Much Fall of Blood: Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint Recently read: Wise Man's Fear: Patrick Rothfuss Cryoburn: Lois McMaster Bujold Miles in Love: Lois McMaster Bujold RSS, highlights Comics A Softer World | http://www.rsspect.com/rss/asw.xml | http://www.asofterworld.com Chart Porn | http://chartporn.org/feed/ | http://chartporn.org Dr. McNinja | http://www.rauros.net/drmcnrss2.php | http://drmcninja.…
So, your day job is "reading RSS feeds"?
The only high volume ones are AskMetafilter and thesimpledollar. Right now I just skim the headlines/summaries and only look at the most interesting ones. I'm seriously considering dropping them though.
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#148Quora is a great website to read. I participate a lot on it too, depending on whether I have project deadlines or finals coming up. I also impulsively refresh Google News sometimes...
Is any specific subject you follow in Quora ?
Yup, here are my topics: http://www.quora.com/Jinghao-Yan/topics
There are 71 of them at the moment, and some of them are overlapping
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#149Anything Neal Asher writes "Gridlinked", "The Skinner", "Line War"
Re: Ask HN: Apart from Hacker News, what else you read?
#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
And go for the ones with real pages on real paper. The ones you can lend to your friends after having read them. The ones that your parents have read, kept and that you took in their bookshelf when you were a kid. The ones that your friends gave back to you and that will wait in your bookshelf for your children to take and read. The ones their friends will borrow and that will probably giggle a bit, because they will…
To be frank - your comment is just an appeal to nostalgia, not practicality. It comes off in the same way as when some people try to tell you that buying MP3s on the net is wrong and that buying physical CDs are the only right way to do it. Ebooks have huge advantages compared to physical books. They're availble everywhere (no need for long errands/waiting just to find the book you seek), much cheaper, searchable and…
To add to that
- Ecological advantages. Am I crazy or does it seem many pro-environment types are pro-dead-tree? Nostalgia is a factor, but I think vinyl vs. mp3 would be a better analogy in that the proponents can point to certain experiential benefits (tactile, smell of an old book etc).
- Ergonomically more practical in most cases. Weight, page flipping, etc. Downside is eye strain in low light, but the current kindle is not too far off from reading a printed page.