[Cialug] Daily reading?

Wed Feb 16 15:03:14 CST 2011

I also use Google Reader instead of plain Google Search to search for things
frequently. It's like search curated by me.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Josh More
<MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:

>  Two sites that were not in my bundles that are worth crafting RSS feeds
> for:
>
> 1) http://opencrs.com/
>
> This site lists the reports that our congresspeople are given about the
> issues that they are voting on.  It is surprisingly balanced... but often
> incomplete.  It's also interesting to see what congress is supposed to read
> and based on their own comments clearly is not.
>
>
> 2) http://www.eurekalert.org/
>
> Pick your topics and get feeds of current papers being published in
> numerous scientific disciplines.  It's the next best thing to forking over
> the money to actually subscribe to all the journals.  If you see something
> interesting and WANT to read the long journal article, you can likely find
> it via the online journals at the State Library of Iowa.  Cards and access
> is free.  If you don't have a state library card, you're an
> idiot^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H not taking full advantage of your information
> resources.  State library is at:  http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/
>
>     Josh More | Senior Security Consultant - CISSP, GIAC-GSLC Gold,
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> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of
> Mathew Phillips [mathewrphillips at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 14:14
>
> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Cialug] Daily reading?
>
>   I love rss feed readers. Way easier than trying to navigate and read 20
> different sites every day. P.S. to Josh. Do you know how to make google
> reader only show the titles when you browse a feed like the mobile site
> does? I find myself scrolling way too much when I have entries in the feed
> that I don't want to read.
>
>  Here's my google reader bundle for tech stuff
>
> http://www.google.com/reader/public/subscriptions/user/07693707818662822484/bundle/Tech
>
>
> <http://www.google.com/reader/public/subscriptions/user/07693707818662822484/bundle/Tech>I
> also like thedailywtf for some fun/scary code snippets and IT stories, and
> of course XKCD.
>
>
> http://www.google.com/reader/public/subscriptions/user/07693707818662822484/bundle/Fun
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Josh More <
> MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
>
>>  Really?  You guys are still doing daily readings?  Of actual web sites?
>>
>> Here are four Google Reader "bundles", from which you can generate OPML
>> files to import into your own RSS readers:
>>
>> Sysadmin Stuff:
>> http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F05465999583289484584%2Fbundle%2Fsysadmin
>>
>> IT News:
>> http://www.google.com/reader/public/subscriptions/user%2F05465999583289484584%2Fbundle%2Fit-news
>>
>> Security News:
>> http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F05465999583289484584%2Fbundle%2Fsecurity
>>
>> Security Attacks:
>> http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F05465999583289484584%2Fbundle%2FSecurity%20Attack
>>
>> I found that when I moved from daily reading to RSS, my data throughput
>> went up by about 20x.
>>
>>     Josh More | Senior Security Consultant - CISSP, GIAC-GSLC Gold,
>> GIAC-GCIH
>> Alliance Technologies | www.AllianceTechnologies.net
>> 400 Locust St., Suite 840 | Des Moines, IA 50309
>> 515.245.7701 | 888.387.5670 x7701
>>
>> Blog: Don't just blame the bad guys, it's your fault too
>> http://www.alliancetechnologies.net/blogs/morej
>>
>> How are we doing? Let us know here:
>>
>> http://www.alliancetechnologies.net/forms/alliance-technologies-feedback-survey
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>> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf
>> of Dan Hockey [icepuck3k at yahoo.com]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:00
>>
>> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>  *Subject:* Re: [Cialug] Daily reading?
>>
>>      Here's some of mine..
>> http://www.savagecircuits.com/forums/content.php
>> http://forums.parallax.com/
>> http://www.avrfreaks.net/
>> http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/forum/
>>
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 2/16/11, Allen Kiddoo <adk at 52761.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Allen Kiddoo <adk at 52761.com>
>> Subject: [Cialug] Daily reading?
>> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
>> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:06 AM
>>
>> Thought it might be interesting to share reading lists.
>>
>> What sites do others check on a daily basis to get their tech fix?
>>
>> /. is a given.
>>
>> http://www.conceivablytech.com/
>>
>> Allen Kiddoo
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