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I am *so* behind the times

I haven't been reading any blogs lately.

I mean that. None.

I made the transition about a month ago to using my tablet as my main machine, turning my Acer laptop into a dedicated music recording/making/whatevering device.

Since that happened, I still haven't installed an RSS reader on this box. I'd go grab SharpReader, but I only have 512 MB of RAM on here, and SharpReader, though great, does require a bit in the way of memory (at least in my experience).

Long story short, when something interesting happens, I miss it.

Tonight, though, Bliz emailed me to notify me of a recent update on his site. It's called "The Where's Rory Game," but Jim affectionately refers to it as "a sleazy waste of web services and internet bandwidth."

It's pretty cool. Basically, Jim took my MSDN Events schedule and has created a strange, but interesting, novelty game with it and MapPoint web services.

Actually, "game" might not be quite the right word.

Games are typically fun and have a point, but as a piece of novelty software, "Where's Rory" is nifty. Check it out.

Published Monday, October 11, 2004 6:50 AM by Rory

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Aaron said:

Bloglines (http://www.bloglines.com) is your friend. I grew tired of SharpReader's memory usage, and wanted my feeds synchronized between various machines I read from. Setup your feeds at Bloglines, they're available anywhere, you can save stuff for later, and in a boost to all of us who pay for bandwidth, Bloglines polls your site once then delivers the feed to all those who've subscribed through their site.
October 11, 2004 2:59 PM
 

bliz said:

I did include a couple of other "events," such as the special presentation you're doing in Boise on Tuesday and the PND & SellsCon the following week. : )
October 11, 2004 3:57 PM
 

Justin Pitts said:

Bloglines man.
October 11, 2004 5:59 PM
 

ian said:

one additional vote for bloglines
October 11, 2004 9:54 PM
 

Christopher Coulter said:

Omea Reader, gets my vote. :) It got me offa Sharp.

http://www.jetbrains.com/omea_reader/
October 16, 2004 4:42 AM
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