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thundara  ·  3955 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Could you live 'off the grid'?

It makes me a little sad that "off the grid" has come to mean: "without a cell phone".

When I first read your post, I thought to myself: "Hell no, I don't know how to deal with a septic tank, I can't sew my own cloths, I won't give up the internet."

But a phone? I misplace it all the time anyways. Facebook? Don't have one. Twitter? Don't want one.

Yet I still use RSS, I still hang out on IRC, I still read Hubski posts. I'm a technophile by any standard.





kleinbl00  ·  3955 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How do you use RSS? With Google Reader crapped out I find myself at a loss.

thundara  ·  3955 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I tried a few self-hosted options and then gave up and went with Feedly. It's...not bad... Works for every website I use, only issue is the keyboard shortcuts sometimes flip out and "next" becomes "start".

user-inactivated  ·  3954 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I used Feedly for awhile but gave it up recently after their stealing page views debacle. Starting using The Old Reader on the web synced with gReader on my Nook. I'm much more pleased with my current setup.