Next to the remote control, RSS is the greatest invention to man. I no longer have to go out and search for the information that I want and have to weed through the tangled web just for information pertinent to my desires. It now all comes to me. Yahoo!!!!
Actually, I have been using RSS feeds for a while now. My parents love to be able to get the latest podcast or latest update on our tutorial pages as soon as it is published. However, some of the suggested feeds to add to our reader and blog were unfamiliar. I listened to an NPR podcast that made me truly pay attention to what is going on in my own home. Reducing The Carbon Footprints of New Gadgets http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100754636 This particular podcast talks about the amount of energy we use with all this technology that we have plugged up in the pocket draining sockets in our homes. Omar Gallaga who writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman, http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/digitalsavant/index.html talks about the common devices that take up the most energy and what we can do to alleviate the risk of heart attack when opening our monthly energy bill. Omar mentioned how some of the gadgets we use that are constantly plugged in or on use something called "vampire power" devices that slowly suck out energy from our homes. Mr. Gallega also mentions several "green" devices that help save the cost of energy, such as green power surges, portable silver cells used to charge cell systems on the go instead of in the home. This is definitely worth the listen if you are a techno geek like me at school and at home.
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I love the "vampire" reference that does seem to be the trend the more we plug in the more we use. I envy you I find the RSS feeds confusing at times.
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