Link Banana

There was definitely a time when I would have scoffed at a service like this, which provides an RSS feed to tell you when your favorite bands are releasing new albums. Given how many near-misses I’ve had recently, I believe the service may well be worth signing up for.

(via clusterflock)

I finally got around to making this site’s feed (it’s this post’s title link) work a little better. I’ve configured it so that you don’t have to click through to this site to visit the pages I’m linking to. They’re now in your feed reader right under the title — right now the link has the clever text of “Title Link.”(see below). This doesn’t work exactly as I’d like, but it works significantly better than it did, which is certainly a good thing. I also have to thank Justin Tadlock for providing the impetus for finally making this work.

EDIT: I’ve changed it so that the title link has the same text as the title (though it obviously links to a different place). Though this still isn’t quite what I want, it’s the same result as one gets with Tumblr, which makes it at least a little more acceptable to me.

Over at Lifehacker, Adam Pash has put together a very useful rundown of the differences between desktop and web-based RSS readers. (Don’t know what RSS is? Watch this video.) It’s useful for those not sure what to choose, or if you’re (like me) reconsidering your current usage pattern.

Usefully related note: this blog’s feed is here, and I’m still trying to figure out how to make the links work right in it.