RSS feed - a few things.

There are a few blogs I check religiously, and when Google Reader was introduced to me in class (I had heard about it before but never tried it), I instantly became hooked on and fascinated by the idea of being able to view all of your important information in one place. I have since subscribed to several feeds, but will only mention a few here.

McSweeney's is probably my favorite feed; it's the one I absolutely must check every day and I usually find time to read through most or all of the articles and snippets. McSweeney's is a literary magazine and the content posted online is generally humorous, something that I appreciate as it helps to break apart my day. Just earlier I read a hilarious passage 'written' by the font Comic Sans, which I then posted to Facebook and emailed around to a few friends.

Another one of my favorites is a music/entertainment blog called MFR. There are two reasons I love this feed - one, the writers of the blog are located in my hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and they post about local shows and artists, which makes me feel a little closer to home. Two, they are always posting songs that I love way before the albums are released, so I can stay on top of the music scene, which is a pretty large part of my life. Yesterday I stumbled across a link to this website - thewildernessdowntown.com - which is an interactive music video created by a programmer/designer who partnered with Google. You enter in an address (it suggests the address of the home you grew up in) and using Google Maps, the video incorporates a satellite view of your street/home. It is REALLY COOL. I suggest checking it out!

Another feed that really interests me is NPR's All Things Considered. I listen to NPR but rarely visit the website; it wasn't until we were given the Google Reader assignment that I decided to check it out. I like All Things Considered because it covers a wide variety of interesting topics that I may have not otherwise looked into.