I recently installed Firebird as it's nice and lean for a browser and you can tailor it to your needs. One of the first things you do after you install Firebird is go into the options and add some 'Extensions'. This adds some functionality to your bare bones browser. what I found was NewsMonster, a news, weblog, and RSS aggregator. Until now the only aggregator I could find was a standalone affair that was clumsy when it came to browser integration. Not so with NewsMonster.

I set mine to go out and fetch the RSS feeds every hour. Seeing as I'm on a dial-up connection I guess it will check my subscription every hour as long as I'm connected to the cloud. It's only been active for an hour so I haven't had a chance to really stress test it. What I see so far I like though. For one thing, it just makes nothing but total sense to have it integrated into a web browser and the way it integrates with Firebird is pretty smooth. I never really understood the standalone aggregators.

The real advantage of an aggregator that I can see is that you don't have to visit all of your favourite sites in order to check for recent content additions. That's what the aggregator does. I'm going to be playing around with this for a spell so I'll keep you posted on surprises or quirks that pop up. I'm sure there'll be some.

In the meantime...,

Check back regularly, no telling what little nugget of gnarled knowledge or whimsical wisdom you're going to unearth here but I will guarantee it won't be a 'horse nugget'.

Hasta Luego

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