Deprecated: RSS Feeds
From GlueXWiki
This is a list of RSS feeds that may be of interest to GlueX Collaborators and other members of the Hall D community.
- GlueX Wiki: Recent changes
- Subversion repositories:
- GlueX: file check-in's
- JLab 12 GeV: file check-in's
- Note that the links above are for the entire repository. A separate feed exists for each node of the directory tree of the repository. These are useful if you are only interested in a subset of the directories. See the "XML" buttons on the repository browser page for links to these subsidiary feeds.
- Portal Calendar: new and changed events
- JLab Computer Center: News and Announcements
- Science Policy News from AIP: FYI
Q & A
- What is an RSS feed?
- See this Wikipedia article or view this video.
- What are the advantages of using RSS feeds?
- Separation of information from your email stream.
- Ability to browse topics, skipping unimportant articles and picking out the must-read ones.
- Accumulates several information steams into one location. The idea is to have a net decrease in the number of things on your computer that you have to check.
- What are the disadvanges of using RSS feeds?
- You have to set up an RSS feed reader.
- Content in readers may not be as richly formatted as in their "native" location.
- What is a good RSS feed reader to use?
- Many options exist, among them:
- Thunderbird email client
In Thunderbird you can create an account that can manage multiple RSS feeds. The two URL’s mentioned above are examples. In the “File” drop-down menu, select “New” and then “Account…”. The resulting Account Wizard has an option for “RSS News & Blogs”. Select that and create an account with the name of your choice. Click on the new account in the left column and click on “Manage subscriptions” in the main frame. In the dialog box click on “Add” to enter the URL’s listed above. The feeds will appear in the new account just like email; you can read them, mark them as read, or delete them like regular email. - Google Reader
What I have been using. Just google “google reader”. Requires a google account. Their instructions are better than what I could write. - MyYahoo! page
You can add the RSS feed of your choice to your personal MyYahoo! page. Click on “Personalize this page”. Requires a Yahoo! account. - Other options
There are a lot of them. See this article for a sample.
- Thunderbird email client
- Many options exist, among them: