I sent out an email today regarding our FeedBurner service that you might have received but wanted to post a blog notice as well. If you are on the blog and look over on the right you will see a box with the word “Subscribe” underneath. If you wish to receive blog updates via email you can simply enter your email address and any day an entry is posted, you will receive an email with the content. The software that provides this service is called FeedBurner.
Late in December the university Institutional Technology Department upgraded our blog software and for a short period of time FeedBurner service was interrupted. I was informed on Friday that the service is restored and I am sorry for any interruption of service for those that are already subscribers.
As a reminder, you can also subscribe to this blog with an RSS reader. For me discovering an RSS reader was akin to getting our first microwave back in the 70s. I remember standing on our burnt orange linoleum floor (probably wearing a shirt with a collar the size of a national flag) staring slack jawed at this giant new addition to our kitchen. My brothers and I used the microwave non-stop for the first month. We heated up every consumable item, even if it did not need heating.
McDonald’s take out suddenly did not meet our temperature standard upon arriving home and obviously we needed to heat it up. We especially had a blast microwaving eggs, although our learning curve meant a lot of clean up inside the microwave. I am sure our usage of the microwave as a family led the hydroelectric power agency to have to run all turbines at full power to keep up with the demand we placed on the grid. But I digress . . .
Just like a microwave is part of my daily life, an RSS reader is now a part of my life that I am really glad a friend turned me on to. Basically you can get news from multiple sites, including this blog, all in one place. Rather than having to visit a bunch of different sites, you can just visit one. If you do not know about RSS readers, the following short YouTube video is a great introduction (length of video, 3:44).
I’m suddenly hungry for a Big Mac with an egg on it . . .
