24 June 2013

Website of the week: Feedly

I've said previously that Website Of The Week wasn't going to be a thing, and I stand by that.

Certain websites produce 'feeds'. Bands, blogs and comic strips all produce feeds which people can subscribe to using a news aggregator. Every time a website updates, you get a notification. It's especially useful to get these notifications if the website doesn't update to a particular schedule, much like my blog. Before now, Google Reader was by far the most popular news aggregator.

If you are a Google Reader user, you'll be aware that Google is pulling the plug on July 1st. If you're not aware, where have you been?

You have exactly a week to make the transition from Google Reader to an alternative of your choice, and I'm going to recommend Feedly.

Making the transition to Feedly is simple - you log in with your Google account and it imports your feeds from Google Reader automatically. There's also a really slick iOS and Android app to go with it, and it also integrates with other applications, such as IFTTT.

Once you've signed up to Feedly, here's a subscription link to get you started ;)

Happy perusing!

23 June 2013

Windows 8: The Start Menu Is Back!

…sort of.

Windows 8 got rid of the start menu we all know and love, and replaced it with the start screen. Although beautiful and new and touch friendly, it isn’t the same. And people hate change, apparently.

Anyway, I figured out a way to put a menu at the bottom left corner with links to your installed programmes, with no need to install any horrible 3rd party software. It sort of resembles the Programs menu of Windows 98, and it looks like this:

All programs start menu in windows 8