Thing 2: RSS

On RSS/newsreaders:
Having never used RSS or newsreaders, they seem incredibly useful for following different blogs, the news, sports, celeb gossip, or whatever it is in which you're interested. It's a great idea, and the technology is fairly easy to use! Theoretically, they should be time-savers: get lots of the info you want in one place, at one time. However, I've already subscribed to way more sites/blogs than I previously checked on a regular basis. I'm afraid I'll just end up using my new blogline account to try and stay informed on more topics than I really need to, and end up spending more time going through blogline feeds than I was by going to separate sites. Watch the point of RSS feeds backfire and take up even more of my time!

On library/personal use:
Well, see above ;-) For me, keeping informed/up-to-date on a variety of subjects could be helpful for both professional and personal topics. I haven't poked around bloglines too much, but I imagine there is some way for me to separate feeds so that I can check only library-related info or only personal/news-related. That would allow me to use my time more wisely and only check feeds related to what I need to do/find out.
...Done! Have created separate folders for various topics: Professional, News, Sports.

On new blogs:
Personally, I think everyone should subscribe to Blue Gray Sky, but I'm probably the only one actually interested in frequent updates on Notre Dame football.
I mainly added from the popular feeds from the site. While I usually check cnn.com, I do recommend the BBC News feed because so much happens in the world to which America doesn't pay attention. I like hearing what non-Americans think on different issues.
And Woot is a fun site from which you can buy the item of the day (often electronics) at a discounted price. I'd heard of the site, but never followed it. (Today's woot is a digital flip camcorder for $79.99) Find out what a Woot-Off is too! Their What is Woot? page (FAQ) is quite entertaining as well.

Must go catch up on my 10(!) feeds so I don't fall behind!
Playtime, did you really need to teach me new methods of procrastination? ;-) ...but I'm learning tiny tiny bits of html, too: yay!