Some Words

I’m not talking about the British paper. My rss feed grows at an alarming rate. Every few weeks I try to trim it back down. How many witty takes on national politics does one need? There has been one blog that has stayed on the list for longer than almost any of the others. It’s not a political blog. It’s Gizmodo. Every day they put up around 50 posts. I go through all of them.

60% of them are new cell phone models, or worse cell phone and iPod decoration tips. I don’t care about how flashy my cell phone is. I got the free model. It calls people when I press buttons. Job done.

20% of it is existing tech that I don’t really need to hear the latest advances in. Do I really give a fuck that Sony has a new LCD HDTV out, that is 3″ bigger than the last one, or does 1080i? No. I might by one some time soon, but I’ll do the research then.

10% of it is stuff like glowing alarm clocks that tell you the weather. If it’s blue, it’s sunny! Of course there are other things, but that’s about the level of utility.

5% is Mac rumors that I could get from other sites.

5% MIGHT be something cool and new. Or it could be more cell phone stuff!

And yet I don’t take if off the feed. I don’t get it. It’s like I’ve invited the big hairy whore of mass commerce inside my brain for tea, and now I’m too polite to get it out. Maybe if some of these gizmoes had even marginal utility, with which to improve my life, but I can find those at other sites. And even as I’m writing this, I still haven’t removed it from the feed. I amaze myself.