🛜 A Return to RSS

In a world of algo chaos, order is needed

Happy late Valentine’s Day!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend with your loved ones.

I wasn’t able to score any McNuggets caviar for my wife. The site INSTA CRASHED during the countdown.

Apparently, it crashed for a lot of people. Seems like we’re reaching that point where I’m gonna have to try to use bots just to have a chance of getting one.

(Not sad about the caviar. It was merely an interesting internet marketing promo).

I have - yes - descended into the MAD MAD world of Openclaw. Yes. I know.

Don’t say anything

Tokens are EXPENSIVE. I’ve been enjoying Minimax and Kimi though - with Anthropic on backup duty.

If you’ve also been struck with the Open Claw Bug - feel free to reply to this newsletter and let me know.

Moving on . . .

We watched the old and the new Mary Poppins with the kids recently, and I’m simply amazed at how congruent they got both of them.

From the long intro/outros to Dick Van Dyke making an appearance - It’s incredible how good the second one was.

(On the subject of Mary Poppins we can’t forget that she’d likely win in a battle against the clown IT - she is an ‘entity’ after all).

🛜 A Return to RSS

Ok, soooo we’ve alllll seen enough of AI cats and such.

(With seedance 2.0 and other similar tools ramping up - who knows how much longer we can tell).

All social media platforms are algorithmic machines - chronological posting is a thing of the far past.

Oh how I miss chronological Twitter and Instagram. Those were the days.

RSS was and is glorious. You could just . . . . follow a feed of content from a website, forever.

BUT - RSS is still around - and it’s not too late to use it. If anything, there’s more and more articles lamenting the decline of RSS over the years.

You can RSS big websites like Wired or Youtube, or even X (Twitter) if you know where to look.

How do I get into RSS?

I’m so glad you asked!

Go create an Inoreader or Feedly account. I personally recommend Inoreader. It has a generous free plan - and you can use it as an app or on your computer.

Top RSS Feeds

Hacker News - Lots of interesting tech articles.

Youtube - Still RSS’able, even in 2026. Pick your favorite channels.

X (Nitter) - Still works! Follow your favorite X posters without the algos. Search for a user, then search for a feed using the Inoreader chrome extension or search tool.

Reddit - Get all posts from your favorite subreddits. All you have to do is add .rss to the end of a url - like this - https://www.reddit.com/r/McDonalds.rss

Pinterest - just like Reddit - add .rss to the end of a board - like this - https://www.pinterest.com/thelandofrandom/vaporwave-aesthetic.rss

Hardmode RSS Feeds

Oh so you want Instagram and TikTok RSS? You can, but it ain’t cheap

Tools like rss.app can do a lot of extra things but cost money.

Adventure RSS

Go looking for blogs and websites that you enjoy - and see if you can add a feed.

🐙 The Land of Random

Crazy links? Yeah. You got it.

Lofi Desk

It’s an interesting little Lofi desk app in the style of “Lofi Girl.”

The Keyboard Phone War

Out there is a faithful core using everything from old Android blackberry phones to Unihertz blackberry phones - and SOMEHOW 2026 is the year that we’re getting TWO brand nerw ones - one from Unihertz, and one from Clicks. Check out this Reddit conversation.

Keyboard phones

2000’s Core

Listen to music while watching old videos / anime. This website feels like it was pulled straight out of the early-mid 2000’s. Really fun - and perfect for that second monitor.

Deepcut Vaporwave

You love to see it

Map the Missing

Ok well this is more on the sad creepy side BUT this site maps missing people and vehicles - which means if there’s a pond or lake nearby - and you have a sonar - you might be able to solve a missing person case.

Eye-Watering Lava

Warning. This interactive lava screen may make your eyes hurt. proceed with caution.

What does the internet “know” about you?

See what it knows. Learn the ancient data texts. Jokes aside this is a fascinating tool.

How about some atmospheric DnB?

Vibes. Vibes all around

That’s all for this week. See you next time!