Technology Update: RSS Feeds Can Be Fun

Now some of the kids out there might already be hip to this, but for the unitiated. You Can Subscribe to The Smart Patrol!!!.

This can be fun and profitable, as this brief playlet illustrates...

Toby: Hey, why not subscribe to The Smart Patrol's RSS feed?

Chad: (thoughtfully) RSS Feed? What's that?

Toby: Well Chad, an RSS feed is a special version of the Smart Patrol site that notifies you when new and exciting updates and additions appear!

Chad: (genuine shock) Holy crap, tell me more.

Toby: Sure! There are lots of free applications, called agregators, that collect these RSS feeds together, it's like the program surfs the net for you.

Chad: Awesome, because I'm so busy. (shrugs) Who has time for all that surfing?

Toby: (nodding) Word. By-the-by homeslice, there are lots of sites that publish an RSS feed of their content, you can practically build your own magazine of tailor-made content.

Chad: (looking for 'the catch') Does this involve devil worship or cost any money?

Toby: (dismissively) Well, as long as you are already tithing to the dark lord, it's all free and clear, even the agregator software. Google "RSS news" for the application that turns you on the mostest! Just another exciting part of The Smart Patrol.

Chad: (curiously aroused) I'm sold. How do I do it?

Toby: (misreading body language) Oh Chad you slap happy retard! Just copy this URL into the RSS feed agregator of your choice - http://smartpatrol2.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Chad: I sure will, and... I LOVE YOU!!

Toby backs away from Chad, who is blocking the exit.

and... SCENE