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[b]AlternativeTo.net News[/b]

https://feed.alternativeto.net/news/all/

AlternativeTo is one of my favorite resources for discovering new software and services to try. They publish 1-2 short news articles each day. Nothing special but it's a nice additional resource to pick up some stories you may otherwise miss for one reason or another.

I also have a new RSS feed I can add to the list:

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[*] https://www.romhacking.net/romhackingdotnet.rss
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[*] Romhacking.net. It's a site dedicated to ROM hacks for retro games. They also have a [url=https://www.romhacking.net/forum/]forum[/url] where people discuss ROM hacks and tools for creating ROM hacks.
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New recommendation:

[url=https://www.timeextension.com/]Time Extension[/url]
[url=https://www.timeextension.com/feed]RSS[/url]
This site focuses on retro games and hardware designed to run/emulate retro games. It also has some game history investigations and interviews. I only recently came across it when it was liked by another site and added it to my feed list -- but I like what I have read so far.

Here's a few feeds I'm currently subscribed to:

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[*]https://serenesforest.net/feed/
[list][*]An old Fire Emblem fan site that still posts info about new and upcoming Fire Emblem games.[/list]

[*]https://hackaday.com/feed/
[list][*]A tech news site dedicated primarily to tinkering with hardware.[/list]
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Some new sites from my list for your blogroll

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Brain Baking
https://brainbaking.com/
https://brainbaking.com/index.xml
Desc: Good articles on tech, retro video games, and miscellaneous topics.
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Jefklak's Codex
https://jefklakscodex.com/
https://jefklakscodex.com/index.xml
Desc: Long-running blog by the same person who runs Brain Baking above. Has content going back many years. Recent posts are all retro-game reviews.
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Sakuga Blog
https://blog.sakugabooru.com/
https://blog.sakugabooru.com/feed
Desc: Technical blog on Japanese animation and the anime industry.
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World of Matthew
https://worldofmatthew.com/
https://worldofmatthew.com/index.xml
Desc: Very interesting independent blog with posts on tech, DRM, and other issues. Publishes somewhat sporadically.
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Marginalia Blog
https://www.marginalia.nu/log/
https://www.marginalia.nu/log/index.xml
Desc: Blog by the developer of the Marginalia Search Engine.
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Marginalia Recipes
https://www.marginalia.nu/recipes/
https://www.marginalia.nu/recipes/index.xml
Desc: Recipes by the developer of the Marginalia Search Engine.
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Mojeek Blog
https://blog.mojeek.com/
https://blog.mojeek.com/feed
Desc: Official blog of the independent Mojeek Search Engine. Posts monthly. Sometimes covers general issues in search and privacy in addition to or instead of Mojeek updates.
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Lava Cut Content
https://lavacutcontent.com/
https://lavacutcontent.com/feed/
Desc: Specifically focused on interviews and discoveries about the development of the Pokemon games.
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Here's a Ghacks's Firefox and Linux RSS feeds. Ghacks is a pretty decent resource for Firefox news and various tips for tweaking the browser (you can use ddg site search to find some of their old FF articles: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aghacks.net+firefox). They also include the full article in their feed, and split their articles into multiple separate feeds (all of there feeds are available at https://www.ghacks.net/ghacksnet-feed-list/).

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[*] https://www.ghacks.net/category/operating-systems/linux/feed/
[*] https://www.ghacks.net/category/browsing/firefox/feed/
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[quote=nafnlj post_id=542 time=1683771412 user_id=111]
A list of small tech sites with feeds from my collection that are not already in the blogroll:

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Thank you for these, I'll add them soon!

A list of small tech sites with feeds from my collection that are not already in the blogroll:

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Nicole Express
https://nicole.express/
https://nicole.express/feed.xml
Comment: Articles on tinkering with old video game tech from consoles to arcade machines. The site has a clean design and no ads.

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Shumplations
https://shmuplations.com/
http://shmuplations.com/feed/
Comment: Translations of Japanese game developer interviews. Shumplations has provided me with plenty of article prompts at The New Leaf Journal.

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Ambient Irony
https://ai.mee.nu/
https://ai.mee.nu/feed/atom
Comment: Daily tech links from a system admin with commentary. Site has a distinctly right-of-center political perspective. Sometimes touches on anime (not as much as it used to, however) and Hololive (still don't really understand it -- my own note).

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Liliputing
https://liliputing.com/
https://liliputing.com/feed/
https://liliputing.com/feed/atom/
Comment: One-man site focusing on news in SBCs and mobile devices. I appreciate the e-ink news. However, do note that it has one post each day with daily deals and affiliate links (I find it useful since it keeps me abreast of new Humble Bundles, but mileage may vary).

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Perishable Press
https://perishablepress.com/
https://perishablepress.com/feed
https://perishablepress.com/feed/atom

Personal blog of WordPress developer Jeff Starr. Most posts are about WordPress (some about web development more generally), but he occasionally posts commentary on social media, free speech, or random notes (his assessment of games, for example). Will add that he's a nice guy who responds to emails and comments.

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Tedium
https://tedium.co/
https://feed.tedium.co/

Site featuring long-form articles on topics of interest to the author (I dare say that is my thing...). Most, but not all, of the posts are about tech. I don't find all of the posts interesting or agreeable, but the articles are well-researched and cite sources, so they are often the beginning of learning about something rather than the end.

[quote=Amelia post_id=255 time=1678007842]
Yes, exactly. At least when it comes to Firefox-based browsers, I have not tested with Chromium yet.
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You know this actually reminds me a lot of XSLT. XLST were basically XML template files that you could use to transform XML files in one format into a different XML format. Years ago (decades ago even) some sites would use XSLT to style RSS feeds. You can read more about them on the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT?useskin=vector.

I threw together an XSLT for my RSS feed (https://yukinu.com/feed/styledrss.xml, actually a separate feed since I cut out the content sections in this feed). Firefox will natively render the stylesheet on that XML file. Quite a neat technology, I wish a lot of these XML technologies took off more than they did.

Yes, exactly. At least when it comes to Firefox-based browsers, I have not tested with Chromium yet.