RSS
RSS is XML file that keep track of publications on the website. When you open it using RSS reader, you get a feed of recent publications. RSS feeds are usually generated by blogs, newspapers, and magazines.
yet another rss reader - https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr
Win+R
shell:startup
Paste shortcut of .exe file. Now yarr will start at system startup.
You can make a bookmark in browser for address http://127.0.0.1:7070/
Database of the program is located in AppData\Roaming\yarr folder.
To compile last version, install:
Go - https://go.dev/dl/
GCC - https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/
Cygwin - https://www.cygwin.com/install.html
While installing Cygwin select to install make.
Then as described here https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr/blob/master/doc/build.md
Start Cygwin terminal.
git clone https://github.com/nkanaev/yarr.git
cd yarr
make build_windows # -> _output/windows/yarr.exe
You’ll get yarr.exe in C:\cygwin64\home\your username\yarr_output\windows
You can import my subscriptions:
To read periodicals in foreign languages, use Google Chrome in-build Google Translate. Right-click some blank space, choose Translate to English. Or use ChatGPT:
https://lamescholar.github.io/ru/chatgpt
How to find RSS feed? Add to URL:
/feed/
/rss
/rss.xml
Look for RSS feed on the page.
Try to google ““URL rss”.
If no result, use Google News. Make this kind of search:
when:24h inurl:washingtonpost.com
And add “rss” to URL:
https://news.google.com/search?q=when%3A24h%20inurl%3Awashingtonpost.com&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
In case of magazine with rare publication you can extend period of time from 24h to 168h (1 week):
when:168h inurl:spectator.co.uk
https://news.google.com/search?q=when%3A168h%20inurl%3Aspectator.co.uk&hl=en-GB&gl=GB&ceid=GB%3Aen
Also you can generate RSS feed using rss-bridge:
rss-bridge - https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge
XPathBridge - https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/#bridge-XPathBridge
To use XPathBridge, you need to find XPath (path to element in HTML file) of necessary elements of RSS feed. Right click on the element (title, image, time) and select Inspect. Right click the code line and select Copy->Copy full XPath.
Example of XPathBridge use for e-flux Notes:
https://www.e-flux.com/notes/
/html/body/div[1]/div[3]/div[1]/div[3]/div[2]/div
.//div[2]
Item description selector: .//div[3]
.//div[2]/a/@href
.//div[1]