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August 30, 2005
Clip Lines
UPDATE: Whew. I took a chance and "clipped" one entry just to see what would happen. After all, I had assumed that I had lost all of my other ones, so what could it hurt? I clicked the "Clippings" tab, and there were all of my entries. Heads-up to any other Bloglines users out there: I guess this is how to get them back. Weird. The anecdote below might be interesting, but is probably not now, if it ever was.
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My default feed-reader, the not-so-sophisticated Bloglines (a property of AskJeeves), has a "Clippings" feature that allows me to set aside blog items and news stories I come across so that I can link to them later. In the words of their site:
Clippings allow you to save particular articles for later review. When you scroll through the contents of a feed, you'll notice a "Clip/Blog This" link under the article summary. By clicking on that link, you'll add that particular item to your 'Clippings Tab.' To view a previously saved clip, open the 'Clippings' tab and click on an item. You can sort and organize your Clippings just like you can organize your feeds, to make later retrieval easy. If you want to remove an item from your Clippings Tab, delete it by clicking on the clicking on the 'Delete Clip' link in the pane.
Well, I just went there to retrieve the stack of stuff I'm very late in getting to your attention, and the list is coming up empty. It looks like I've been "clipped" (think: while running). I had all kinds of tasty stories from recent days just waiting there to pass along to you, and I'm afraid my collection is gone. I know they're still out there, but the trouble to go get them far outweighs the time I have to do so.
Yech. I think it's time to search for a better solution.
Any suggestions? This sucks.
Miscellaneous | By joe lance | 10:51 AM