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You are not alone. I feel the same way every now and then. The most obvious sign is when I catch myself typing the URL of the website I just opened right there
by enqk 10y ago
You are not alone. I feel the same way every now and then. The most obvious sign is when I catch myself typing the URL of the website I just opened right there again at the top.
And then I go through my habits and get better internet hygiene. One such thing that helped was setting time limits or when I switched for instance to using Google Reader.
Unfortunately google killed it, so I was lost for a while.
Another trick that worked for a bit was using Calibre to dump websites/articles (from RSS feeds) into a daily .epub for my Kindle. Browsing the web on an offline device is really nice, as it removes the impulse for clicking on links.
- bduerst 10y agoI did the IFTTT daily digest dump to my e-reader, but ended up filling up the memory too quickly. I've been using Google Newsstand recently, and it seems to work well in providing new content without sucking you down a rabbit hole. It would be nice to be able to add your own RSS feeds like reader though.
- john_reel 10y agoCan you explain how you set that up?
- enqk 10y agoCalibre has a job/scheduler system, I can't give you the rundown because that was some time ago. However the documentation seems rather complete: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/news.html https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/news.html Basically you can set up some automated feeds and then each day when launching Calibre you'll get an ebook with the result of those feed. Which can then automatically be uploaded on your ebook reader. I think I did some customization to get a HN feed onto that system. These feeds are programmed as python scripts so it is rather accessible