{"id":9672,"date":"2006-05-15T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T21:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/05\/15\/recently-read-etc.html"},"modified":"2006-05-15T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2006-05-15T21:56:27","slug":"recently_read_e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/05\/15\/recently_read_e.html","title":{"rendered":"Recently Read (etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trying something new here, courtesy of Kate<\/a>, Over in the sidebar (on just the main page, for the moment), you’ll find a “Recently” section, wherein, via the wonders of Blogfuel<\/a>, I have the most recent stuff I’ve been reading (or listening to, or watching). <\/p>\n

Now, I do consume media at a furious rate, and I don’t want to overfill the sidebar, so, aside from books (print or audio), I’ll only be putting things in (music, movies) that bear some mention.<\/p>\n

For those trying to use Blogfuel for this sort of thing (a list of items), the way to do it isn’t immediately obvious (at least, it wasn’t obvious to me until I dove into the source code on Kate’s blog). Essentially, I’ve created a new “wish list” with the “recently” items in it; I then point Blogfuel toward it, adjust the other settings accordingly, and it spews out the appropriate items. Note that this is a lot more doable now that Amazon allows multiple wish lists per account, and note that you need to make it a public wish list (I’ve flagged it with a message noting that it’s stuff I’ve already read).<\/p>\n

In theory, you should be able to do the same thing with “List-Mania” lists, but the experiment I tried failed; wish lists are also a bit more flexible to add to and substract from, so I think that’s a better (if mildly counter-intuitive) way to go.<\/p>\n

The interface for the Blogfuel screen is kind of annoying — the settings all reset each time you generate a code, so if you’re going through multiple generations, refining it, it’s possible\/probable that you’ll inadvertently forget to change one of the settings, which means having to try it again, which means another chance to miss a setting change, etc. That said, it’s a keen little widget, and it will be interesrting to see how robust the server is for it.<\/p>\n

I think I can keep up this sort of thing, probably easier than doing reviews (though I need to catch up with those, too). It’s possible, if this experiment works, that I’ll throw in some graphic novels\/comics TPBs, either in the main list or in their own section.<\/p>\n

Obligatory Disclosure: If you click through on anything listed there and buy it, I’ll get an Amazon finder’s fee — except that a couple of the items (at random) will give a fee to the Blogfuel developer (which seems only fair).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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