I hear that MsCassLopez is a rabble-rouser, whoever the hell she is!

All you had to do was type in "H" or "W"

Holy extensions, Batman! :)

I'm already a grill master. Well...more of a stew master, if you get down to it.

Hey Adam and Whitson, I wonder if it might be possible to bump down the bitrate for the audio-only version? 128kbps seems bit of overkill for spoken-word audio. I think 32kbps or 48kbps offers acceptable quality. I have some other podcasts that I listen to that are just as long, but are 1/6th the file-size.

I'm very happy about the extensionlessness. As someone who likes to keep my browser as vanilla as possible, I'm happy to go to the feedly site, just like I used to go to the Google Reader site.

Google Plus is trying to do the "Highlights" features, however I haven't found a foolproof way to get everything into Google Plus that wasn't taken on my android. Picasa can do it, but it always feels hacked together, inconsistent, and just a bit muddy as Plus came on as an add-on after Picasa had already been around…

Ya, the lack of attention to the android Google Voice app, website, and extensions is a little annoying and a little frightening.

I'm fine with the start screen as is. The only programs I really run are Chrome and Steam, so I'm super easy to please. I usually launch them via the Windows+# combo, not the start screen. (e.g. Windows + 1 opens the first program pinned to my task bar.)

Thanks Whitson, we've been having trouble with the author request form and so I'm not sure that people who have been requesting author status have been getting it consistently. I'm making a note in the open thread this week to address this as I think the best place for requests will likely be out in the open in the…

Welcome to the fold. You're now a fully fledged author on Hackerspace.

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Well said, sir. Well said.

I've been using Doggcatcher (and Presto for speeding up podcast playback) for ages now, but based on some comments here I might try Pocket Casts. Built in support for variable speed playback is a huge plus in my book.

I'm digging the portable app Spacesniffer.

I agree with part of your argument. That Keep will likely die at some point and it sucks that you can't get your starred Reader items out.

...such is life in the world of cloud based software. Everything can and will die.

Ah, that sucks. I wonder why there's a cutoff. [Knocks on wood for you]

From what I can tell, starred items can be exported. In my experience, Google has had a very good track record in implementing data liberation as a core feature.

I'm going to have to side with Alan. Google Reader closing, while it sucks, doesn't mean you're hosed and all of your data is gone. You can export your feeds and use another service, just like you would be able to export/get to your old notes in Keep. Toolsets change and they always have. The fact that Keep will…