Studio711.com – Ben Martens

RSS feeds have been a great way for me to keep up with a long list of websites in a very efficient manner. Google Reader was the app of choice for me, but unfortunately it closed it’s doors on July 1. The search was on for a replacement.

After trying out a variety of sites designed to fill the void, I settled on one called theoldreader.com. As the name implies, it’s pretty much a clone of the old Google Reader. It might be boring, but since the Google app was all I needed in the first place, I wasn’t keen on learning something completely new.

It’s free so definitely give it a shot if you haven’t found anything that you like yet.

Last spring I wrote about a YouTube channel called Smarter Every Day. It continues to be one of the best web video series that I’ve found. The last episode about caterpillars was pretty incredible. Imagine you’re a caterpillar and you want to move as quickly as possible. There’s only so fast that you can walk by yourself, but what if 100 of your friends are walking to the same spot? How could you walk faster as a group than as an individual?

Watch the episode to find out:

And while you’re at it, I also recommend the Minute Physics channel. In each video he very quickly breaks down a complicated physics topic.

Now that we’ve restarted our Netflix streaming membership thanks to Arrested Development, I think we’ll probably keep it going for a while. This gives us access to more online streaming content than we had with just our Amazon Prime membership and Comcast streaming options. So now the problem becomes how do I figure out which service has the content I want? That’s exactly what canistream.it aims to answer. Type in a TV show or movie and it will search Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, XFinity and a bunch of other streaming options as well as places you might be able to purchase the show. It’s pretty handy!

Early in our relationship, Tyla and I set up a joint calendar. There’s so much going on that without it, we’d be constantly confused about our upcoming schedule. It’s so useful that it seemed worth sharing. There are many calendar apps you could use, but we use http://calendar.live.com. I created the calendar on my account and then shared it with her. Not only can we access it through a browser, but it shows up on our phones and even in my Outlook calendar at work. Tyla is really good about keeping it updated so whenever we need to schedule something, we know that if we check the calendar, we can grab any open slot. If you have trouble planning with your friends or family members, give this a shot!

While watching the Super Bowl, Tim asked if I had seen the NFL video from Bad Lip-Reading. I hadn’t, and boy was I missing out. If you’re not one of the 28 million people who has seen it, check it out below.