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March 31, 2006
spring cleaning
I just deleted more than half of the feeds I read on Bloglines. I am feeling overwhelmed by the craft blogs lately. I think I spend way more time reading them and following all their links than I do making things. I'll make the updates to the site this weekend, plus the long-intended redesign (mainly brought on by almost hitting my bandwidth limit this month and realizing how big my background image is). So, fair warning if you want to take a last-minute peek at the links page before they disappear.
Posted under Crafty Links at March 31, 2006 01:00 AM
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I know how ya feel! xo
Posted by: joleen at March 31, 2006 01:33 AM
Yes. I, too, have cut my bloglines in half. So much great, beautiful stuff out there, but I don't think it's necessarily so healthy for me to see it ALL at once! So much information! Ack!
Posted by: amanda at March 31, 2006 07:01 AM
Oh! I do this too! And I probably have a small blog-role compared to yours. I need to focus on some "main" blogs (my favorites) and get back to more crafting.
Posted by: persephone at March 31, 2006 09:16 AM
You have more will power than I do. I feel the need to get back to crafting, too. It's tough to resist the internet machine sometimes.
Posted by: abbyjane at March 31, 2006 09:18 AM
I was just thinking about the fact that I have 85 feeds in bloglines -- I need to do the same. Good call.
Posted by: stevie at March 31, 2006 10:38 AM
85, try 164. I'm thinking about doing the same, or more.
Posted by: Michelle at March 31, 2006 12:26 PM
i recently converted all my links to del.icio.us, then just put a link to the page on my site. it works pretty well, although i'd be happier if you could sort through it alphabetically (it looks like that might still be in the works). it was actually pretty easy to load them all - you can download a button to your toolbar that makes it simple - but it did take some time.
feel free to take a look:
Posted by: dabney at March 31, 2006 04:06 PM
I feel the same about the craft blogs and Craftster too sometimes, just so much inspiration, tutorials and things to admire! I spend too much time scrolling through projects and not enough time making my own! >_
Posted by: Emma at April 1, 2006 12:49 AM
I hear you. I was away sick from the computer for one day and it took me almost 3 to catch up on all my reading!
Posted by: hillary at April 1, 2006 09:55 AM
EEk! Totally feeling you on this. I rarely venture ouside of my links Monday-Friday (not that I don't have a ton of links, but I am trying). I try to limit major blog reading days to Saturday or Sunday mornings. Those days when I find myself spending an hour or two reading blogs I want to kick myself! Good luck and congrats on the simplifying. Have a good weeknd, abby
Posted by: abby at April 2, 2006 11:17 AM
same same same
Posted by: kathreen at April 3, 2006 02:59 AM
Thanks for linking my site. I need to cut back on my feeds as well, too much good stuff out there, but not enough time to read it all.
Posted by: sally at April 4, 2006 12:03 AM