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Audio Player for Blog Posts

By Imar at Blogsolid

If you are looking for a clean and easy way to embed your own audio content in your blog posts, check out Audio Player by Martin Laine.

Audio Player for blog posts

Audio Player inserts a small, unobtrusive flash object into your blog post. This player reads an audio file such as an mp3 from a specified location on your server and streams it into your post when a user clicks the play button. It’s been around since 2005 and apparently even Digg.com has used this handy little tool.

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RSS Feeds - My Collection

By Imar at Blogsolid

RSS Feed CollectionThe old adage goes, “you are known by the company you keep.” If you think about it, the same principle may apply to the RSS feeds you subscribe to! I think it is important for any blogger to keep up with trends and ideas by reading others’ blogs, and what better way than to subscribe to sites that interest you?

I try and limit my collection to about 50 RSS feeds, because I just can’t keep up with more than that. I check all of them in my Firefox Live Bookmarks daily and then click only the headings that perk my interest. Among my feeds are a few that I hardly ever read, but I keep them in case something interesting pops up. I know that using Live Bookmarks is a little old school and that there are more efficient ways of managing your RSS feeds, but hey, I like doing it this way.

Just for fun, I have decided to share my current collection of feeds with you. I have also loosely categorized them according to subject:

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