Decided to try out bloglines.com to keep up with various blogs and news sites rather than having to visit each one individually. Right now the service is free, though it appears text ads are looming in the near future.

It works like a news reader, except that it operates through your standard web browser. You just subscribe to whatever blog feed you like as long as it’s RSS or Atom compatible (and most are). Then you get all the updates in one place. You can still click on the link for an entry and visit the original site.

So far I have to say it’s pretty cool and will probably keep me from compulsively visiting all these different sites throughout the day.