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I thought everyone knew that! 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Who said it couldn't be done?
I don't know.
But the thing is I updated the code to my project that you can read about here on CodeProject:
FreedReadR: RSS Reader Created With AngularJS (part 2 of 2)[^]
Why Should You Care?
If you like to read ComputerWorld.com, CIO.com or InfoWorld.com articles but really hate the annoying crap all around the article, then you'll like this.
You can try it very easily and I think you'll find it very cool.
Here's what it does.
1. You go to :
http://newtonsaber.com/FreedReadR[^]
2. Drop the list and choose either ComputerWorld or InfoWorld and you'll get a list of current articles.
3. Next, click on any article link that appears.
4. Now a window will pop up
5. click the Load button. ( I will explain later why you have to click load)
6. You'll read the article without any other garbage content surrouding it.
Note: other article feeds just load in a new window
Experiment
I hope you like my little experiment. I am very excited about it and will very soon update my article.
Thanks for trying (if you do).
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Thanks so much for trying it out and letting me know. REally appreciate it.
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newton.saber wrote: Thanks for trying (if you do).
That is very cool. Great job!
Marc
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Thanks for checking it out and commenting. I really appreciate your nice comment because I was excited to create this thing and to share it and it's always nice to know someone else liked it too. 
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newton.saber wrote: Thanks for trying (if you do).
That is very cool. Great job!
Marc
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++Nice.
Especially useful for stupid sites that put completely unrelated crap with pictures of partially undressed people, making it look like you're browsing pr0n at work.
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Indivara wrote: unrelated crap with pictures of partially undressed people, making it look like you're browsing pr0n at work
Great comment, because I thought that only happened to me.
I hate that when you really are trying to just read an article but the associated pics from adverts are embarrassing.
Thanks for checking out my app.
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Bookmarked for later, it's 6.30 in the morning here and coffee hasn't kicked in yet.
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That's what this program is for. Reading the morning news (computerworld, infoworld) with coffee at the ready, without all those annoying ads. 
Thanks for checking it out.
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A good start.
Now do the rest of the Internet.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Thanks for checking it out and I will have the rest of the Internet done by middle of next week. No later than end of next week.
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newton.saber wrote: I will have the rest of the Internet done by middle of next week. No later than end of next week.
Make sure you do.
I want to put my branding on it in time to demo it to customers on Monday week.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Very nice. Can I get it as an app?
Did try on my iphone and it gave a 404 error. Could be difference in Firefox and Safari.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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Thanks for trying my little app out and thanks for the comment.
Sorry to hear that it didn't work on iPhone. hmmm... should be straight HTML5 by the time it gets there and it does work on my Android Nexus 7 pad so that is interesting.
Well, I made a fix change that was related to some feeds coming from feedburner -- which failed with 404 --, so that might do it. I put the new code out at the same link so you can try it again if you like.
If you happen to try it again let me know.
Also, I wonder if I could convert it to a native app using cordova or whatever. That would be kind of cool.
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Ok, I think I had messed up the url. I sent it in an email and it worked fine. I had a little trouble scrolling, as it wanted to scroll the entire page instead of just the diplay box. I think that problem is mostly the small screen size.
Cool app. Already bookmarked it for future reading.
==Edit==
Just tried it portrait and it works just like my desktop. Landscape is where I had the trouble with scrolling.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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That was really consideate of you to try that out again and let me know. Thanks.
Also, you are right about the small size. It's kind of ridiculously small, but it was my quick and cheap and lazy way to get 'er done.
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Works for me. My eyeballs don't like the little screen anyway.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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Has anyone read, or is reading, this book: Soft Skills[^]? Looks very interesting and I've heard good stuff about it.
I asked my boss to order it for me today (I have a budget for that ). 5-10 days before delivery... 
With some people skills I could actually sell my brilliant ideas to my coworkers and, more importantly, management.
By now I understand that kicking in the door and maniacally screaming "ALL UR CODEZ SUX!!!" isn't the way to go, but I hope this book can give some insights into what IS the way to go.
And from what I understand the book goes beyond that and gives some tips on managing your life and career, boosting productivity, and even starting your own business etc.
Looking forward to reading it
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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I was watching a Pluralsight course today by John Sonmez. If his books are anything like his courses I'm sure it will be a good read.
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I have an alternative to the book; it's called experience.
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Karel Čapek wrote: it's called experience.
Experience is so empirical though.
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I've seen people with much more experience (read: more years in the industry) than me fail miserably because they didn't read a book once in a while.
Experience is no substitute for knowledge. Experience is about knowing how to apply knowledge correctly.
And why would I have to make the same mistakes as everybody else when someone points them out for me in a book?
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: Experience is about knowing how to apply knowledge correctly.
Nicely stated
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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