Today I got a message from the Bloglines plumber telling me that Bloglines was having a bit of down-time! It got me thinking about how much I now rely on these Web2.0 RSS tools to bring the internet to me. I subscribe to podcasts, personal blogs, edublogs, class blogs, kids blogs, wikis, Flickr photos and comments from all around the globe. I managed to go and do some housework and all was fine again. Phew!

There is a down-side to subscribing through RSS though in that you can miss the conversation sometimes threaded through comments. I make a point now of re-visiting comments.