I’m not much of a book reader.  I’m a feed reader.

For feed readers, a good app to read those feeds is essential. So, I just switched from Google Reader to Feverº as my reader app. It’s exactly what I needed since I subscribe to over 200 feeds (and growing), of which about 10% of those are most important to me. My All Items unread count in Google Reader was consistently saying “1000+”, so Feverº is perfect for me and I’m liking it a lot.

However, one small thing I don’t like about Feverº is how much whitespace there is in the interface. Space that could be used for the actual feed content. The left side has a gutter of about 70px, and there’s space between the groups, feeds, and content columns that could be salvaged.

Luckily, I can create a userscript to fix this, which I have done, and now I’d like to share it with anyone who might like it.

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I’d like to take a moment (or 9) and show you some things that get the skateboarding juices flowing through my veins and make me want to go grab my board and skate over to the spot under the BQE at Union Ave or the KCDC ledge. This is something all skaters can relate to, as we all loved to get a new skate video and invite all our friends to watch it. Usually it’d be at the house that was closest to a nearby skate spot. This is because 100% of the time, everyone is super stoked to go skating right afterwards.

It’s rare that this feeling ever goes away for anyone who was into skateboarding. To this day, I get so excited to go skating when I see a dope video or clip on the internet. It just keeps on happening, especially since the videos coming out keep getting better and better.

Another thing that gets a skater juiced is something most of us also never lose. A special talent that we develop while in our skateboarding heydays that I like to call, the Skater’s Eye.

Skater’s Eye is when you’re traveling around somewhere, and you see something that looks skate-able. It’s either plain as day like a skatepark (which the Skater’s Eye will see from far distances with minimal structural definition) or some random area in a back alley of a city that has knee-high marble/granite ledges, transitions or perfectly angled banks. You never expect it, but the Eye will catch it, causing you to do a double take, and then say out loud, “Oh shit! Look at that spot! Where am I right now? I need to come back here ASAP!” While I can definitely elaborate further on Skater’s Eye, I’m going to focus on videos for this post.

Watching a skate video, and the all powerful Skater’s Eye, totes gets the heart pumpin’, and are things that never leave a skater. So, now that you’re up to speed on a small portion of what it’s like being a skater, let’s get those juices flowing with some videos, shall we?

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Hello, and welcome to the first post.

I’ll be posting about whatever on here, but the running themes will be something like; computers (mostly Apple), the internet, running, skateboarding, music, New York City life, randomness and whatever else a 28 year old freelance professional in NYC might think about during the day.

Check out my about page to get a bit more info.

Stay tuned!

-Dan