RSS feed for Reddit searches

I'm a big fan of RSS and Reddit. I follow all my subreddits in Feedly, and it turns out that you can also follow Reddit search results via an RSS feed. All you need to do is add ".xml" to the Reddit search results URL, right after the word "search".

For example, here's a Reddit search query for professional actor George Takei:
http://www.reddit.com/search?q=george+takei&sort=new&t=all

And here's the corresponding feed URL you can plug into your RSS reader:
http://www.reddit.com/search.xml?q=george+takei&sort=new&t=all

Note that you'll want to sort the results by "New" to get posts chronologically in your feed reader. Big hat tip to Jay Neely, from whom I discovered this trick over on Quora.

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RSS feeds for Facebook Pages

Facebook Pages have RSS feeds available for all their wall content posted by the admin. The feed URL follows this form, where XXXXXXXXXX is the Facebook I.D. number for the page:

http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?id=XXXXXXXXXXXXX&format=rss20

Here is an example of a real Facebook Page RSS feed, this one for George Takei's wall:
http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?id=205344452828349&format=rss20

Finding the Facebook ID number of a page is actually quite easy.

Here's the normal URL for George Takai's page:
http://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei

Replace the "www" in the URL with "graph" like so:
http://graph.facebook.com/georgehtakei

You'll see a code page that looks like this:

You can see the Facebook I.D. number for the page right there in the first line. Just use that ID number in the RSS URL. Done! 

(Note that I used George Takei as an example. His RSS feed does not appear ideal because many of his posts are shared. Original posts of his appear more properly.)

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Kakao Talk blog feed (RSS)

Kakao have their main Korean-language blog here, with an RSS link here. It has lots of information on the company and the technical side of Kakao services like KakaoTalk and KakaoStory.

But if you want English-language information, which usually concentrates on new feature releases and promotions, their Facebook page is your best source of information. So, since they don't really have an active English-langauge blog, you can just subscribe to their Facebook page feed in your RSS reader, at this link:

http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=rss20&id=194588567231357

This is a good source of information, for example, about the new Mac version of KakaoTalk for the desktop.

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RSS feeds from Daum Cafes

It sometimes isn't obvious, but most Daum Cafes have RSS feeds available, which follow this format:

Homepage:
http://cafe.daum.net/CAFENAME
RSS feed: 
http://cafe.daum.net/xml/rss/CAFENAME

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RSS feeds for Waygook boards/threads

I sometimes browse Waygook.org to see what all the foreigners in Korea are complaining about now. Recently I discovered that you can actually get RSS feeds for most Waygook sections, which makes browsing much easier. I scroll through in my RSS reader on the subway, find something that looks interesting, then save it so that when I get home I can open my computer, log-in to Waygook, and leave disparaging comments. Then I log-in with my other account and troll my first account. Then I sit back and watch the feeding frenzy as everyone takes sides. Yes, minions, yes...

Here's the basic RSS feed URL:
http://www.waygook.org/index.php?type=rss&action=.xml&board=##

Just replace the ## with the number of the board you want to follow, which you can find by visiting that board on Waygook and checking the URL. For example, the Gyeonggi-do board is at
http://www.waygook.org/index.php?board=72.0 so the RSS feed for the board is http://www.waygook.org/index.php?type=rss&action=.xml&board=72

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Watch current Korean movies with English subtitles at the cinema

PROBLEM:
You're living in Korea, and want to experience the culture by going to the cinema (or theater for you culture-less drones) and watching Korean movies. But of course, you don't speak Korean, and the theater (yes, theater, f*ck you for judging me) websites are a filthy mess of flashing navigation even if you could read Korean. But you know movies are showing with English subtitles along the bottom.
How is the lonely expat to know where to watch these films?

SOLUTIONS:
Frequently check the KOBIZ website (http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/schedule/subtitMovie.jsp). If a Korean film is playing with English subs, it'll list it here. Sometimes this page is blank (no showings listed) and other times it will randomly spring to life with information, so bookmark it and come back to it now and then.
and/or
"Like" this awesome Facebook group "All in Korean: with English subs please" (https://www.facebook.com/AllInKoreanWithEnglishSubsPlease)These fools straight up keep the 411 flowing. Updated way more often than the KOBIZ site.
Or if you are an RSS OG like me, get their page RSS feed here (https://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=rss20&id=405107282941022)

And, if you're looking for foreign-language films with Korean subs other than Hollywood crap, I suggest this place.

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Automatically post you Blogger, Blogspot posts to Twitter, no 3rd party app needed

PROBLEM:
You have an absolutely amazing blog, but no one uses RSS anymore. Google will automatically share your Blogger posts to Google+ but come on, who actually uses that? You could have your Blogger posts sent to Twitter using IFTTT, but why bother?

SOLUTION:
Ok, well it's sort of a 3rd-party app. The sort answer is: Feedburner.
If you enabled "Subscribe via Email" then your blog's feed is already burned.
Login to Feedburner -> click blog's title -> "Publicize" -> "Socialize"
Here you can connect your Twitter account. Voilà!

More here: https://support.google.com/feedburner/answer/167800?hl=en

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Seoul Players RSS feed

If, like me, you love:

1. RSS readers
2. The Seoul Players

You'll want to subscribe to their RSS feed. It's not featured promenantly on their website, but you can find it here:
http://www.seoulplayers.com/feed

UPDATE 1: the website is updated infrequently, and this is reflected in their RSS feed. For more up-to-date news, subscribe to their Facebook page RSS feed, which you can find here:
https://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=atom10&id=168275539886268

Here also is their Twitter feed, if you're into that sort of nonsense:
http://www.twitter.com/SeoulPlayers

UPDATE 2:  If you fancy the Seoul Players, you may also be interested in the Seoul Shakespeare Company blog.

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RSS feeds from specific Wordpress / Blogspot searches

PROBLEM:
You love RSS and use a reader like Feedly to keep up with your favorite blogs. But, you only want to see posts with a specific label (Blogspot) or posts from a specific search (Wordpress).

SOLUTION:
It turns out, you can subscribe to specific RSS feeds just for the posts with those particular labels or from those search results.

For results from a Wordpress blog search, subscribe to this sort of RSS url:
http://blog-or-site-name.com/?s=SEARCHTERM&feed=rss2

For results from a specific Blogspot label, subscribe to this sort of RSS url:
http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/labelname


Check these sources for much more on this:
https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/97933?hl=en
http://thedeadone.net/blog/wordpress-tip-get-an-rss-feed-from-a-tag-and-from-a-search/

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