How did I break SharpReader?

Published 30 July 04 12:55 PM | alexcampbell

I used to use SharpReader to obsessively keep track of all the RSS feeds I enjoy reading - until two weeks ago when it just stopped loading.

When I run the .exe, the hard drive grinds for about 2 seconds and then nothing happens.

Has anyone experienced this before?

Reality TV show idea of the day:

How about we have a real reality TV show where viewers call in and evict certain shows from TV?  I would be the first to call in and try to evict Big Brother and Australian Idol, but I guess the idiot masses would overrule me.

Comments

# joe said on July 29, 2004 10:39 PM:

I stopped using RSS aggregators, SharpReader was amongst them. There were quite a few instances when it goofed itself up, and I was only able to get it running again either manually editing config files or reinstalling.

In the end, I ended up just using My Yahoo!'s RSS aggregator. Why? Because it only shows me 5 blog posts at a time. I spent too much time with the other readers reading what was essentially 90% garbage. Now, I don't feel pressured to keep up and only read the occasional blog that catches my eye.

I'm better informed, and not overwhelmed with crap now.

# Carlo said on July 29, 2004 11:47 PM:

maybe you have set SharpReader to keep the old entries. the more entries it has, the more memory it uses. right now my SR uses a good 256MB of my memory... it has 13148 entries cached.

# Chad Myers said on July 29, 2004 11:57 PM:

Sauce Reader is better than Sharp Reader. I had a power outtage and it didn't like that though.

I had to back up my opml file, clear the cache then copy the opml file back and in and I was in business.

I'd imagine something similar happened to SharpReader for you.

# Louie Anonieko said on July 30, 2004 07:48 AM:

Right now, it seems you best option is to use Mozilla Firefox and plug the Sage 1.1 or RSS extension. It aggregates your feeds and browse beautifully.

# Luke Hutteman said on July 30, 2004 10:15 AM:

If you send me your SharpReader.log and .log.1 files (which can be found in your "C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Application Data\SharpReader" directory (assuming "Alex" is your windows username)) I may be able to help

Are you using the latest version of #R btw?