I like the Instapaper iPhone app for saving stuff to read from the Internet. It strips out everything but the content I want to read and makes it look really good on the iPhone.
It makes it a lot easier to actually read the content instead of just skimming through like I tend to do in Google Reader. There are some sites I read pretty much exclusively through Instapaper, like 365Tomorrows and A Guide to Moral Living in Examples.
Before, I had been selecting the Add to Instapaper option in Google Reader or using the Instapaper bookmarklet on each entry. But now, I’ve written a Python1 script that automatically adds each entry from an RSS feed to Instapaper.
If that sounds like something useful to you, feel free to download the AutoAddToInstapaper script. There are setup instructions in the zip file.
[1] I have been teaching myself Python lately; it is just a joy to work with. There are libraries for just about everything, and it’s a simple language to work with. Love it.
