It appears that today has been marked as RSS Awareness Day among members of the blogging community in an effort to increase the usage of RSS feeds, and related applications. For those who are unfamiliar with RSS (Really Simple Syndication), it essentially aggregates newly posted stories from your favorite blogs into one page so that you don’t have visit each site. To start using it simply register with an RSS reader like Google Reader, and then go to your favorite websites and subscribe to their feeds by clicking on their RSS icon ().