RSS readers

I have been using the bloglines reader for quite some time and find it really useful. My biggest problem is developing a steady habit or checking it every day!! Guess it's still not ingrained enough in "us oldies" as reading the paper is. I follow a lot of my personal interests, travel, dancing, reading as well as my many professional interests. We've had an information piece on our website about RSS for some time and try to demonstrate it's capabilities when teaching classes. One thing I didn't realize is that this could be used for alerts to web site updates-- I thought it was exclusively for blogs!!