aamaras · October 13, 2022 10:07 · Feb 26, 2014 · Feb 26, 2014 · Feb 26, 2014 · Oct 11, 2013
diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
       * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
       * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
 
-```<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" /> ```
+      `<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" /> `
 
       * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
       * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
       * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
 
-```
-<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" />
-```
+```<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" /> ```
 
       * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
       * Go to your *Archive* folder
       * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
       * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
+
 ```
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" />
 ```
+
       * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 
 3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. Each recipe will tell IFTTT to check one of these feeds, then send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the RSS channel activated to check the feeds, and the Gmail channel activated to send the emails.

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
       * To address: `[email protected]`
       * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
       * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
-      * Attachment URL: Leave this guy blank
+      * Attachment URL: Leave this guy blank.
 
 4. Go read!
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
    * You should (in theory) be able to tweak the other custom settings to your heart's delight.
 
 
-2. Get your Instapaper RSS feed addresses:
+2. Get the URLs of your Instapaper RSS feeds:
  * Unread feed: Go to your *Unread* folder, open the *Downloads* menu (top right), then click *RSS Feed*. Hold on to the URL of this feed; you'll need it in step 3.
  * Archive feed: This is slightly more complicated. With the recent Instapaper site redesign, the RSS feed for your archive folder has disappeared. But there's a link to it in the source of the archive page!
       * Go to your *Archive* folder

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
 1. Set up a Beeminder goal!
    * Open up Beeminder, create a new goal.
    * For goal type, choose `custom` (again, you'll need a Beeminder subscription to get a custom goal). Give the goal a name, choose an URL for it, and choose the weekly rate at which you want to chew through your article backlog.
-   * Once the goal is set up, open goal settings > advanced to tweak a few values. These are the important settings:
+   * Once the goal is set up, open *goal settings* > *advanced* to tweak a few values. These are the important settings:
      * good side of road: `below`
      * direction of road: `up`
      * exprd: `no`

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
      * noisy: `no`
      * aggday: `sum`
      * plotall: `yes`
-   * The other custom settings should (in theory) be tweakable to your heart's delight.
+   * You should (in theory) be able to tweak the other custom settings to your heart's delight.
 
 
 2. Get your Instapaper RSS feed addresses:

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
   * This happens when you add an article but then archive it very soon after; if . It will also happen if you delete an article rather than archiving it - in this case IFTTT will send a +1 when you add the article, but it will never appear in the archive feed.
   * Solution? Don't delete articles; always archive. Don't archive articles immediately. Check your count occasionally ([ReadKit](https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/readkit/id588726889?mt=12) will give you a count if you need one).
 * If your article title has quote marks in it, the Beeminder bot won't understand the email from IFTTT.
-  * Solution? The bot will email you asking for clarification - just reply without the quotes. If you read a lot of articles with quote marks in the title and this annoys you a lot, you could get IFTT to send only "^ +1" and "^ -1", without the article title in the comment.
+  * Solution? The bot will email you asking for clarification - just reply without the quotes. If you read a lot of articles with quote marks in the title and this annoys you a lot, you could get IFTT to send only "^ +1" and "^ -1", without the article title in the comment.
+* I don't want to track my Instapaper! I want to track some other RSS feed!
+  * Cool. Just give IFTTT whatever RSS feed you like. Maybe you'll have to tweak some of the other settings for your needs - have a go. I believe in you.
diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85950) is my recipe for the archive folder.
  * Copy both to your recipes and update some fields:
-      * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
+      * Feed url: Fill in the feed URLs you found earlier (one for each recipe).
       * To address: `[email protected]`
       * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
       * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
-      * Attachment URL: Blank
+      * Attachment URL: Leave this guy blank
 
 4. Go read!
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85950) is my recipe for the archive folder.
  * Copy both to your recipes and update some fields:
-    * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
-    * To address: `[email protected]`
-    * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
-    * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
-    * Attachment URL: Blank
+      * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
+      * To address: `[email protected]`
+      * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
+      * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
+      * Attachment URL: Blank
 
 4. Go read!
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85950) is my recipe for the archive folder.
  * Copy both to your recipes and update some fields:
-  * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
-  * To address: `[email protected]`
-  * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
-  * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
-  * Attachment URL: Blank
+    * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
+    * To address: `[email protected]`
+    * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
+    * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
+    * Attachment URL: Blank
 
 4. Go read!
 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # How to track your Instapaper queue with Beeminder
 A step by step guide to tracking your Instapaper reading list using Beeminder. This method can also be used more generally to track many things that spit out an RSS feed.
 
-In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder and your *archive*. We give IFTTT these feeds and tell it to send an email to Beeminder whenever either feed updates. We'll send a "+1" when you add an item to your *read later* folder and a "-1" when you archive an item. Your Beeminder goal will track the total number of articles in your queue.
+In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *Read later* folder and your *Archive*. We give IFTTT these feeds and tell it to send an email to Beeminder whenever either feed updates. We'll send a "+1" when you add an item to your read later folder and a "-1" when you archive an item. Your Beeminder goal will track the total number of articles in your queue.
 
 ## Ingredients
 * An [Instapaper](http://www.instapaper.com) account.

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder
 ```
       * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 
-3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. IFTTT will check each of these feeds and send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the Gmail and RSS channels activated.
+3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. Each recipe will tell IFTTT to check one of these feeds, then send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the RSS channel activated to check the feeds, and the Gmail channel activated to send the emails.
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85950) is my recipe for the archive folder.
  * Copy both to your recipes and update some fields:

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder
 2. Get your Instapaper RSS feed addresses:
  * Unread feed: Go to your *Unread* folder, open the *Downloads* menu (top right), then click *RSS Feed*. Hold on to the URL of this feed; you'll need it in step 3.
  * Archive feed: This is slightly more complicated. With the recent Instapaper site redesign, the RSS feed for your archive folder has disappeared. But there's a link to it in the source of the archive page!
-    * Go to your *Archive* folder
-    * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
-    * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
+      * Go to your *Archive* folder
+      * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
+      * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
 ```
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" />
 ```
-    * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
+      * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 
 3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. IFTTT will check each of these feeds and send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the Gmail and RSS channels activated.
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -11,17 +11,30 @@ In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder
 
 ## Recipe
 1. Set up a Beeminder goal!
+   * Open up Beeminder, create a new goal.
+   * For goal type, choose `custom` (again, you'll need a Beeminder subscription to get a custom goal). Give the goal a name, choose an URL for it, and choose the weekly rate at which you want to chew through your article backlog.
+   * Once the goal is set up, open goal settings > advanced to tweak a few values. These are the important settings:
+     * good side of road: `below`
+     * direction of road: `up`
+     * exprd: `no`
+     * kyoom: `yes`
+     * odom: `no`
+     * noisy: `no`
+     * aggday: `sum`
+     * plotall: `yes`
+   * The other custom settings should (in theory) be tweakable to your heart's delight.
+
 
 2. Get your Instapaper RSS feed addresses:
- * Unread feed: Go to your *Unread* folder, open the *Downloads* menu (top right), then click *RSS Feed*.
+ * Unread feed: Go to your *Unread* folder, open the *Downloads* menu (top right), then click *RSS Feed*. Hold on to the URL of this feed; you'll need it in step 3.
  * Archive feed: This is slightly more complicated. With the recent Instapaper site redesign, the RSS feed for your archive folder has disappeared. But there's a link to it in the source of the archive page!
     * Go to your *Archive* folder
     * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
     * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
 ```
 <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" />
 ```
-    * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters.
+    * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters. Hold on to this URL too.
 
 3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. IFTTT will check each of these feeds and send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the Gmail and RSS channels activated.
  * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # How to track your Instapaper queue with Beeminder
 A step by step guide to tracking your Instapaper reading list using Beeminder. This method can also be used more generally to track many things that spit out an RSS feed.
 
-Basically: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder and your *archive*. We give IFTTT these feeds and tell it to send an email to Beeminder whenever either feed updates. We'll send a "+1" when you add an item to your *read later* folder and a "-1" when you archive an item. Your Beeminder goal will track the total number of articles in your queue.
+In short: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder and your *archive*. We give IFTTT these feeds and tell it to send an email to Beeminder whenever either feed updates. We'll send a "+1" when you add an item to your *read later* folder and a "-1" when you archive an item. Your Beeminder goal will track the total number of articles in your queue.
 
 ## Ingredients
 * An [Instapaper](http://www.instapaper.com) account.

diff --git a/instapaper-beeminder.md b/instapaper-beeminder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# How to track your Instapaper queue with Beeminder
+A step by step guide to tracking your Instapaper reading list using Beeminder. This method can also be used more generally to track many things that spit out an RSS feed.
+
+Basically: Instapaper gives you (private) RSS feeds for your *read later* folder and your *archive*. We give IFTTT these feeds and tell it to send an email to Beeminder whenever either feed updates. We'll send a "+1" when you add an item to your *read later* folder and a "-1" when you archive an item. Your Beeminder goal will track the total number of articles in your queue.
+
+## Ingredients
+* An [Instapaper](http://www.instapaper.com) account.
+* A [Beeminder](http://www.beeminder.com) account, with at least a [Bee Lite subscription](http://www.beeminder.com/premium) (because you'll need to set up a custom goal).
+* An [IFTTT](http://www.ifttt.com) account.
+* A [Gmail](http://gmail.com) account.
+
+## Recipe
+1. Set up a Beeminder goal!
+
+2. Get your Instapaper RSS feed addresses:
+ * Unread feed: Go to your *Unread* folder, open the *Downloads* menu (top right), then click *RSS Feed*.
+ * Archive feed: This is slightly more complicated. With the recent Instapaper site redesign, the RSS feed for your archive folder has disappeared. But there's a link to it in the source of the archive page!
+    * Go to your *Archive* folder
+    * Right-click somewhere on the page and *View Page Source*
+    * Look for a line like this (for me, it's on line 16): 
+```
+<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters" />
+```
+    * Your archive folder RSS feed address is then http://www.instapaper.com/archive/rss/1234567/longrandomstringofnumbersandletters.
+
+3. Set up two IFTTT recipes. IFTTT will check each of these feeds and send an email when it sees a new item. You will need the Gmail and RSS channels activated.
+ * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85393) is my recipe for the unread folder. 
+ * [Here](http://ifttt.com/recipes/85950) is my recipe for the archive folder.
+ * Copy both to your recipes and update some fields:
+  * Feed url: Fill in the addresses you found earlier (one in each recipe)
+  * To address: `[email protected]`
+  * Subject: `yourbeeminderusername/yourgoalname`
+  * Body: `^ 1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the unread recipe; `^ -1 "{{EntryTitle}}"` for the archived recipe.
+  * Attachment URL: Blank
+
+4. Go read!
+
+## Issues
+* Sometimes the Beeminder count can get out of sync with the actual number of articles in Instapaper. 
+  * This happens when you add an article but then archive it very soon after; if . It will also happen if you delete an article rather than archiving it - in this case IFTTT will send a +1 when you add the article, but it will never appear in the archive feed.
+  * Solution? Don't delete articles; always archive. Don't archive articles immediately. Check your count occasionally ([ReadKit](https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/readkit/id588726889?mt=12) will give you a count if you need one).
+* If your article title has quote marks in it, the Beeminder bot won't understand the email from IFTTT.
+  * Solution? The bot will email you asking for clarification - just reply without the quotes. If you read a lot of articles with quote marks in the title and this annoys you a lot, you could get IFTT to send only "^ +1" and "^ -1", without the article title in the comment.
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