I use Feedly and Reeder on my Mac and iPhone to read news, rumor sites and hacker culture Every. Single. Day. With RSS I can skim through 27-odd pages full of news in a fraction of the time I would take otherwise.
Indispensable.
+1 on the Kinesis. My Advantage has it on the right and that's the way I was taught in high school typing class as well. It's a longer reach but it's in the same 'column' as the Y, H and N and therefore the right hand.