I'm back! Anyway - looking through the possibilities, the two that piqued my interest the most were Feed my Inbox and Feed my Search. I still use bloglines, but I don't log in often enough to get benefit from calendar alerts, or filters via RSS. (That's what my phone is for!)
I set up a few sites to come to my inbox, and so far I've been finding that useful. I haven't done much with feed my search since I couldn't think of a search I do often, but it would certainly be convenient for research, etc. It seems similar to Google Alerts, just going to a reader instead of email.
I am still using delicious occasionally. They've changed the browse function - it seems to limit the results to one page instead of being able to scroll through more than one page of new/popular bookmarks. I tend to like to browse through various bookmarks, saving ones that are interesting. Popcaular's fun - I usually check at least a few of the links to see if I'm interested in them. I've also used the tag search a few times when I'm interested in a particular topic.
I've loosely organized Bloglines into rough categories for my feeds, and tag sites in delicious according to how I'd think to look for them later. Both of these tools could be useful for classes - an instructor could set up an account for the class, or share links/feeds of interest with students.
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