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I've been using del.icio.us for quite some time now. Can't imagine the Internet without it at this point.
If, God forbid, you still don't know what del.icio.us is, please read an early post about it HERE.

Same thing goes for Bloglines. I've been using it as my RSS feed reader for a long time now.
No other simple software solution can enable me to read news feeds from multiple locations and sync them all.

So del.icio.us and Bloglines are two of the coolest Internet services I couldn't live without.

However – They share a common problem.

Both of them are remote Internet services. The precious, precious, information they keep for me does NOT sit safely on my machine.

My precious links and feeds are stored on a remote machine – And who knows?
Can anyone promise me that tomorrow del.icio.us can't simply disappear?
Maybe the company running Bloglines goes belly-up?
How the hell will I remember all the different dozens of feeds and hundreds of links I've located over time?

I admit I'm quite a paranoid guy. I regularly backup my entire system and store it offsite.
I know it's a bit too much, and I don't REALLY have valuable information, but for me hundreds of digital family photos, and my whole email archive, are really important.
It gives me satisfaction to know that if my computer dies tomorrow – No biggie, everything is backed-up!

But what the hell do I do with del.icio.us and Bloglines?!

Today, my friends, I offer you the EASIEST, simplest, and generally best solution I have found for backing up the two services.

Backup your del.icio.us links
Simply open up your favorite browser and go to http://del.icio.us/api/posts/all, enter your Delicious username and password when prompted.
The browser now displays an XML file with all your links!
Now simply save the file (You know guys, File>Save As…) and you have a backup!

Backup your Bloglines links
Simply open up your favorite browser and go to http://rpc.bloglines.com/listsubs, enter your email address and password when prompted.
Voila! The browser now displays an OPML (Sorta like an XML for feeds) with all your subscription.
Again, simply save this file locally…!  (There are many RSS readers that know how to import OPML information!)

An advanced trick is that if you're using Linux, or any other OS with curl installed,
you could simply prepare a script that does everything for you.
Something like:

#!/bin/bash
curl -u accountname:password -o Delicious.xml -O 'http://del.icio.us/api/posts/all'
curl -u email:password -o Bloglines.opml -O 'http://rpc.bloglines.com/listsubs'

and then you have a single command to run for backing up both.
Now is that cool or what?! 

By the way, you are more than welcome to browse my del.icio.us links and my Blogline feeds…