Not sure if anyone noticed, but I have an orange button on the left there that says “LiveMessage Alerts!” If you click the button (or click here if you’re too lazy to shift your eyes a few centimeters to the left) you can enter your MSN Passport (like what you use to sign into Messenger) and then you’ll recieve MSN Alerts whenever my blog is updated! Very cool feature!
In case you don’t know what MSN Alerts are, look here. Basically, you can recieve a short alert to your email, your mobile phone, or to your MSN Messenger (assuming you are signed in).
If you want to get the feature for your blog, visit MessageCast. Sign up is pretty painless, but it seems to me they could have eliminated one of the rounds of email it sends you, seems kind of cumbersome. Also, the service is in beta apparently, so who knows, it might even cost money in the future. Cool for now though!
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