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Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →Phillip Torrone’s “MAKE XML, RSS, OPML, reading lists and more…” was published on March 18, 2006. It cataloged ways to follow MAKE through feeds, podcasts, community updates, bookmarking and aggregation services, email forwarding, and an OPML reading list. It is best read today as a snapshot of how people followed online publications in the feed era—not as a verified directory of services that still work.
What the 2006 MAKE directory covered
Torrone introduced the page as a collection of ways to read MAKE through RSS, OPML and favorites. The directory grouped together direct content feeds and links to services where readers could collect or share updates. Its range reflects a period when feed readers and social-bookmarking sites were common ways to keep up with websites.
The page included MAKE’s RSS/XML feed, forums and a forum feed, Instructables, a podcast feed, photo and comment feeds, bookmarks, and a final OPML reading-list link. These are categories and destinations named on the original page; the page does not establish whether any of its old links or endpoints remain active.
Ways to follow MAKE listed on the page
Direct RSS and Atom feeds
The directory named RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0, and Atom, alongside MAKE’s RSS/XML feed. These formats let compatible feed readers collect updates from a site. The article also listed a comment print feed, giving readers another way to follow activity around posts.
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Podcasts and community updates
For audio and community content, the page listed the MAKE podcast feed, forum updates, an Instructables destination, and a Flickr pool with comments feeds. Their inclusion shows that the directory extended beyond the main site’s article feed to related maker activity.
Aggregators, bookmarking, and sharing
The article named Bloglines, Google, MyAOL, MyYahoo, Newsgator, Feedlounge, Pluck, Newsburst, Rojo, Kinja, Technorati, Digg, and Odeo as destinations or services for following, collecting, or sharing MAKE updates. These names document the services included in the 2006 guide; they are not current recommendations or confirmation of present-day availability.
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Email forwarding
RSSfwd and RMail appeared as email-forwarding options. The idea was to deliver feed updates to an inbox, offering an alternative to checking a feed reader. The original listing does not verify that these services or their MAKE integrations remain available.
What the OPML reading list was for
The page ended with an OPML link described as the complete MAKE reading list. OPML is a file format commonly used to exchange lists of feeds between compatible readers. In this context, the link offered a way to collect the directory’s feeds as a group rather than add them one at a time. The article establishes what the link was intended to provide, not whether the file can still be downloaded or imported.
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How to use the article today
- For historical context: use the page to see the formats, services, and publishing routes a MAKE reader could encounter in 2006.
- For a working feed or service: check the destination itself. The archival listing is not evidence that an endpoint, app, or integration is still online.
- For a current MAKE subscription: the surrounding page promotes Make: Magazine, but that is separate from the old feed directory and does not validate its links.
What the page does—and does not—establish
The original article is a primary record of the options Phillip Torrone listed on March 18, 2006. It does not establish the current canonical MAKE feed URLs, the health of the old endpoints, the availability of the named third-party services, or current terms for any external affiliate program. The surrounding page promotes a Make: Magazine subscription and says the publisher may earn commission from purchases through its links; that statement concerns the publisher’s own site links and is not evidence of an affiliate program for other publishers.
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