I'm sure most people by now are familiar with Wikipedia. If you don't then your probably over 40 or live in a third world country. What you might NOT know is about the Change History (tab in top right corner). When you click this you'll see a list of recent changes. Highlight two adjacent versions and click 'Compare' and you see the differences. Why is this so great? Well its a good way to keep track of items your interested in. Now I knew about Wikipedia and Change History for some time, but I didn't know is... its syndicated. WooHoo! Sooo just subscribe with you favorite news reader to the the Change History (RSS link is in the bottom left hand corner) and voila you have your own custom news generated from Wikipedia changes.
Here's an example. I have an interest in knowing when Xbox Live releases new arcade games. Because Microsoft does not syndicate this info.. at least as far as I'm aware. I found a wiki entry for a list of released arcade titles. Now after subscribing to the change history feed. I'm notifed every time there is a change to the article. This keeps me up to date of new releases and I don't have to check the page every day. Its Magic. Web 2.0 FTW.
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