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title: "How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds"
date: 2005-10-28T11:22:26-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/10/28/how-to-hack-rss-and-atom-feeds/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [asides, book, rss, syndication, writing, atom, books]
---

# How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds

<blockquote cite="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1878379,00.asp">This article is an excerpt from the ExtremeTech book Hacking RSS and Atom. This feature explains what RSS and Atom feeds are and how you can build an aggregator, route feeds to your inbox and buddy list, subscribe to multimedia content, and more.</blockquote>
<small style="text-align:right; display:block">Source: <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1878379,00.asp">ExtremeTech: How to Hack RSS and Atom Feeds</a></small>

Woo hoo!  Looks like the first chapter of [my book][b] has been excerpted [on the ExtremeTech site][et].  Check it out!

[et]: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1878379,00.asp
[b]: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764597582/0xdecafbad01-20?creative=327641&amp;camp=14573&amp;link_code=as1 "You know you want a copy!"

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