For those who want to use Windows Live Alerts to keep up to date with this blog: It’s your lucky day.
If you go all the way to the top of this page, on the left side you should see two items: “rss” and “alerts”. To subscribe to RSS using your favorite RSS reader, use the “rss” item. However, if you want to automatically receive updates of new posts on Windows Live Messenger (and optionally via e-mail or mobile device), go for the “alerts” option (of course 
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In case you’re wondering how to get one of these spiffy Alerts thingies for your own blog, check out http://dev.live.com/alerts.