If you are not particularly attached to your current browser, you might consider switching to Opera 8.0, which has a pretty good built-in RSS reader.

i think i have opera on here somewhere...

a follow-up question... are the RSS feeds working for anyone else?

The RSS feeds do indeed work, but only the initial post in any thread is included. Until “comments” (posts after the first) are included in the RSS they aren’t a substitute for the email notification of the old Typophile. But I’m confident they will be included.