Thanks to all of you who have given feedback regarding the new link-post behavior in the shawnblanc.net feed. The consensus has very much been in favor of the new design for link posts.
There has also been a lot of encouragement to add a glyph to the front of each bionafied article’s title; done. Not only is the glyph helpful for quickly identifying a feed item as either a link or an article, but it also makes the articles a little bit more special.
And for any of you who also are exploring the depths of your RSS and link post behavior, this link is to the most comprehensive list of HTML glyphs I’ve ever seen.