Yes, I missed it too. I should probably read the verge more often, but their site design is just too beautiful to miss by putting it in my RSS reader. Ironically, the result is that I hardly ever remember to go there.
Try http://www.newsblur.com/, it lets you look at orginal sites from your RSS reader. This was a big pain point for me until I found it.
It's an HN user's side project and it's the best RSS reader I've found, hands down.
We're doing one next week, and it should be great too. :)