My solution: Tab Browsing

I only hit the Newest Nodes page 3-5 times a day. Each time I do I open all the links I want to read in a new tab (using Mozilla). If you insist on being inefficient and don't like tab browsing just open up a new window for each thread. I then read all the different treads then go back to my newest nodes page and click the "I've read all these" button at the bottom.

I do some real work for a while .... wait an hour or so ..... then repeat the process.

Update: I also use mozilla's sidebar to host my cblast35. That way I'm not clicking the "talk" button every 30 seconds and causing several DB hits to load a new page when all I need is the cb. You can also strip down your side nodeletes to just those you can't live without.

-Silent11