[mgurlitz]

The way I catch up with HN posts after a few days away is hckr news (http://hckrnews.com/). It's stress free, and I can shorten the list to 10 or 20 top items per day. Then if I have time I'll expand to the top 50% list and scan for anything interesting.

[trevorturk]

http://hckrnews.com/ is an awesome way to keep up with hacker news without missing things if you take a few days off.