I use Google Reader for low-volume sources where I want to read every post (mostly friends' blogs, a few high-quality tech bloggers, work-related stuff), and a Planet Venus page for high-volume feeds that I don't mind missing sometimes (Twitter, kottke.org, Daring Fireball, O'Reilly Radar, ...). The Planet site updates only twice a day (so I don't check it constantly) and only saves the last 100 posts (so posts don't pile up if I'm away for a couple days).
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I use Google Reader for low-volume sources where I want to read every post (mostly friends' blogs, a few high-quality tech bloggers, work-related stuff), and a Planet Venus page for high-volume feeds that I don't mind missing sometimes (Twitter, kottke.org, Daring Fireball, O'Reilly Radar, ...). The Planet site updates only twice a day (so I don't check it constantly) and only saves the last 100 posts (so posts don't pile up if I'm away for a couple days).