{"id":5699,"date":"2011-11-06T22:08:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T03:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/highlights-things-i-cant-share-in-the-new-google-reader\/"},"modified":"2011-11-06T22:08:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T03:08:20","slug":"highlights-things-i-cant-share-in-the-new-google-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/highlights-things-i-cant-share-in-the-new-google-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Things I Can’t Share in the New Google Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, Google changed some of the options in Reader<\/a>.  Usually I\u2019m a cheerleader for website upgrades; I\u2019m one of the few people who gets really excited about whatever new features Facebook has and I always upgrade to the newest version of sites as soon as I can.  The latest version of Reader, however, is making me a little sad.  It used to be that you could choose friends to share Reader items with and I did so frequently with about a dozen real life and blogger friends.  The recent update eliminated that option and substituted it with the ability to share interesting items through Google+.  I have an account on Google+ but I very rarely check it and I don\u2019t want to share all the posts used to share with the people that I\u2019ve added on Google+.<\/p>\n

So, since I can no longer share within Google Reader the way I used to, I\u2019m going to share some of those random posts as this week\u2019s Highlights.<\/p>\n

Julie\u2019s most recent \u201cBrain Food\u201d post is all about the correct storage of seeds and nuts<\/a>.  Very interesting\u2014I was glad to see I was doing it right, mostly.<\/p>\n

Halley<\/a> posted an interesting link regarding how the television show 30 Rock is a rip-off of the Muppets<\/a>.  It\u2019s very well done.<\/p>\n

Some interesting thoughts on holiday cards<\/a> from The Simple Dollar.  We write a \u201cfamily newsletter\u201d every year and send it out to our family and friends.  In my mind, this does let readers know that we care about them, but I can certainly see Trent\u2019s point.<\/p>\n

If your can opener is as awful as our last one was, check out these videos on Bit Rebels about how to open a can with a spoon<\/a>.  Hopefully I never need to know this, but it could happen.<\/p>\n

Everyday Minimalist’s post about The Slavery Footprint website<\/a> is very interesting.  Though I spend a lot of time thinking about the origins of my food, I do a poor job of thinking about where everything else in my life comes from.  Like, 44 slaves bad.<\/p>\n

Post-Punk Kitchen has a delicious looking recipe for marbled banana bread<\/a> that looks amazing.  It\u2019s definitely going on my list of recipes to try\u2014soon!<\/p>\n

This is one of the coolest music videos I\u2019ve ever seen: Kina Grannis\u2019 music video takes place in front of a backdrop of jellybeans.  The video is below and Mashable has a behind the scenes video<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n