Bookmark-and-read-later services like Instapaper and Read it Later are nice, but if you're a Google Reader user, you can just use it to save and clean up articles—even if you find them outside of Google Reader. Here's how.
Reader ygolive explains:
I've just found out we can use the 'Notes' bookmarklet from Google Reader to save everything on the Web for later reading. In office I usually skim through news headlines in Google Reader during free time and star whatever I want to read later at home. Sometimes there are articles outside Google Reader and I hate using another bookmarking service for them. Don't get me wrong, Instapaper is awesome, and it works with Google Reader so well, but this is the reverse direction.
To set it up, just head to the Notes section in Google reader and drag the "Note in Reader" bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar. Then, you can just use your starred items and notes sections in Reader for the articles you want to read later. Star the items you find in Reader, and when you see something elsewhere on the net you want to save, just hit the "Note in Reader" bookmarklet. It will add it to your notes section in Reader. If you want to keep them all in one folder, you can quickly star everything in your notes section to consolidate them to your Starred Items feed. Make sure to uncheck the "Add to Shared Items" box when you hit the bookmarklet, too, otherwise you'll be sharing all those articles with your loyal followers.
[via #tips]