I was happy with Juan's Google Reader Picks, but I am not a huge fan of a  massive amount of javascript (removal of faviconizing is nearing).  So I went about creating a server side version.

Although I could have used the Twitter widget's code (didn't notice until I was done), I decided to try out XML to Linq.  Therefore, you will need to update your Web.Config to .Net 3.5.  However, future updates will remove that requirement due to BlogEngine.Net's current dependency on .Net 2.0.  Read on to find out how to install my widget.

Like most people, I don't like to reinvent the wheel.  I wanted to add my Google Reader shared items to my blog via the BlogEngine.Net widget framework.  I found a great widget.  So I installed the widget and followed his instructions.  Unfortunately, I ran into a few issues.