Question: Google Reader tends in my opinion to be a bit over-eager to mark posts as read - if you click on a post or scroll over the top of it it will be marked as read.

Is there a setting to control the conditions for a post being marked as read?

Answer: 
[**FogBugz**](http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/)

It is intended as software bug tracker and project management but works for just about any use.

It is free for one or two person teams. For more users it is $25 a month.
If you need to plan using Gantt diagram like in MS Project, [try this: SpiderPlan](http://www.spider-plan.com)