here's how to get a list of the hot threads you may have missed:

http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/unread/0?sort=desc&order=Views

(you can get to this link later by doing the following:

1. click on "unread recent posts"

2. then click on "views" to sort by most views

shows you the threads that have the most views that you have not seen

and gets over that irritating problem that the "new threads" list is reset every time you log in