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1.		Speechless: Dilbert Creator's Struggle to Regain His Voice (wired.com)
		156 points by navanit on July 21, 2009 \| 21 comments
2.		Chinese engineer commits suicide after losing a 4th generation iPhone prototype (trueslant.com)
		109 points by noheartanthony on July 21, 2009 \| 71 comments
3.		My Thoughts on NoSQL (eflorenzano.com)
		107 points by twampss on July 21, 2009 \| 42 comments
4.		iPhone development emergency guide (mattgemmell.com)
		100 points by sounddust on July 21, 2009 \| 23 comments
5.		Django in the real world. (jacobian.org)
		77 points by shabda on July 21, 2009 \| 4 comments
6.		If you find yourself competing with the Internet, find a way out. (scripting.com)
		77 points by olefoo on July 21, 2009 \| 23 comments
7.		Apollo 11 Dismembered (enfranchisedmind.com)
		73 points by bad_user on July 21, 2009 \| 49 comments
8.		Guy Kawasaki: A Dozen Don’ts for Entrepreneurs (openforum.com)
		62 points by urlwolf on July 21, 2009 \| 14 comments
9.		20k+ lines of wave protocol code released today (wave federation day) (code.google.com)
		58 points by enki on July 21, 2009 \| 13 comments
10.		Insurance on Rails (thinkrelevance.com)
		56 points by mrduncan on July 21, 2009 \| 26 comments
11.		Engineyard SHA Contest Leaderboard I threw together (jazzychad.com)
		52 points by jazzychad on July 21, 2009 \| 33 comments
12.		Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup (mint.com)
		50 points by psogle on July 21, 2009 \| 12 comments
13.		Y Combinator’s Picurio Crowdsources Photo Sharing (techcrunch.com)
		47 points by breck on July 21, 2009 \| 31 comments
14.		The One Character Block Comment (vancelucas.com)
		44 points by vlucas on July 21, 2009 \| 37 comments
15.		Google Wave - First Impressions (solidstategroup.com)
		46 points by dabeeeenster on July 21, 2009 \| 21 comments
16.		Startup Law 101 - Legal tips for setting up your startup (grellas.com)
		40 points by grellas on July 21, 2009 \| 1 comment
17.		Yet another use for Dropbox? (getdropbox.com)
		40 points by nebula on July 21, 2009 \| 3 comments
18.		Canonical's Launchpad now open source (AGPLv3) (canonical.com)
		38 points by keyist on July 21, 2009 \| 13 comments
19.		Why I Removed AVG from my Computer: A tale of abusive anti-virus-ware (thesharklady.com)
		35 points by CalmQuiet on July 21, 2009 \| 41 comments
20.		Wave Protocol Prototype Source Code (code.google.com)
		34 points by shimi on July 21, 2009 \| 6 comments
21.		Intel releases 34nm-based SSDs with 2x speed of previous drive (anandtech.com)
		33 points by profquail on July 21, 2009 \| 17 comments
22.		Our Story: 1 Year in the life of a startup (skritter.com)
		33 points by gsaines on July 21, 2009 \| 12 comments
23.		Simple non-programmer explanation of REST architecture (xfront.com)
		31 points by jgamman on July 21, 2009 \| 6 comments
24.		Laid Off? It's Good for You and Good for the Tech Industry (wired.com)
		31 points by dlnovell on July 21, 2009 \| 29 comments
25.		JobSyndicate (YC 08) Publisher API, Job boards and more (jobsyndicate.com)
		30 points by LukeG on July 21, 2009
26.		A Scientific Approach to... Gaining Twitter Followers? (rjmetrics.com)
		30 points by robertjmoore on July 21, 2009 \| 7 comments
27.		Javascript is now strategic for Microsoft (clipperhouse.com)
		28 points by mwsherman on July 21, 2009 \| 18 comments
28.		IPhone prototype goes missing; Chinese worker investigated, commits suicide (venturebeat.com)
		26 points by terpua on July 21, 2009 \| 8 comments
29.		Expert Confirms Authenticity Of Vinland Map (redorbit.com)
		25 points by iamwil on July 21, 2009 \| 7 comments
30.		Announcing release of HadoopDB (dbmsmusings.blogspot.com)
		25 points by timf on July 21, 2009 \| 3 comments
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