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1.		Hack your brain: How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio (boston.com)
		116 points by makimaki on Jan 12, 2009 \| 37 comments
2.		Why I Canceled My CO2stats Account (altgate.com)
		85 points by epi0Bauqu on Jan 12, 2009 \| 78 comments
3.		If You Don't Change the UI, Nobody Notices (codinghorror.com)
		81 points by sant0sk1 on Jan 12, 2009 \| 28 comments
4.		Joel on Software: "By installing Java, you will be able to experience the power of Java" (joelonsoftware.com)
		78 points by twampss on Jan 12, 2009 \| 56 comments
5.		An Homage to Preloaders (prettyloaded.com)
		72 points by ed on Jan 12, 2009 \| 14 comments
6.		Why I still prefer Prototype to jQuery (thinkrelevance.com)
		67 points by luccastera on Jan 12, 2009 \| 22 comments
7.		The importance of stupidity in scientific research (biologists.org)
		63 points by BioGeek on Jan 12, 2009 \| 22 comments
8.		Most Dangerous Programming Errors (mitre.org)
		59 points by petercooper on Jan 12, 2009 \| 17 comments
9.		Interview with an Adware Author (philosecurity.org)
		51 points by brl on Jan 12, 2009 \| 4 comments
10.		Free programming tips are worth every penny (wilshipley.com)
		49 points by bootload on Jan 12, 2009 \| 21 comments
11.		How Hackers do Invites (csail.mit.edu)
		49 points by ed on Jan 12, 2009 \| 3 comments
12.		Microsoft is not a web company (seldo.com)
		45 points by IsaacSchlueter on Jan 12, 2009 \| 32 comments
13.		HN Idea: Show links in questions after N upvotes
		41 points by alexkay on Jan 12, 2009 \| 19 comments
14.		Will Someone Please Invent iTunes for News? (nytimes.com)
		40 points by robg on Jan 12, 2009 \| 54 comments
15.		What's up at Heroku (heroku.com)
		41 points by ph0rque on Jan 12, 2009 \| 12 comments
16.		Interview with Alan Kay and Danny Hillis (wired.com)
		37 points by gruseom on Jan 12, 2009 \| 6 comments
17.		Structure of Intel CPU Caches (duartes.org)
		35 points by signa11 on Jan 12, 2009 \| 4 comments
18.		XML is not S-Expressions (prescod.net)
		35 points by yters on Jan 12, 2009 \| 63 comments
19.		16 weeks to get my iPhone app approved. Guess I was doing it wrong. Here's my advice. (meetup.com)
		35 points by timburks on Jan 12, 2009 \| 11 comments
20.		Ask HN: Review my startup, colaab - A Silverlight 2 RIA for rich, real-time collaboration
		30 points by stormideas on Jan 12, 2009 \| 95 comments
21.		Why Table Tennis is a Great Hacker Sport (jamesyu.org)
		29 points by jamesjyu on Jan 12, 2009 \| 18 comments
22.		Startup cofounder lives with his website users (crashtheinauguration.com)
		31 points by brianchesky on Jan 12, 2009 \| 13 comments
23.		Y Combinator Firm CO2Stats Caught in Frenzy of Environmental Cost of Google Search (xconomy.com)
		29 points by bbuderi on Jan 12, 2009 \| 9 comments
24.		$15k Open Source Contest to make Government more Transparent (sunlightlabs.com)
		30 points by cjoh on Jan 12, 2009 \| 8 comments
25.		MIT MBA Student: Amazon and Microsoft Are Hiring, Google and Yahoo Aren’t (xconomy.com)
		26 points by gthuang on Jan 12, 2009 \| 7 comments
26.		Practicing self-control consumes real energy (scienceblogs.com)
		24 points by gaika on Jan 12, 2009 \| 11 comments
27.		Confirmed: Delicious Founder Joshua Schachter Joins Google (techcrunch.com)
		24 points by pclark on Jan 12, 2009 \| 14 comments
28.		CensorZilla (jwz.org)
		24 points by nickb on Jan 12, 2009 \| 10 comments
29.		What If Your Model Is Wrong? (avc.com)
		23 points by markbao on Jan 12, 2009 \| 15 comments
30.		Ask HN: What to do with a spare computer?
		22 points by pierrefar on Jan 12, 2009 \| 46 comments
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