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1.		Tell HN: Check out HNTrends.com (hntrends.com)
		126 points by matt1 on Sept 8, 2009 \| 55 comments
2.		Cursive handwriting considered harmful; bring back italic (nytimes.com)
		116 points by sethg on Sept 8, 2009 \| 60 comments
3.		Before Apple introduced the iPhone (counternotions.com)
		113 points by unalone on Sept 8, 2009 \| 64 comments
4.		Bertrand Russell, "On Sales Resistance" (umich.edu)
		87 points by cousin_it on Sept 8, 2009 \| 65 comments
5.		Confessions of a car salesman (edmunds.com)
		86 points by mrkurt on Sept 8, 2009 \| 13 comments
6.		Cappuccino Turns One (cappuccino.org)
		84 points by boucher on Sept 8, 2009 \| 48 comments
7.		Ask HN: Best Unix Tricks?
		83 points by scottjackson on Sept 8, 2009 \| 103 comments
8.		"Anonymized" data really isn't—and here's why not (arstechnica.com)
		79 points by timwiseman on Sept 8, 2009 \| 14 comments
9.		If architects had to work like software developers (monochrome.co.uk)
		78 points by johns on Sept 8, 2009 \| 27 comments
10.		I was an Ambassador and Taken Hostage by Militants (whattofix.com)
		77 points by DanielBMarkham on Sept 8, 2009 \| 18 comments
11.		Before you start learning Lisp... (abhishek.geek.nz)
		76 points by fogus on Sept 8, 2009 \| 27 comments
12.		Why we moved away from “the cloud” to a “real” server (boxedice.com)
		72 points by dmytton on Sept 8, 2009 \| 43 comments
13.		YikeBike (yikebike.com)
		60 points by vnuk on Sept 8, 2009 \| 59 comments
14.		The Aesthetics of Web Apps in 6 Questions (readwriteweb.com)
		56 points by mgcreed on Sept 8, 2009 \| 3 comments
15.		Xkcd book tour announced - meet Randall Sept 22nd at Y Combinator (breadpig.com)
		52 points by kn0thing on Sept 8, 2009 \| 28 comments
16.		Your People (randsinrepose.com)
		50 points by jseliger on Sept 8, 2009 \| 1 comment
17.		Java vs C performance, from Cliff Click of Azul (azulsystems.com)
		47 points by bensummers on Sept 8, 2009 \| 43 comments
18.		Ruby Tricks (rubyinside.com)
		47 points by vijaydev on Sept 8, 2009 \| 19 comments
19.		More things that don't make sense (newscientist.com)
		42 points by thinkzig on Sept 8, 2009 \| 16 comments
20.		Why I think Apple's Launching a Record Label (dbreunig.tumblr.com)
		41 points by dbreunig on Sept 8, 2009 \| 33 comments
21.		The Snickers Trick (jsomers.net)
		40 points by jsomers on Sept 8, 2009 \| 7 comments
22.		Ask HN: Review my start-up: Customized Graphics (customizedgraphics.com)
		37 points by jbenz on Sept 8, 2009 \| 39 comments
23.		China alarmed by US money printing (telegraph.co.uk)
		35 points by chaostheory on Sept 8, 2009 \| 25 comments
24.		Gaussian vs. Mandelbrotian: The Great Intellectual Fraud (books.google.com)
		34 points by zzzmarcus on Sept 8, 2009 \| 23 comments
25.		Appirater; helping iPhone app developers get balanced reviews (arashpayan.com)
		33 points by sh1mmer on Sept 8, 2009 \| 21 comments
26.		Ask HN: How do you wake up?
		32 points by castis on Sept 8, 2009 \| 68 comments
27.		WordPress Just Made Millions of Blogs Real-Time With RSSCloud (readwriteweb.com)
		32 points by adamhowell on Sept 8, 2009 \| 16 comments
28.		The Simple, Secret iPhone Tethering Fix (fastcompany.com)
		31 points by auferstehung on Sept 8, 2009 \| 7 comments
29.		Developing a Process for Visualizing the Insanity (30dayflight.com)
		31 points by lsternlicht on Sept 8, 2009 \| 34 comments
30.		After the Deadline Acquired by Auttomatic (centernetworks.com)
		30 points by moses1400 on Sept 8, 2009 \| 8 comments
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