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1.
Google's Floating Datacenters (Think Oil Rigs) (zdnet.com)
62 points by furiouslol on Sept 8, 2008 | 40 comments
2.
Your SATA RAID has a 56% chance of data loss (alumnit.ca)
55 points by oxyona on Sept 8, 2008 | 25 comments
3.
Pricing as Signal (joelonsoftware.com)
54 points by raganwald on Sept 8, 2008 | 35 comments
4.
If your marketing strategy relies on being at TechCrunch 50 or Demo, you've already failed (thisisgoingtobebig.com)
45 points by jedc on Sept 8, 2008 | 31 comments
5.
Merlin Mann eschews "productivity pr0n" and shifts the focus of 43 Folders (43folders.com)
43 points by pius on Sept 8, 2008 | 38 comments
6.
Congratulations Jeff: Spawning a New Process (codinghorror.com)
36 points by bdfh42 on Sept 8, 2008 | 10 comments
7.
History of the browser user-agent string (webaim.org)
36 points by spydez on Sept 8, 2008 | 4 comments
8.
Letter to a Young Procrastinator (slate.com)
35 points by smanek on Sept 8, 2008 | 13 comments
9.
Announcing The TechCrunch50 Finalists (techcrunch.com)
33 points by wave on Sept 8, 2008 | 40 comments
10.
Tetris Dreams (sciam.com)
30 points by dood on Sept 8, 2008 | 14 comments
11.
How to make your user interface CRAP (usabilityfriction.com)
26 points by ashleytowers on Sept 8, 2008 | 7 comments
12.
Erlang: An introduction to gen_fsm by creating an ATM (Part 2) (spawnlink.com)
26 points by mitchellh on Sept 8, 2008 | 8 comments
13.
Beautycheck - Human Facial Attractiveness (uni-regensburg.de)
26 points by newsit on Sept 8, 2008 | 1 comment
14.
Google map a cellphone knowing its MAC address (googlepages.com)
21 points by gasull on Sept 8, 2008 | 7 comments
15.
Techcrunch 40, where are they now?
21 points by jeffrese on Sept 8, 2008 | 12 comments
16.
Forget Fail Whale - Here Comes The Fail Snail (ut.ag)
21 points by geedot on Sept 8, 2008 | 6 comments
17.
Browse iphone app store from browser (app-store.appspot.com)
20 points by nikils on Sept 8, 2008 | 10 comments
18.
Google's data navy (nytimes.com)
19 points by rglovejoy on Sept 8, 2008 | 3 comments
19.
Haskellish/Pythonic/C++ Job offer
18 points by wagnerius on Sept 8, 2008 | 8 comments
20.
Ask YC: Feedback on my Mac Leopard App
17 points by hbien on Sept 8, 2008 | 42 comments
21.
Why Did Google Abandon Firefox? (gigaom.com)
16 points by geirfreysson on Sept 8, 2008 | 32 comments
22.
The Database Programmer: Advanced Table Design: Secure Password Resets (database-programmer.blogspot.com)
15 points by pbnaidu on Sept 8, 2008 | 5 comments
23.
More Artists Steer Clear of iTunes (wsj.com)
15 points by nickb on Sept 8, 2008 | 12 comments
24.
BigDog: The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth (bostondynamics.com)
15 points by jmatt on Sept 8, 2008 | 8 comments
25.
Prions jump species barrier (nature.com)
13 points by soundsop on Sept 8, 2008 | 4 comments
26.
Fannie, Freddie and You: What It Means to the Public (nytimes.com)
14 points by dpapathanasiou on Sept 8, 2008 | 7 comments
27.
PG books free to a good home
13 points by lisper on Sept 8, 2008 | 31 comments
28.
The Best Countries For Business (forbes.com)
13 points by luckystrike on Sept 8, 2008 | 1 comment
29.
The 'One Page' Term Sheet for Angel Investors (angelblog.net)
13 points by Mistone on Sept 8, 2008 | 6 comments
30.
Relaunch of HearWhere - Rate/Review my startup (hearwhere.com)
13 points by pedalpete on Sept 8, 2008 | 14 comments

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