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1.		Should Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail block Facebook? (paulbuchheit.blogspot.com)
		38 points by mqt on Jan 4, 2008 \| 10 comments
2.		Reflections of an Interface Designer (particletree.com)
		33 points by brett on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
3.		Buxfer is giving Mint, other personal finance sites, a run for their money (venturebeat.com)
		31 points by ashu on Jan 4, 2008 \| 11 comments
4.		Hotel maids challenge the placebo effect (npr.org)
		29 points by dood on Jan 4, 2008 \| 9 comments
5.		ASDF - a badly-drawn webcomic of trite, feelgood, preachy... (anti-xkcd) (plover.net)
		30 points by nickb on Jan 4, 2008 \| 11 comments
6.		So a PC, Mac, and Linux walk into a bar (thererack.com)
		22 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
7.		Implementing a blog in Common Lisp Part 1 (dirtyhack.org)
		18 points by jkush on Jan 4, 2008 \| 5 comments
8.		Terminating Cisco's founders (venturehacks.com)
		17 points by terpua on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
9.		Ask YC: what will replace the music album?
		16 points by Tichy on Jan 4, 2008 \| 33 comments
10.		Anonymous, disposable telephone numbers that give you control over who can reach you and when. (tossabledigits.com)
		14 points by zurla on Jan 4, 2008 \| 5 comments
11.		Webgen - How Zed Shaw managed to be slashdotted/reddited/yc.newsed and survive (rubyforge.org)
		11 points by luccastera on Jan 4, 2008 \| 8 comments
12.		Leah Culver Speaks About Pownce's Future And Business Model (centernetworks.com)
		10 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
13.		Because I am good! (fridayreflections.typepad.com)
		10 points by nsimpson on Jan 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
14.		Meraki, the cheap Wi-Fi guys, get $20 million (news.com)
		9 points by nreece on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
15.		Ding, Dong, The Music DRM Witch Is Dead (techcrunch.com)
		9 points by dood on Jan 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
16.		Ask YC: Feedback on which market to focus
		9 points by terpua on Jan 4, 2008 \| 12 comments
17.		Frameworks Round-Up: When To Use, How To Choose? (smashingmagazine.com)
		9 points by dawie on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
18.		The secret of my success (umich.edu)
		8 points by hhm on Jan 4, 2008 \| 6 comments
19.		A Survival Guide For The Hobbyists (startupcrunch.org)
		7 points by agentbleu on Jan 4, 2008 \| 3 comments
20.		Are the Cool Kids Leaving Facebook? (markevanstech.com)
		7 points by buckpost on Jan 4, 2008 \| 12 comments
21.		Google-based Ranking of American Computer Science and Engineering Departments (wisc.edu)
		6 points by vlad on Jan 4, 2008 \| 4 comments
22.		Blogging agenda for 2008 (pmarca.com)
		6 points by terpua on Jan 4, 2008
23.		Intuitive Arithmetic With Complex Numbers (betterexplained.com)
		6 points by nickb on Jan 4, 2008
24.		Super Digg: Gaining 300k Hits from Google in 24 Hours with January 1 TCP/IP (seobook.com)
		4 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
25.		Google Files for Patent on Reading Text in Images and Video (techcrunch.com)
		2 points by pixcavator on Jan 4, 2008
26.		Germany 2.0 - My Top 10 Social Web Players (centernetworks.com)
		3 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008
27.		Napster Raises Prices; Tell Me Why You Use Napster Please (centernetworks.com)
		3 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008 \| 1 comment
28.		Is Plaxo ready to sell to Facebook? (valleywag.com)
		3 points by transburgh on Jan 4, 2008
29.		How much is Mozilla worth? And when will it go public? (alleyinsider.com)
		3 points by daviday on Jan 4, 2008
30.		Django on Jython: Minding the Gap (zyasoft.com)
		2 points by jholloway7 on Jan 4, 2008 \| 2 comments
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