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1.		News.YC faster (plus new traffic stats) (ycombinator.com)
		117 points by pg on Jan 15, 2009 \| 82 comments
2.		What Should I Do with My Life, Now? (fastcompany.com)
		92 points by raju on Jan 15, 2009 \| 16 comments
3.		Hidden Secrets of the Amazon Shopping Cart (grokdotcom.com)
		82 points by mattmcknight on Jan 15, 2009 \| 17 comments
4.		Our world may be a giant hologram (newscientist.com)
		73 points by troystribling on Jan 15, 2009 \| 27 comments
5.		The Hofmeister Kink: A Lasting BMW Design Detail (newmediacampaigns.com)
		64 points by JoelSutherland on Jan 15, 2009 \| 10 comments
6.		Addmired (YC W08) launches super addictive iMob Online on iPhone App Store (imobapp.com)
		48 points by rantfoil on Jan 15, 2009 \| 61 comments
7.		Heyzap Vies To Become A YouTube For Flash Games (YC W09) (techcrunch.com)
		54 points by fallentimes on Jan 15, 2009 \| 31 comments
8.		Google Ends Google Video Uploads, Shutters Notebook, Catalog Search, Dodgeball & Jaiku (searchengineland.com)
		43 points by peter123 on Jan 15, 2009 \| 16 comments
9.		One Room Configured 24 Ways (nytimes.com)
		42 points by kalvin on Jan 15, 2009 \| 15 comments
10.		Coding Horror Strikes Again (RE: Windows 7 UI) (yafla.com)
		40 points by tdavis on Jan 15, 2009 \| 18 comments
11.		Worst Microsoft Video Promo Ever, Take 2. Just Cover Up The Mac With Stickers. (techcrunch.com)
		39 points by vaksel on Jan 15, 2009 \| 37 comments
12.		Dude, Where's My Job? (macleans.ca)
		37 points by ojbyrne on Jan 15, 2009 \| 50 comments
13.		New Twitter Code For Retweet: ♺ (stoweboyd.com)
		32 points by Tichy on Jan 15, 2009 \| 37 comments
14.		Dodgeball Shuttered By Google, Its Co-Creator Promises To Clone It (alleyinsider.com)
		31 points by bdotdub on Jan 15, 2009 \| 14 comments
15.		Things I Learned the Hard Way: Programmers are Tiny Gods (powazek.com)
		30 points by brm on Jan 15, 2009 \| 22 comments
16.		When using gestures, rules of grammar remain S-O-V (physorg.com)
		26 points by silentbicycle on Jan 15, 2009 \| 19 comments
17.		Scientists baffled by mysterious columns of coloured light (dailymail.co.uk)
		26 points by DanielBMarkham on Jan 15, 2009 \| 12 comments
18.		Launch Day at our Start-Up: Feedscrub (feedscrub.com)
		25 points by ardell on Jan 15, 2009 \| 15 comments
19.		Mars methane discovery hints at presence of life (telegraph.co.uk)
		24 points by gibsonf1 on Jan 15, 2009 \| 14 comments
20.		Chef: configuration management done right (brainspl.at)
		31 points by ezmobius on Jan 15, 2009 \| 3 comments
21.		U.S. Airways crash rescue picture: Citizen journalism, Twitter at work (alleyinsider.com)
		22 points by fromedome on Jan 15, 2009 \| 16 comments
22.		"What took us a weekend to do, has taken 18 months here." (oreilly.com)
		22 points by Anon84 on Jan 15, 2009 \| 5 comments
23.		Robots at War: I for one, welcome our new robot overlords (wilsoncenter.org)
		22 points by iamelgringo on Jan 15, 2009 \| 12 comments
24.		Is Google Reader next on the chopping block? (micropersuasion.com)
		19 points by pclark on Jan 15, 2009 \| 16 comments
25.		Shipping rates hit zero as trade sinks (telegraph.co.uk)
		17 points by chaostheory on Jan 15, 2009 \| 16 comments
26.		How do you treat your kids when your startup is a success? (launchlab.co.uk)
		17 points by Stubbs on Jan 15, 2009 \| 15 comments
27.		What if Guido was hit by a bus? (thread dated '94) (python.org)
		16 points by mcxx on Jan 15, 2009 \| 7 comments
28.		How to Ensure Your Employees Don’t Care About Their Job, But Stick Around Anyway (fortworthstartups.com)
		14 points by bradleyjoyce on Jan 15, 2009 \| 31 comments
29.		IPhone Developer Quits Day Job After 'iShoot' Hits Number One (iphonesavior.com)
		14 points by chaostheory on Jan 15, 2009 \| 9 comments
30.		Are iPhone apps fool's gold for developers? (infoworld.com)
		14 points by ccraigIW on Jan 15, 2009 \| 14 comments
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