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1. Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage (backblaze.com)
401 points by bensummers on Sept 1, 2009 | 105 comments
2. John Siracusa's in-depth review of Snow Leopard on Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
141 points by glhaynes on Sept 1, 2009 | 41 comments
3. How to Build a Popularity Algorithm You can be Proud of (linkibol.com)
133 points by 8plot on Sept 1, 2009 | 9 comments
4. Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide (thenextweb.com)
130 points by mgcreed on Sept 1, 2009 | 77 comments
5. Lisp is sin (msdn.com)
103 points by iamelgringo on Sept 1, 2009 | 53 comments
6. The programmer's wife (lbrandy.com)
100 points by tzury on Sept 1, 2009 | 51 comments
7. Drilling a Square Hole (with a rotating bit) (maa.org)
91 points by three14 on Sept 1, 2009 | 20 comments
8. What are you reading?
72 points by brownegg on Sept 1, 2009 | 214 comments
9. A 5 Minute Intelligence Test for Kids (newsweek.com)
71 points by fogus on Sept 1, 2009 | 62 comments
10. Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens (ieee.org)
67 points by tsestrich on Sept 1, 2009 | 37 comments
11. Bill Hicks's Principles of Comedy (giantrobotlasers.com)
57 points by ivankirigin on Sept 1, 2009 | 16 comments
12. Things You Didn't Know Apache (2.2) Could Do (linux-mag.com)
56 points by linuxmag on Sept 1, 2009 | 21 comments
13. Google's R Style Guide (googlecode.com)
54 points by jedc on Sept 1, 2009 | 22 comments
14. Donate an idea to HN: Checklists
53 points by RiderOfGiraffes on Sept 1, 2009 | 35 comments
15. EBay to sell Skype to investment group including Andreesen Horowitz (nytimes.com)
53 points by kf on Sept 1, 2009 | 17 comments
16. The SSD Relapse: Understanding and Choosing the Best SSD (anandtech.com)
51 points by blasdel on Sept 1, 2009 | 20 comments
17. Developers, Be Warned: Apple Has Apparently TMed Those Glossy Chat Bubbles (techcrunch.com)
50 points by vaksel on Sept 1, 2009 | 26 comments
18. Opera 10 released. (opera.com)
47 points by sarvesh on Sept 1, 2009 | 22 comments
19. Plurk Solace - Free and Open-source version of stackexchange.com (plurk.com)
43 points by amix on Sept 1, 2009 | 13 comments
20. In tough times, cocaine dealers have to turn to cold-calling (economist.com)
42 points by cwan on Sept 1, 2009 | 32 comments
21. Get Ready for HTML 5 (alistapart.com)
41 points by whalesalad on Sept 1, 2009 | 19 comments
22. Interactive Programming with Clojure, Compojure, Google App Engine and Emacs (hackers-with-attitude.blogspot.com)
40 points by angerman on Sept 1, 2009
23. Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler (kolivas.org)
39 points by jtgeibel on Sept 1, 2009 | 24 comments
24. How A Forum Site Grew Monthly Revenue From $400 to $400,000 (mixergy.com)
38 points by corlapa on Sept 1, 2009 | 23 comments
25. Pass the lubricant (joestump.net)
35 points by jasonlbaptiste on Sept 1, 2009 | 17 comments
26. Sony signs Google browser deal (bbc.co.uk)
35 points by robin_reala on Sept 1, 2009 | 12 comments
27. Ask HN: I'm resigning soon, any suggestions what to build on my own?
32 points by cousin_it on Sept 1, 2009 | 48 comments
28. Python memory usage of common types (valuedlessons.com)
32 points by derwiki on Sept 1, 2009 | 3 comments
29. Interactive Clojure on Google App Engine (hackers-with-attitude.blogspot.com)
31 points by macmac on Sept 1, 2009
30. Why Google won't create the next Twitter or Facebook or Posterous (scobleizer.posterous.com)
31 points by rams on Sept 1, 2009 | 14 comments

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