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1. Magic Ink (worrydream.com)
109 points by cubicle67 on May 9, 2009 | 13 comments
2. Why I haven’t been blogging as much (balsamiq.com)
93 points by hbien on May 9, 2009 | 22 comments
3. What Killed Smalltalk: My Balls (gilesbowkett.blogspot.com)
83 points by sant0sk1 on May 9, 2009 | 13 comments
4. Alligator Eggs (worrydream.com)
79 points by tumult on May 9, 2009 | 9 comments
5. Bcrypt is now obsolete (daemonology.net)
73 points by cperciva on May 9, 2009 | 43 comments
6. Aussie censors implement six degrees of separation policy - Links to links now banned (theregister.co.uk)
54 points by vaksel on May 9, 2009 | 20 comments
7. Some good javascript tips & handy functions (code.google.com)
50 points by jauco on May 9, 2009 | 17 comments
8. What does it take to be a programmer out at sea? (mattmcdole.com)
47 points by Simucal on May 9, 2009 | 29 comments
9. Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Project, Code-named Squirrel (techcrunch.com)
47 points by vaksel on May 9, 2009 | 28 comments
10. Axum - A new parallel programming language from Microsoft (microsoft.com)
43 points by chadaustin on May 9, 2009 | 15 comments
11. Ask HN: project ideas for a noob
40 points by kunqiana on May 9, 2009 | 40 comments
12. Fravia died on Sunday, 3rd May 2009 (fravia.com)
40 points by mpk on May 9, 2009 | 18 comments
13. Infrequently Asked Questions about Perl (plover.com)
35 points by windsurfer on May 9, 2009 | 6 comments
14. EU Wants Developers to be Liable for Code; Provide Guarantees That Software will Work (zdnet.co.uk)
34 points by mdasen on May 9, 2009 | 34 comments
15. What To Do When a Megacorp Wants To Buy You? (slashdot.org)
33 points by saurabh on May 9, 2009 | 18 comments
16. JPlayer: Fully CSS stylable mp3 player plugin using jQuery (happyworm.com)
30 points by dkasper on May 9, 2009 | 10 comments
17. Ask HN: Good books on the nuts and bolts of starting up
30 points by ericb on May 9, 2009 | 21 comments
18. How France is surviving the economic crisis (economist.com)
29 points by dimm on May 9, 2009 | 14 comments
19. Google Tips for the Entrepreneur (2002) (stanford.edu)
30 points by datums on May 9, 2009 | 2 comments
20. What Do You Believe But Cannot Prove? (edge.org)
28 points by jackchristopher on May 9, 2009 | 51 comments
21. Common Java Cookbook (discursive.com)
28 points by Anon84 on May 9, 2009 | 3 comments
22. Surviving Emacs (tech.coop)
26 points by silentbicycle on May 9, 2009 | 24 comments
23. Data, Not Design, Is King in the Age of Google (nytimes.com)
25 points by tokenadult on May 9, 2009 | 11 comments
24. Functionless event handlers in jQuery (padolsey.com)
24 points by johns on May 9, 2009 | 6 comments
25. Don't Shoot In Auto - Advice For DSLR Newbies (pcmag.com)
24 points by geofffox on May 9, 2009 | 18 comments
26. Why Sarah Can’t Focus (And Other Questions About Paying Attention) (nytimes.com)
22 points by robg on May 9, 2009 | 3 comments
27. Why Jeff Bezos Is Obsessed With Waste (gigaom.com)
21 points by tortilla on May 9, 2009 | 6 comments
28. Ask HN: can I transfer a $6,000 Kindle book onto PC, DRM-free?
21 points by old-gregg on May 9, 2009 | 52 comments
29. Factor VM ported to C++ (factor-language.blogspot.com)
20 points by visitor4rmindia on May 9, 2009 | 10 comments
30. Slowing The Exodus Of Skilled Foreigners (yahoo.com)
19 points by terpua on May 9, 2009 | 18 comments

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