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1. Amazon S3+SQS are down, bringing down Scribd, Docstoc, Twitter, SmugMug, JungleDisk (search.twitter.com)
78 points by alexwg on July 20, 2008 | 31 comments
2. Startup Job Site Gets Backing From Y Combinator, Relaunches As Startuply (techcrunch.com)
46 points by rokhayakebe on July 20, 2008 | 11 comments
3. Rate/Review my startup - mixturtle (mixturtle.com)
49 points by louislouis on July 20, 2008 | 88 comments
4. The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site (guardian.co.uk)
33 points by nickb on July 20, 2008 | 47 comments
5. A small startup responds to Amazon's S3 outage (webspeed.typepad.com)
31 points by kennyroo on July 20, 2008 | 7 comments
6. Nine ways to obfuscate e-mail addresses compared (tilllate.com)
29 points by ksvs on July 20, 2008 | 14 comments
7. Why No Outrage? (wsj.com)
30 points by nickb on July 20, 2008 | 13 comments
8. See How Much Time You Are Wasting With RescueTime (fastcompany.tv)
23 points by jmorin007 on July 20, 2008 | 10 comments
9. Signals from space to Earth could confirm Einstein's worst fear (sciencenews.org)
23 points by theoneill on July 20, 2008 | 3 comments
10. OpenMoko UI Train Wreck (video) (vimeo.com)
23 points by nickb on July 20, 2008 | 24 comments
11. Some Startups Just Don't Need Starting (mashable.com)
19 points by riklomas on July 20, 2008 | 15 comments
12. Python for Executives (ophir.wordpress.com)
19 points by iamelgringo on July 20, 2008 | 7 comments
13. August: Movie About First Dotcom Boom (joox.net)
19 points by jasonlbaptiste on July 20, 2008 | 20 comments
14. My Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors (nytimes.com)
18 points by jsteele on July 20, 2008 | 2 comments
15. Ask YC: Would you share your (successful) Y Combinator applicaton?
18 points by brianlash on July 20, 2008 | 2 comments
16. Tough love: Linux needs more haters (zdnet.com)
17 points by tx on July 20, 2008 | 10 comments
17. What's New in Edge Rails: Nested Model Mass Assignment (ryandaigle.com)
15 points by nickb on July 20, 2008 | 2 comments
18. Ask YC: What do you think about Startuply?
16 points by LukeG on July 20, 2008 | 47 comments
19. Aria2: High speed command line download utility (debian.net)
14 points by kirubakaran on July 20, 2008 | 3 comments
20. Why there are no viruses for OS X (silvermac.com)
15 points by crocus on July 20, 2008 | 40 comments
21. Does genuine tech innovation happen better in a recession? (anarchogeek.com)
15 points by rabble on July 20, 2008 | 4 comments
22. Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? (nytimes.com)
14 points by tss on July 20, 2008 | 8 comments
23. Talk on org mode for emacs - outliner, gtd system (emacs.wordpress.com)
13 points by akkartik on July 20, 2008 | 2 comments
24. Is the American economy too big to fail? (nytimes.com)
13 points by robg on July 20, 2008 | 23 comments
25. A Startup Entrepreneur's Philosophy (eisokant.com)
12 points by eisokant on July 20, 2008 | 6 comments
26. Learning To Drive a Stick Shift: Why Programmers Should Know C/C++ (codingthewheel.com)
12 points by dnaquin on July 20, 2008 | 32 comments
27. Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt (nytimes.com)
12 points by crocus on July 20, 2008 | 9 comments
28. Why Java Will Always Be Slower than C++ (jelovic.com)
11 points by theoneill on July 20, 2008 | 20 comments
29. Run your own job board (jobberbase.com)
11 points by Giorgi on July 20, 2008 | 3 comments
30. 12 proven ways to get your post to the top of digg (sethgodin.typepad.com)
11 points by pbnaidu on July 20, 2008 | 4 comments

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