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Stories from July 23, 2008
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1. Xobni VP Engineering leaves for own startup (gaborcselle.com)
73 points by immad on July 23, 2008 | 34 comments
2. Google's Wikipedia clone Knol launches. (googleblog.blogspot.com)
62 points by ptm on July 23, 2008 | 57 comments
3. Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins (ibm.com)
62 points by noodle on July 23, 2008 | 8 comments
4. New to Git? (github.com/blog)
59 points by niels on July 23, 2008 | 5 comments
5. Code Free or Die(): Why Hackers Are so Often Libertarians (dfranke.us)
56 points by dfranke on July 23, 2008 | 52 comments
6. I googled myself and found my hn comment leading someone else's blog (mmakai.com)
53 points by edw519 on July 23, 2008 | 17 comments
7. Journaling: a better UI metaphor than files/folders/desktops? (gnome.org)
39 points by yummyfajitas on July 23, 2008 | 23 comments
8. Perl on App Engine (brad.livejournal.com)
39 points by senthil_rajasek on July 23, 2008 | 8 comments
9. "Turns out my nephew is really good with computers, so we're going to give him the job" (thedailywtf.com)
36 points by edw519 on July 23, 2008 | 9 comments
10. Tetris written (by a female hacker) in sed (doslash.org)
33 points by nickb on July 23, 2008 | 44 comments
11. Rate/Review my start-up - HearWhere.com (hearwhere.com)
31 points by pedalpete on July 23, 2008 | 47 comments
12. Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know (readwriteweb.com)
31 points by terpua on July 23, 2008 | 5 comments
13. Building Tiny, Ultra Low Power PCs (codinghorror.com)
30 points by Oompa on July 23, 2008 | 3 comments
14. What explains the growing gap in wages? Computers. (chronicle.com)
25 points by crocus on July 23, 2008 | 25 comments
15. Steve Jobs in good health following second surgery - report (appleinsider.com)
26 points by terpua on July 23, 2008 | 14 comments
16. Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain (sciam.com)
25 points by dood on July 23, 2008 | 9 comments
17. How to Read Reddit the Fanatic Programmer Way (catonmat.net)
25 points by newuser on July 23, 2008 | 5 comments
18. Open Flash Chart Plugin for Ruby on Rails (pullmonkey.com)
24 points by sant0sk1 on July 23, 2008 | 9 comments
19. HN Talks, Startuply Listens (or at least tries to) (startuply.com)
21 points by LukeG on July 23, 2008 | 9 comments
20. Ten most overpaid jobs in the U.S. (marketwatch.com)
20 points by senthil_rajasek on July 23, 2008 | 51 comments
21. Facebook to Introduce Three Tier App System (techcrunch.com)
18 points by colinplamondon on July 23, 2008 | 18 comments
22. Perl on Google App Engine (brad.livejournal.com)
20 points by soundsop on July 23, 2008 | 1 comment
23. History of Lisp (softwarepreservation.org)
19 points by parenthesis on July 23, 2008 | 2 comments
24. Why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks (timesonline.co.uk)
19 points by nreece on July 23, 2008 | 20 comments
25. Parallels between our current economic times and the Great Depression (law.harvard.edu)
16 points by revorad on July 23, 2008
26. Y Combinator Challenge #2 - Simplified Browsing (astartupaday.wordpress.com)
15 points by jmorin007 on July 23, 2008 | 14 comments
27. Memo To VCs: Every Great Idea Doesn't Fit In An Elevator Pitch (whydoeseverythingsuck.com)
15 points by whalliburton on July 23, 2008 | 15 comments
28. Entertain users with your progress bar (dilbert.com)
15 points by andreyf on July 23, 2008 | 7 comments
29. YSlow Shootout: Social News Sites (hostscope.com)
15 points by babul on July 23, 2008
30. Oldest Bible (4th Century New Testament) Pieced Together, to be Made Available Online (discovery.com)
14 points by DaniFong on July 23, 2008 | 9 comments

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