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Stories from August 23, 2007
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1. Holding a program in one's head (paulgraham.com)
142 points by eposts on Aug 23, 2007 | 131 comments
2. Philip Greenspun: Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education (law.harvard.edu)
45 points by adamdoupe on Aug 23, 2007 | 14 comments
3. Remember that Lifehacker post about Seinfeld's productivity secret? I made a small site based on it. (dontbreakthechain.com)
43 points by brett on Aug 23, 2007 | 42 comments
4. Gambling Dispute With a Tiny Country Puts U.S. in a Bind (nytimes.com)
27 points by pg on Aug 23, 2007 | 4 comments
5. Comic Sans designer: "Comic Sans was not designed as a typeface" (connare.com)
25 points by jcwentz on Aug 23, 2007 | 9 comments
6. Steve "spez" Huffman of Reddit on The Total Rewrite Decision (reddit.com)
22 points by staunch on Aug 23, 2007 | 9 comments
7. Craig Newmark quits Craigslist? (valleywag.com)
25 points by nickb on Aug 23, 2007 | 10 comments
8. What happened to you after you were rejected?
22 points by palish on Aug 23, 2007 | 33 comments
9. Content-Aware Image Sizing (youtube.com)
21 points by toffer on Aug 23, 2007 | 6 comments
10. The "Oh Crap" Moment: How do you know how much you know?
19 points by joshwa on Aug 23, 2007 | 16 comments
11. No, I'm not giving you my Google password (venturecake.com)
18 points by nailer on Aug 23, 2007 | 5 comments
12. I surrender. Lisp really is better than C++. (oakcircle.com)
15 points by jcwentz on Aug 23, 2007 | 15 comments
13. An Independent Journalist solves a 2400-year-old Mystery (umkc.edu)
15 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2007 | 3 comments
14. How To: Make a Laser Espionage Microphone (geeksaresexy.net)
12 points by kkim on Aug 23, 2007 | 6 comments
15. Freebase Launches (freebase.com)
14 points by rams on Aug 23, 2007 | 6 comments
16. What a comment stream would look like in a real meeting (crunchnotes.com)
12 points by petenixey on Aug 23, 2007 | 2 comments
17. c10k: Handling 10 thousand symultaneous connections. (kegel.com)
13 points by euccastro on Aug 23, 2007 | 3 comments
18. Perils of Credentialism (adventnet.com)
12 points by subhash on Aug 23, 2007 | 7 comments
19. Stop Pretending you can Start a Company while Avoiding Sacrifice and Risk (gobignetwork.com)
12 points by transburgh on Aug 23, 2007 | 17 comments
20. EventKnower - Know the uknowable the instant it happens (feedback on my idea)
12 points by tocomment on Aug 23, 2007 | 18 comments
21. How Many Machines Do You Need To Run Your Site? (highscalability.com)
11 points by aaroneous on Aug 23, 2007 | 5 comments
22. What consulting means to me (/what I can't stand working at someone else's company) (perl.org)
9 points by fad on Aug 23, 2007 | 2 comments
23. Alexis Ohanian: Early results from the redditor survey (reddit.blogspot.com)
10 points by pg on Aug 23, 2007 | 4 comments
24. How do you brainstorm for ideas for products?
10 points by dawie on Aug 23, 2007 | 23 comments
25. Uberfact: the ultimate social verifier (unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com)
9 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2007 | 3 comments
26. Stackless Python-like coroutines in Scheme.
8 points by euccastro on Aug 23, 2007 | 2 comments
27. What system do you use for bug tracking?
7 points by ACSparks on Aug 23, 2007 | 35 comments
28. What happens to the YC applications after rejected?
7 points by eusman on Aug 23, 2007 | 12 comments
29. 10 Business-lunch blunders to avoid (cnn.com)
7 points by donna on Aug 23, 2007 | 6 comments
30. Online CSS grid generator (kematzy.com)
6 points by sabhishek on Aug 23, 2007 | 3 comments

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