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Stories from December 9, 2007
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1. Self-righting object - the Gomboc (nytimes.com)
30 points by mhb on Dec 9, 2007 | 14 comments
2. Math For Programmers (steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
32 points by hhm on Dec 9, 2007 | 13 comments
3. The Twice Shy Entrepreneur (techcrunch.com)
29 points by raghus on Dec 9, 2007 | 5 comments
4. Portal is the most subversive game ever (gamesradar.com)
27 points by jsmcgd on Dec 9, 2007 | 18 comments
5. "Running a startup is a great way to learn how to, and how not to, ignore the right things." (oreilly.com)
18 points by wmorein on Dec 9, 2007 | 4 comments
6. The Role of Retroviruses in Human Evolution (newyorker.com)
17 points by arasakik on Dec 9, 2007
7. IMAP Rant (rubyforge.org)
17 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007 | 1 comment
8. Water becomes the new oil as world runs dry (guardian.co.uk)
16 points by theoneill on Dec 9, 2007
9. What every programmer should know about memory (lwn.net)
15 points by hhm on Dec 9, 2007
10. Have you ever coded while high?
13 points by rokhayakebe on Dec 9, 2007 | 36 comments
11. Perl On Rails - What the BBC Does Right (oreillynet.com)
11 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007
12. 8 Tips To Launching A Successful Web Startup (howtosplitanatom.com)
10 points by drm237 on Dec 9, 2007
13. What percentage of users activate their accounts?
10 points by picnichouse on Dec 9, 2007 | 8 comments
14. A quick stroll through DTrace (Ruby, Mac and dtrace) (theexciter.com)
8 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007
15. Automated web testing with Sahi. (Flash demo) (sahi.co.in)
8 points by iamelgringo on Dec 9, 2007 | 1 comment
16. Two Stories of Simplicity (dadgum.com)
7 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007 | 1 comment
17. Using the Chart API in KML for Quick Data Visualization (googlemapsapi.blogspot.com)
6 points by terpua on Dec 9, 2007
18. The Danger of Naivete (codinghorror.com)
6 points by hhm on Dec 9, 2007
19. API - XML or JSON output ?
6 points by iamyoohoo on Dec 9, 2007 | 5 comments
20. Just what is this Javascript object you handed me? (bigdingus.com)
6 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007
21. What is the best way to register a country-specific domain extension?
6 points by Poleris on Dec 9, 2007 | 7 comments
22. The team that put the net in orbit (nytimes.com)
5 points by jcwentz on Dec 9, 2007
23. Astronomical "computer" from 100 BC is surprisingly complex (nytimes.com)
4 points by jcwentz on Dec 9, 2007 | 1 comment
24. The Dynamics of Viral Marketing [PDF] (hp.com)
3 points by kingnothing on Dec 9, 2007
25. Bridgewerx - Product Success, Business Failure (softwareindustrialization.com)
3 points by nostrademons on Dec 9, 2007
26. Chipmunk Physics (slembcke.net)
3 points by theoneill on Dec 9, 2007
27. Ooyala wins Amazon's Startup Challenge (allthingsdistributed.com)
3 points by raghus on Dec 9, 2007
28. Corrections about sync(2) (plover.com)
2 points by nickb on Dec 9, 2007
29. How to Do Retail Right: Apple's Newest NYC Store (geek.com)
2 points by thomas on Dec 9, 2007
30. 3 Bad Examples of Landing Pages (seosmarty.com)
2 points by webgraff on Dec 9, 2007

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