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1. Apple now censoring dictionaries in the App Store (daringfireball.net)
327 points by ajg1977 on Aug 5, 2009 | 80 comments
2. The 7 vices of highly creative people (salon.com)
123 points by ivankirigin on Aug 5, 2009 | 43 comments
3. (chromium) Issue 18385: Head in place of close button (code.google.com)
119 points by mlLK on Aug 5, 2009 | 7 comments
4. I'm Moving To San Francisco, I Need A Job (zedshaw.com)
108 points by nailer on Aug 5, 2009 | 75 comments
5. Listia (YC S09) Is An Awesome Way To Give And Get Free Stuff (techcrunch.com)
98 points by moses1400 on Aug 5, 2009 | 28 comments
6. Complete computer designed and built from logic gates (homebrewcpu.com)
98 points by jgrahamc on Aug 5, 2009 | 29 comments
7. NoSQL: If only it was that easy (bjclark.me)
88 points by bjclark on Aug 5, 2009 | 43 comments
8. Just give me a simple CPU and some I/O ports (jgc.org)
87 points by jgrahamc on Aug 5, 2009 | 54 comments
9. Set Up Your Server Right, Part 1 (envylabs.com)
74 points by edw519 on Aug 5, 2009 | 27 comments
10. Google Buys Video Company On2 for $106.5M (gigaom.com)
72 points by procyon on Aug 5, 2009 | 27 comments
11. Arc 3.1 (works on latest MzScheme) (arclanguage.org)
60 points by pogos on Aug 5, 2009
12. How to Create a Self-Referential Tweet (spinellis.gr)
58 points by Autre on Aug 5, 2009 | 25 comments
13. Massacre Gmail Ads with These Two Sentences (and Some Tragic Words) (lifehacker.com)
59 points by divia on Aug 5, 2009 | 58 comments
14. Other Companies Should Have To Read This Internal Netflix Presentation (techcrunch.com)
49 points by edw519 on Aug 5, 2009 | 13 comments
15. What's faster - a supercomputer or EC2? (ianfoster.typepad.com)
46 points by timf on Aug 5, 2009 | 29 comments
16. In-Field Labels: A Better Way + jQuery Plugin (fuelyourcoding.com)
43 points by sant0sk1 on Aug 5, 2009 | 24 comments
17. How I (almost) use my computer without a mouse (hwanger.com)
37 points by psycovic23 on Aug 5, 2009 | 32 comments
18. Transforming the Law into Code (cornell.edu)
34 points by fogus on Aug 5, 2009 | 25 comments
19. It’s Time We Stopped Rewarding Projects with Crappy Documentation (cforcoding.com)
31 points by cletus on Aug 5, 2009 | 35 comments
20. 40hr App Build (lesseverything.com)
31 points by lessallan on Aug 5, 2009 | 4 comments
21. A beginners guide to OCaml internals (rwmj.wordpress.com)
30 points by fogus on Aug 5, 2009 | 7 comments
22. My Inbox Is Not A TV (myinboxisnota.tv)
29 points by twampss on Aug 5, 2009 | 13 comments
23. Nokia in Trouble? How Fast Can a Mobile Device Giant React? (meownewsletter.com)
28 points by blasdel on Aug 5, 2009 | 14 comments
24. Windows 7 review - Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)
29 points by CodeChutney on Aug 5, 2009 | 23 comments
25. Google Acquires Video Compression Technology Company On2 For $106 Million (techcrunch.com)
27 points by GVRV on Aug 5, 2009 | 19 comments
26. Fast vector graphics word art with HTML canvas (paulsawaya.com)
27 points by psawaya on Aug 5, 2009 | 9 comments
27. Eight New Startups Pop Out Of The LaunchBox (techcrunch.com)
26 points by vaksel on Aug 5, 2009 | 7 comments
28. Mozilla, Google, and Opera announce support for built-in 3D graphics (venturebeat.com)
25 points by marcusbooster on Aug 5, 2009 | 18 comments
29. Disco Project: Erlang and Python Mapreduce (discoproject.org)
24 points by rw on Aug 5, 2009 | 2 comments
30. Unmarked surveillance vehicles in Central London (jgc.org)
25 points by MaysonL on Aug 5, 2009 | 12 comments

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