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August 2009 Archive
241.
Living root bridges (atlasobscura.com)
72 points by ambulatorybird on Aug 24, 2009 | 15 comments
242.
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study (people.csail.mit.edu)
72 points by rms on Aug 11, 2009 | 14 comments
243.
thesixtyone (YC W09) is hiring software engineers (thesixtyone.com)
72 points by JMiao on Aug 24, 2009 | 0 comments
244.
Nassim Taleb (Black Swan) open letter to David Cameron (guardian.co.uk)
71 points by keven on Aug 18, 2009 | 64 comments
245.
YCRFS 1: The Future of Journalism (ycombinator.com)
71 points by suvike on Aug 16, 2009 | 57 comments
246.
Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp (wordoid.com)
71 points by op on Aug 2, 2009 | 49 comments
247.
In which I switch on a 30 year old computer and it just works (jgc.org)
71 points by jgrahamc on Aug 9, 2009 | 28 comments
248.
Icon Driven Development on the App Store- how we make $350/day without marketing (spreadsong.com)
71 points by colinplamondon on Aug 6, 2009 | 19 comments
249.
Android Market Sales data: pitiful $64/day for a Top 5 app (larvalabs.com)
70 points by adamhowell on Aug 31, 2009 | 58 comments
250.
The 3 key parts of news stories you usually don’t get (newsless.org)
70 points by joshwa on Aug 21, 2009 | 11 comments
251.
WikiLeaks published secret information about Icelandic meltdown (icelandweatherreport.com)
70 points by edw519 on Aug 2, 2009 | 8 comments
252.
When less is more (economist.com)
69 points by yan on Aug 14, 2009 | 27 comments
253.
King of the Apple geeks: Gruber as one-man media company (businessinsider.com)
69 points by adamhowell on Aug 10, 2009 | 24 comments
254.
Web citizens trying to kill Internet Explorer 6 (cnn.com)
69 points by drusenko on Aug 6, 2009 | 11 comments
255.
4Chan launches embarrassing attack on devout Christians on Facebook (thenextweb.com)
68 points by mgcreed on Aug 22, 2009 | 117 comments
256.
Call for a Better Web (callforabetterweb.org)
68 points by markup on Aug 18, 2009 | 65 comments
257.
Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic (crunchgear.com)
68 points by edw519 on Aug 10, 2009 | 53 comments
258.
What's on an airline baggage tag? (jgc.org)
68 points by jgrahamc on Aug 7, 2009 | 20 comments
259.
Hardware Hackers Create a Modular Motherboard (wired.com)
68 points by naish on Aug 19, 2009 | 12 comments
260.
Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do (abcnews.go.com)
67 points by mattmaroon on Aug 27, 2009 | 46 comments
261.
Women Prefer Poaching (overcomingbias.com)
67 points by rams on Aug 12, 2009 | 39 comments
262.
Porn collection put people off upgrading to Firefox 3 (pcpro.co.uk)
67 points by jedliu on Aug 27, 2009 | 32 comments
263.
The iPhone is Not Easy to Use: A New Direction for User Experience Design (johnnyholland.org)
67 points by Yrlec on Aug 18, 2009 | 29 comments
264.
Being poor at modeling is essential to OOP (comment on LtU) (lambda-the-ultimate.org)
67 points by blasdel on Aug 25, 2009 | 22 comments
265.
'Dynamic' assembler with GC (zedshaw.com)
67 points by spooneybarger on Aug 21, 2009 | 19 comments
266.
John Carmack on keeping id small (kotaku.com)
67 points by swilliams on Aug 17, 2009 | 11 comments
267.
YC-Funded GraffitiGeo: Foursquare Meets Yelp, With A Dash Of Augmented Reality (techcrunch.com)
67 points by siong1987 on Aug 14, 2009 | 11 comments
268.
Robot hand ties knots, dribbles a ball, and uses tweezers (video) (hizook.com)
67 points by byrneseyeview on Aug 23, 2009 | 7 comments
269.
Apple again offers matte screen option for 15-inch MacBook Pro (appleinsider.com)
66 points by peter123 on Aug 11, 2009 | 65 comments
270.
A Flowchart for “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (jeannr.tumblr.com)
66 points by Nervetattoo on Aug 19, 2009 | 37 comments