Hacker News Way Back Machine

• How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008 · 190 points · by hbien · 60 comments
• Slashdotter on the value of ideas versus execution · 100 points · by alex_c · 70 comments
• Firebug 1.3.0 Final Released · 83 points · by JGM564 · 13 comments
• Data Analysts Captivated by Power of R · 82 points · by kalvin · 69 comments
• Don't Bet on Moore Saving Your Ass · 82 points · by prakash · 78 comments
• You Will Probably Fail in a Boring and Project-specific Way · 80 points · by shimon · 46 comments
• Ask HN: Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? · 71 points · by jsdalton · 40 comments
• Twitter Hacker Says Admin Password Was 'Happiness' · 67 points · by lnguyen · 41 comments
• Real World Haskell · 67 points · by tsally · 34 comments
• JobSyndicate Alpha Launch · 58 points · by LukeG · 22 comments
• Amazon's Simple Pay Subscription launches · 42 points · by lsb · 27 comments
• Hacking low-cost Chinese pianos into something special · 42 points · by rms · 7 comments
• Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects · 41 points · by rms · 3 comments
• Firefox: An Acceptable Cross Platform GUI Toolkit · 40 points · by ynniv · 30 comments
• Hacker News doesn't validate · 39 points · by urlwolf · 95 comments
• My First Day Working a Full-time job (at my startup) · 36 points · by PStamatiou · 12 comments
• I did it: The postmortem of doing 31 features in 31 days · 33 points · by tedroden · 15 comments
• Did Google Just Expose Semantic Data in Search Results? · 31 points · by Anon84 · 8 comments
• Ask HN: An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? · 28 points · by moder · 55 comments
• Satyam Chairman Resigns After Falsifying Accounts, Shares Fall · 28 points · by medianama · 15 comments
• Eric Schmidt wishes Google could save newspapers · 28 points · by gibsonf1 · 11 comments
• Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs? · 26 points · by danw · 10 comments
• Engine Yard Cuts 15% Of Workforce · 26 points · by qhoxie · 18 comments
• I’m like a Hypochondriac, but with Programming · 24 points · by Herring · 8 comments
• Contrast: Fail Early, Fail Often, and Learn · 24 points · by unalone · 7 comments
• Ask HN: What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup · 24 points · by canhasinternet · 36 comments
• Detecting twitter users with JavaScript - handy or evil? · 23 points · by bdfh42 · 8 comments
• As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God · 22 points · by yters · 32 comments
• Obama's Presidential Limo Will Be a 'Rolling Tank With Windows' · 22 points · by svjunkie · 43 comments
• What is the best project management application for start-ups? · 22 points · by p47 · 39 comments
• OLPC cuts 50% of staff · 21 points · by pingswept · 34 comments
• Ask HN: Getting accepted into a top level CS program. · 20 points · by ncarlson · 23 comments
• Leap before you look? · 19 points · by bdotdub · 17 comments
• Yet another perpetual motion machine company with 60M in funding · 18 points · by rms · 19 comments
• Ask HN: Review my app · 18 points · by lpgauth · 12 comments
• Distributed personal wiki - server-free (well, kinda) · 18 points · by nocivus · 7 comments
• Mr. Moore gets to punt on sharding · 17 points · by riklomas · 13 comments
• Atheist buses denying God's existence take to streets · 16 points · by pmjordan · 26 comments
• Johann Hari: You are being lied to about pirates · 16 points · by prakash · no comments
• How to Save Time by Watching Videos at Higher Playback Speeds · 16 points · by twampss · 12 comments
• Ask HN: UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies · 14 points · by crux · 15 comments
• Rate limiting with memcached · 13 points · by danw · 4 comments
• The more people you're competing against, the less motivated and competitive you are · 11 points · by robg · 2 comments
• A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers · 11 points · by soundsop · 2 comments
• Ask HN: Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project · 11 points · by jbrun · 14 comments
• If the New York Times dies, does the news die? · 10 points · by transburgh · 2 comments
• Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know · 10 points · by andreyf · no comments
• Google Claims That Google Checkout Increases Conversion By 40% & Clicks By 10% · 9 points · by Anon84 · 8 comments
• Ask HN: Do we need a way to search our "saved" (upmodded) stories · 9 points · by sh1mmer · no comments
• Whoshouldifollow? Twitter recommendation engine · 9 points · by champion · 4 comments
• Investment Group Makes Run For Yahoo, Using Microsoft’s Money · 9 points · by dell9000 · 3 comments
• Map of All Undersea Internet Cables · 9 points · by tsally · 2 comments
• Ask HN:How to get an internship with a VC Backed Startup · 9 points · by timz1290 · 3 comments
• Using LLVM to generate fast machine code from Haskell · 9 points · by kirubakaran · no comments
• Did Corkd Get Hackd? · 9 points · by qhoxie · 8 comments
• XKCD: Keynote · 8 points · by steelhive · 1 comment
• The Linguistic Diversity of Aboriginal Europe · 7 points · by bdr · no comments
• Skip the LLC · 7 points · by timf · no comments
• Universal infrared remote control for iPhone · 6 points · by huhtenberg · 2 comments
• Technical Details Behind iWork.com · 6 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Top Countries by Robot Density · 6 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The Booms & Busts of Behavioral Targeting · 6 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Microsoft All But Abandons Vista: Upgrades To 7 To Be Offered In July · 6 points · by escapade · 11 comments
• Sea ice area returns to 1979 level · 6 points · by epi0Bauqu · 1 comment
• Niche dating site ideas? · 6 points · by sammy2 · 11 comments
• Industrial design from a pig farmer with her back to the wall · 5 points · by robg · no comments
• Are All Web App Platforms Doomed by Fatigue? · 5 points · by astrec · no comments
• Modeling trees with a space colonization algorithm (large PDF, worth the load time) · 5 points · by henning · no comments
• Selling Apple and Google Today · 5 points · by prakash · no comments
• Is venture capital a lonely job? · 5 points · by danw · no comments
• Pricing your consulting: You're doing it wrong · 5 points · by ahoyhere · 1 comment
• 8 Definitive Web Font Stacks · 5 points · by arjunlall · 1 comment
• Failure Is a Badge of Honor: Insights from VC Erik Benson · 5 points · by gthuang · no comments
• Ask HN: Any successful entrepreneurs out there with a business degree? · 4 points · by mjnaus · no comments
• Net Generation: spoiled, narcissistic layabouts? · 4 points · by alienasia · 4 comments
• Ask HN: Looking for a student partner to get startup off the ground · 4 points · by rickharrison · 3 comments
• Scene But Not Nerd · 4 points · by apgwoz · no comments
• Shape recognition and graph layout on the iPhoneOS · 4 points · by pixelglow · no comments
• Sparklines: Nice ET graphic idea · 4 points · by jgamman · no comments
• COUCHDB based email messaging system with code · 4 points · by genetifyro · 1 comment
• The problem with how opportunity assessment is taught to engineers · 4 points · by nertzy · no comments
• Axiotron 15″ Modbook Pro - Tablet Macbook (Photos) · 4 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Use the Mac's accelerometer in the iPhone Simulator · 4 points · by kranner · no comments
• Teamwork 4 beta available · 4 points · by ppolsinelli · no comments
• Basicthinking.de ("German Techcrunch") for sale · 4 points · by Tichy · no comments
• Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones - But A Bad Name Will Seldom Hurt You · 4 points · by mollylynn · no comments
• Atheists Send a Message, on 800 British Buses · 4 points · by geebee · no comments
• A Markov chain generator in Clojure · 4 points · by paulsmith · no comments
• Protect your computer against cats ... · 4 points · by RiderOfGiraffes · 4 comments
• Cancer and Statistical Illusion · 4 points · by bd · no comments
• Ask HN: sendmail vs mailto: links for viral content sharing? · 4 points · by tconfrey · 2 comments
• Meet the Freebase bots · 3 points · by babyshake · no comments
• Is there a demand for a start-up technical assistant? · 3 points · by sgibson12 · 1 comment
• Apple's Keyboard-Free Laptop · 3 points · by jkkramer · no comments
• Salmon Run: More Java Actor Frameworks Compared · 3 points · by osi · no comments
• Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs · 3 points · by tokenadult · no comments
• The World as I see it - Albert Einstein · 3 points · by sagarmatha · no comments
• Ask HN: Average Screen Resolution? · 3 points · by klk · 4 comments
• 'Cybergeddon' fear stalks US: FBI · 3 points · by happylancer · no comments
• The World's Greatest Chess Scam Happened Aboard The Titanic · 3 points · by nickb · 3 comments
• Ziff Davis: The Legendary Magazine Publisher Publishes Magazines No More · 3 points · by technologizer · no comments
• History of the Internet · 3 points · by zeedotme · 2 comments
• Vim eats Thunderbird - Muttator (by vimperator) · 3 points · by mapleoin · no comments
• Browser is the only validator (scroll down to "Validation output") · 3 points · by pogos · 1 comment
• AddressChooser: address picker in real-time · 3 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Indie dev suggests peers should support OS X, Linux gaming · 3 points · by nihilocrat · no comments
• Facebook: A Great Start to 2009 · 3 points · by ashishk · 5 comments
• Apple Without Its Core · 3 points · by quantumhobbit · 1 comment
• Brown student spends a semester at Liberty University and then writes a book about it... · 3 points · by linhir · no comments
• History of the Internet · 3 points · by danw · no comments
• Bush's Final F.U.: Bush to screw America over for years to come · 3 points · by lowkey · no comments
• Ask HN: What bookmarklets do you use? · 3 points · by pstinnett · 4 comments
• Satyam Chief Admits Huge Fraud · 3 points · by bootload · no comments
• A123 wants to mass produce li-ion batteries in USA, creating 14,000 jobs · 3 points · by MikeCapone · 1 comment
• The Power of Less: Changing Behavior with Leo Babauta · 3 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Hardware that supports iPhoto '09's geotagging · 3 points · by KevinBongart · no comments
• Internet Dating Conference 2009 - January 22nd & 23rd · 2 points · by JayNeely · no comments
• WebEx Brings Online Meetings to the iPhone · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Pandora 2.0 lands on iPhone tonight · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• WebEx brings web meetings to your iPhone · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• People have nothing better to do with their time · 2 points · by pavel · no comments
• The Perils of Zero-Gravity Videography · 2 points · by joshwa · no comments
• Billionaire Merckle commits suicide · 2 points · by jhancock · no comments
• Digital guru Clay Shirky's media forecast and predictions for 2009 · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• Newspapers: Evolution or catastrophe? · 2 points · by astrec · no comments
• Macworld News · 2 points · by nobosh · no comments
• Augmenting Page Rank with a new metric · 2 points · by hotpockets · no comments
• Helpful article on consulting? · 2 points · by omarish · 3 comments
• Satyam Computers' boss resigns, admits fraud · 2 points · by g__g · no comments
• Apple - Macworld 2009 Keynote Address · 2 points · by Andi · 1 comment
• Nothing to be frightened of : The frightfulness of Death · 2 points · by yters · 1 comment
• Sathyam Chairman Raju resigns - admits to fraud · 2 points · by cnu · no comments
• Terry Gross interviews James Fallows about everything · 2 points · by gruseom · no comments
• The Blogs That Inspire Me · 2 points · by mattjung · no comments
• Is Perpetual Motion in a Vacuum Possible? · 2 points · by ankeshk · 6 comments
• Wikis at github · 2 points · by subbu · no comments
• Boundaries · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• JS RGB to hex color converter · 2 points · by geuis · no comments
• Apple Confirms $179 Battery Swap Cost for 17" MacBook Pro · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• How To Avoid Being Burned By An Earn-Out (Part II) · 2 points · by markpeterdavis · no comments
• Connection - A film noir about hackers · 2 points · by shadez · no comments
• Losses for Venture Fund Investors Who Want Out · 2 points · by lnguyen · no comments
• Obama picks RIAA's favorite lawyer for a top Justice post · 2 points · by ALee · no comments
• Berry Compound Reduces Aging Effect · 2 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• The 2008 VC liquidity drought in charts · 2 points · by vaksel · no comments
• Bank of America has a small business forum. Long URL, but not half bad. · 2 points · by thorax · no comments
• Reverse Image Search · 2 points · by robg · no comments
• Sun Acquires Q-layer To Expand Cloud Computing Offerings · 2 points · by transburgh · no comments
• The International Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest toy store for adults. · 2 points · by linhir · no comments
• Blending the link and query-click graphs · 2 points · by prakash · no comments
• Salesforce.com outage exposes cloud's dark linings · 2 points · by nickb · 1 comment
• Ask HN: How to make something awesome out of Motion Detection · 2 points · by ideamonk · 5 comments
• The Greatest Product Demo Ever--and What to Learn from It · 2 points · by hellacious · no comments
• Porn industry seeks federal bailout (not a joke) · 2 points · by transburgh · 3 comments
• Ylastic - Manage Amazon Web Services from your iPhone · 2 points · by johns · no comments
• A startup's first year...in numbers (check the blog) · 2 points · by pumper · no comments
• Can H1-B and F1 visa holders earn money online? · 2 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• How Apple Made a Non-Removable Battery Sound Awesome · 1 points · by bullseye · 1 comment
• On Google Disallowing Crawling of Their LIFE Hosting · 1 points · by raghus · no comments
• Fast bootup and recovery from sleep using HyperSpace (pretty impressive video!) · 1 points · by kahseng · no comments
• The other shoe... · 1 points · by bwd · no comments
• Recession-friendly Macworld booth babes = roving bumble bees · 1 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Very cool Google App Engine app, SAASi · 1 points · by edwardgsanchez · no comments
• New 17-inch MacBook Pro unveiled with integrated battery · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Economic Downgrades and Musical Chairs · 1 points · by dcancel · no comments
• Intel Mac owner? Please try Picasa with OurDoings · 1 points · by brlewis · 4 comments
• Apple’s Lowered Expectations Pay Off · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Fake fingerprints, formerly experimental, make real-world debut · 1 points · by themenace · no comments
• Add permanent keyboard shortcuts to Google.com · 1 points · by svjunkie · no comments
• Blu-Ray's future uncertain · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Many Languages or One? · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Comparing print, tv and internet (levels of engagement, interactivity, practicality) · 1 points · by mtw · no comments
• The Startup Road · 1 points · by bradleyjoyce · no comments
• A Great Resource · 1 points · by IGbarb19 · no comments
• Apple won't be missed at Macworld Expo · 1 points · by snydeq · no comments
• AdBurner – Solving A Problem That Exists · 1 points · by prakash · no comments
• Stacey's Bookstore closing down in S.F. · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · 1 comment
• CBS Kills WallStrip · 1 points · by daysnow · no comments
• Apple unveils software updates, new laptop · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Flow of venture capital for green tech slows · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Single sign out - surely we can do better. · 1 points · by mtrichardson · no comments
• PowerShell ABC's - M is for Matching · 1 points · by joepruitt · no comments
• The only flash intro I've ever enjoyed · 1 points · by brandnewlow · 1 comment
• British Government Wants Private Firm To Monitor Super Database Of Every Person In Britain · 1 points · by swombat · 2 comments
• Ted Leonsis: Ten Keys to Startup Success and Happiness · 1 points · by ALee · no comments
• LG Touchscreen Watch Phone Will Support 3G, Speech Recognition · 1 points · by chaostheory · no comments
• SOA isn't dead, but its standards are · 1 points · by lmacvittie · no comments
• Must-Haves for the Pantry: Substituting quality without sacrificing convenience · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Meet Vince Offer, master of the modern pitch. · 1 points · by wmeredith · no comments
• Lwqueue: Lightweight cross-language message queue system · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• Will Twitter Become The Next Friendster In 2009? · 1 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Some Interesting Styles of Blogging · 1 points · by arthurk · no comments
• Why You Should Study Philosophy · 1 points · by loquace · 1 comment
• Tetris could reduce trauma · 1 points · by dhimes · 1 comment
• Which gadget do you hunker down with? · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• The next big political fight: healthcare · 1 points · by newt0311 · no comments
• 12 deaths blamed on snow and cold across Europe · 1 points · by gibsonf1 · no comments
• Top Underhyped Open Platforms · 1 points · by sachin · no comments
• Buying a Headstone for Knut's Surrogate Father · 1 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Stand up for free speech · 1 points · by mjfern · no comments
• Wireless electricity comes to CES, but will it power mobile devices? · 1 points · by ilamont · 1 comment
• Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (humor) · 1 points · by zhyder · no comments
• Pupils conquer fear of computers: "I was worried it might explode and kill me." · 1 points · by tsally · no comments
• Handling Formats Based On Url Extension · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Three Widgets to Follow CES '09 · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Linux pioneer moves from Red Hat to Intel · 1 points · by svjunkie · no comments
• Laptops, students, distraction: hardly a surprise when combined · 1 points · by jseliger · no comments
• How To Get The World Excited About Your Business – James Siminoff (PhoneTag founder) · 1 points · by AndrewWarner · no comments
• Apple has been charging for iTunes Plus upgrades since 2007 · 1 points · by transburgh · no comments
• Facebook’s traffic growth leaving rivals in the dust · 1 points · by transburgh · 1 comment
• Target shooting scores and analysis with python · 1 points · by markdennehy · no comments
• Front-end Performance: Doing More With Less · 1 points · by bdotdub · no comments
• The Psychology of Faces · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• Why Bill Gates Quit Microsoft: Man's Quest for Happiness · 1 points · by somnambulist · no comments
• Twitter Baby - Most unique use of twitter this week · 1 points · by danw · no comments
• CES 2009: 3D video gaming to become a reality next month · 1 points · by 11ren · no comments
• Toy trains 'Star Wars' fans to use The Force · 1 points · by makimaki · no comments
• My weekend project: ObamaMillion.com · 1 points · by zaidf · 4 comments