# Hello

How is your year starting off? I'm working on some small tweaks to Hacker Newsletter which you might notice, including a new "Recommended" section at the bottom which will feature something (or even someone) that stands out. Is there anything you highly recommend? Click reply and let me know. :) @Kale

# Selected Articles

• Reddit to go dark on Jan 18 to protest SOPA
  (blog.reddit.com) comments
• Just a simple guide for getting started with git. no deep shi!t ;)
  (rogerdudler.github.com) comments
• How to nap
  (boston.com) comments
• Microsoft launches an HTML5 version of Cut the Rope
  (cuttherope.ie) comments
• List of every congressmember who supports SOPA, sortable by donations
  (sopaopera.org) comments
• Uncloaking a Slumlord Conspiracy with Social Network Analysis
  (orgnet.com) comments
• Children's U-238 Atomic Energy Lab playset for $50 from 1951
  (orau.org) comments
• Small teams are dramatically more efficient than large teams
  (spin.atomicobject.com) comments
• How rel=nofollow Works
  (luigimontanez.com) comments
• JavaScript Needs Blocks
  (yehudakatz.com) comments
• Designing Great API Docs
  (blog.parse.com) comments

# Ask HN

• Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
• Tell HN: Frustrated and feeling pretty useless at this point.
• Ask HN: Is there a repository of failed startups?
• Ask HN: Effective communication methods with remote employees?
• Ask HN: Do startups hire 50+ year old programmers?

# Classics

• "Nah, who needs another search engine?" comments
• Ack - better than grep, a power search tool for devs comments
• How to nap: Power napping without sleeping comments

# Recently Launched

• I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is. comments
• AlreadyHN, a bookmarklet to check if page is on HN comments
• Show HN: Faster way to burn your money on Etsy.com comments
• Show HN: DailyPag.es comments
• Show HN: Courtside.me comments
• Show HN: Your Most Followed Followers comments

# Code & Dev Tools

• Introducing the Backbone.js Boilerplate comments
• Vim-powerline: The ultimate vim statusline utility comments
• Open Source Visitor.js comments
• MacGap: Desktop WebKit wrapper for HTML/CSS/JS apps comments
• Show HN: A JavaScript interpreter written in Ruby comments
• Twss.js comments

# Design

• This photograph is free comments
• This photograph is not free comments
• Android Design comments
• The New Web Typography comments
• Glue is a command line tool to generate CSS sprites comments
• Resources to Hack Design comments

# Books

• 30 Free Programming Ebooks comments
• The Art of Unix Programming comments
• Big Data: principles and best practices (new book) comments

# Wikipedia

• Inner-platform effect comments

# Videos

• I was on BloombergTV talking SOPA today - how'd I do? comments
• NodeUp - A Node.js Podcast comments

# Job Threads

• Don't write on the whiteboard comments
• Top job boards for software devs comments
• Quick Salary Tip for Software Engineers comments
• Y Combinator Startups: Job Board
• UseTheSource Job Board

# Recommended

If you use Ruby, I highly recommend Gregory Brown's Practicing Ruby weekly journal. I just recently discovered it and I've learned a lot in each issue. Its not free, but well worth the price and it will make you think about how you write every line of code. You can read the first volume for free.

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