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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close August 20 – August 27, 2008 177 stories · Vol. 08 · Catalogue 35 · Issue 240 Get it by email ↓
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Business 13 stories

  1. So, you're gonna code the whole thing, do the servers and work for sweat equity...

  2. "The mission is to end oil," he says, "not create a company."

  3. Jason Calacanis On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company

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  1. Olympic Medal Count, Adjusted for Population and GDP

  2. 11 Things Startups Should Know About Enterprise 2.0

  3. Ten Startups Debut At TechStars Demo Day

  4. DHH Interview: Ruby on Rails, Startups, Culture

Sports 6 stories

  1. Indie game designer spent three years and $180,000 making a masterpiece

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  1. Pretending to game the system: Fans hoax "Girlfriend" vid to the #1 spot on YouTube.

  2. Facebook game "mobwars" making $22,000 a day

  3. Keep found things found, search Delicious 2.0 on Google with WebMynd (YC Winter 08)

Technology 147 stories

  1. Amazon’s Elastic Block Store explained

  2. Start a side project, says GitHub founder

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  1. Aaron Swartz: How To Launch Software

  2. Series AA Documents Back Online

  3. Do you know any programmers who exhibit these personality traits?

  4. One Inviolable Rule

  5. Bruce Schneier: The response to the "If you've got nothing to hide" argument

Entertainment 4 stories

  1. Songbird beta launches (includes integration with Songkick for concert tickets)

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  1. Mirror test shows magpies are self aware

  2. Related pages widget shown on Wikipedia using Directed Edge engine

  3. Build your own Fusion Reactor [pdf]

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