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pg's "Ramen Profitable" essay contains an excellent Rice and Beans recipe: http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html#f1n

The "Siracusa County" reference refers to this Hypercritical episode: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/15

The Walmarts you mentioned: Lush: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=walmart++Hilton+Head+Island,+... Fully paved: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=walmart++Hilton+Head+Island,+...

Stack Exchange (including Stack Overflow, etc.): http://stackexchange.com/ One of Jeff Atwood's blog posts on the topic: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/10/the-gamification.h…

The most recent Freakonomics on Marketplace segment focused on this study: http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/08/23/there%E2%80%99s-cake-...

In the case of Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange, see Jeff Atwood's (slightly dated - IIRC job candidates are no longer charged) answer to "What is Stack Overflow's business model?": h…

Did you apply to YC, or were you invited to YC? (I am curious how the process works for startups that already have significant traction before joining YC. Humble Bundle comes to mi…

E-ink Kindles write a "Your battery is empty" message to the screen shortly before the battery becomes completely discharged. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickbilton/3636447946/

Xbox 360 (mostly for Netflix and YouTube)

Sencha - http://www.sencha.com/

A NYT article during development in 2009: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/business/10novel.html

There was an excellent discussion on this same salary negotiation tactic in a recent episode of "Build and Analyze": http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/19 (Salary discussion was at some p…

I believe it ends up getting enforced at the retailer level; most major chains will refuse to purchase Christmas lights that are not UL listed, so you can be reasonably sure that t…

I believe Underwriters Laboratories and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety would be US examples of similar private agencies.

37signals Podcast, This Developer's Life, Freakonomics Radio, Hanselminutes (in addition to several already mentioned by others).

I am a fan of both Top Gear (seen every episode, save for the most recent series) and Tesla (would kill for a Roadster or Model S). The Tesla Roadster review seemed to be fairly ty…

I have yet to give Evernote a full test drive but personally ever since Google implemented two-factor authentication Google Docs seems to have a profound aura of safety that makes …

A barebones, 30-minute (5 minutes if you're good) FizzBuzz-esque puzzle given to candidates up front has drastically reduced the number phone interviews that leave me paralytically…

I pop the SIM out of my iPhone and put it into one of these whenever I go biking or camping. Mine cost $15 as a GoPhone (not unlocked). Couldn't be happier.

Jeff Atwood did an excellent piece on exactly this issue: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/05/on-working-remotely...

Same here; I think cable companies’ complacency in customer service issues isn’t receiving due consideration when discussing this “cord-cutting” trend. When I purchased my house in…

The upgrade is practically automatic. iTunes nags you every time you plug in an out-of-date iPhone and only requires a single click. That and the jump from 3.3.1 to 4.x is an absol…

Companies that have vast numbers of adjustable desks (e.g. Fog Creek [1]): How many developers use them in standing mode vs. sitting mode? Do many pick a mode and stick with it for…

The founders of Instructables seem to have a reasonably good treadmill desk + code setup (though I personally couldn't tolerate his monitor configuration). http://www.instructables…

I haven't been to BK in a while, but during grad school the back of every receipt asked you to call a number, complete a survey, write down a code, and redeem the receipt for a fre…