Hacker News on 2 January 2009

• Unusual disk latency
• Ask HN: Best HN threads in '08?
• Richard Feynman Videos (I just collected as many as I could find)
• Philip Greenspun's Economy Recovery Plan
• A gentle reminder that RAID doesn't make offsite backups
• Source code of the file with the Zune bug (starts on line 249)
• Octo.py: quick and easy MapReduce for Python
• If you love Windows XP, you’ll hate Windows 7
• Enjoying the show, avoiding the flamethrower: life inside Apple
• Is Google App Engine Ready for Prime Time?