Hacker News on 12 January 2009

• How Cook's Illustrated thrives while others are dying
• Hack your brain: How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio
• Why I Canceled My CO2stats Account
• If You Don't Change the UI, Nobody Notices
• Joel on Software: "By installing Java, you will be able to experience the power of Java"
• An Homage to Preloaders
• Why I still prefer Prototype to jQuery
• The importance of stupidity in scientific research
• Most Dangerous Programming Errors
• Interview with an Adware Author