Hacker News on 24 November 2009

• One of my favorite professors in college was a self-confessed liar
• Wakemate (YC S09) helps you kiss groggy mornings goodbye
• Tell HN: Four (hopefully) unique and useful start-up tips
• Command line tricks
• Awesome By Proxy: Addicted to Fake Achievement
• "There is absolutely no design document whatsoever...[it] lives in Sid's brain."
• An Engineer's Guide to DNS
• Odeo Releases Twttr [2006]
• FlightCaster (YC S09) Takes Off With $1.3 Million In Funding And A New API
• Personal Branding for Introverts