Hacker News on 24 December 2009

• CoffeeScript, a little language that compiles to JavaScript. Happy Holidays, HN
• Making Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
• Installing Etherpad
• IKEA: Flat-pack accounting (2006)
• Movement Mechanics in “The Legend of Zelda”
• Intercepting Predator Video
• The disappointingly ongoing success of WvDial
• Amazon goes down; takes S3, Salesforce, Target, and others with them.
• Merry Christmas & a very happy 2010 HN
• Walter Bright on C's Biggest Mistake