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Anyone know if "premium" freelance job sites exist? I mean if you are clearly above the norm and have the skills / portfolio to show? Just seeing if this is a business opportunity...

I have been using a Mac for a long time and love it - but I really want to buy a netbook a.) to get more work done traveling on planes, since my mac pro is 17 inches of awesome b.) to get familiar with other flavors of linux.. i.e. ubuntu. Sadly I remember a time when Dell was pushing Ubuntu on their computers, but I guess times have changed. Any recommendations on which netbook brand / model you have had success running Ubuntu on?

What is it with all the hosting companies get assaulted? Or maybe it was something they did (have not searched extensively). Anyways just wanted to throw this out there in case anyone has to do damage control (like me..)

www.mediatemple.net

Just curious if there is anything even close to the boom we are seeing in the tech / startup world for hiring... I know alternative energy was hot for awhile.

Oil? (boo!!) :)

Has anyone seen the message on Amazon.com home page regarding their new Cloud Drive and Player? Man if they can convert my itunes library I am in! ;)

Just curious to see some recommendations from the HN community...

All,

So I have yet to see anything like this on the interwebs, but I was wondering if someone has / should create an entire site/ forum dedicated to helping programmers correctly design their data model for business critical apps. For example, every language and framework book that uses e-commerce examples as their primary focus, rarely go into advanced modeling for more intricate system design (EDI, B2B, invoicing, etc.). Language and syntax questions are important, but if your data model is f'd, then life is really going to be painful down the road (obviously every model evolves, but it always help to be "sort of" on the right track to begin with).

This may fit under the larger umbrella of a stackoverflow, but just tossing out ideas to interested entrepreneurs! ;)

The Barefoot Contessa was making some awesome chicken dish while I was eating lunch in our break room and it made me really want to save a little more time for trying to cook better. I think I have mastered all thinks crockpot - it is time to step up the game! ;)

If you do like to cook, what do you cook?

I have a heavy content based site going live in the next month or so and I really have no connections to great (and reasonable) copyright lawyers. Any experience / thoughts in this realm would be greatly appreciated!

So while driving this morning, I had NPR on listening to US lawmakers give the typical run around about spending cuts. It seems like we are coming close to a dangerous stand still, which would obviously have dire consequences for the future of the US.

How come both sides can't seem to realize that when it comes to spending cuts EVERYTHING needs to get cut and unfortunately taxes need to be RAISED. No one wants to hear this - heck I don't want to pay more taxes. I also don't want to see gov agencies doing great things be cut severely, but the fact of the matter is that 14 trillion isn't going to go away quietly.

Now regardless of whether you think I am right or wrong in this assessment, I have continuously been impressed by the massive brain power behind HN and I am curious to hear people's thoughts on what needs to be done and why. If you are an international reader, feel free to share your outside perspective!