I'd also be curious to match up the spikes of traffic with significant news (01/2012 3rd week, 12/2011 2nd week, etc).
Thanks for sharing!
3rd week of Jan 2012 ( http://hhn.domador.net/2012/01/18/23/ ) was all the SOPA/PIPA news.
2nd week of Dec was less obvious. I am guessing a major site linked to HN but scanning through the stories I am not sure exactly which one it would be for.
I'd also be curious to match up the spikes of traffic with significant news (01/2012 3rd week, 12/2011 2nd week, etc).
Thanks for sharing!