If upvotes were public (or at least available to you when logged in), it could just trawl HN's history at some set interval (one year past?) and feed you anything you upvoted that day.
edit: or rather, a few intervals to allow for reposts even after that year period
Thoughtback would let you do something like that: http://thoughtback.com/
Hmm... a feed sprinkled with systematic reposts of things that you enjoy, that motivate you, or that you don't want to forget. Has anyone tried that?